Week 6

It was a short week for me, and a busy week for the kiddos! 

In reading we have been building our good reading habits! These are things that we have been practicing because as readers we want to do these things without having to be told, just like brushing our teeth! 
Here they are so you can reinforce them at home:

• Take a sneak peek at the beginning & check your sneak peek
• Do something at the end of a book (go back to your favorite part, retell the story, etc.)
• Read more and more
• Set goals
• Reread to smooth out your voice
• Scoop up words in phrases

In writing, we added the final step to our writing process: Revise! The first graders did an incredible job rereading, adding and fixing their small moment stories to make them even better! I encourage you to work through this process at home with your first grader.  

• Think of an idea (a thing that happened to you, a thing that you do)
• Plan (touch and tell your story with your invisible pencil)
• Write!
• Revise (reread and make sure your story has: who, what, when, where). 

I heard from the kiddos that they ended the week with a fun and dry Run for the Arts! Just like the first graders having been practicing their reading and writing stamina, they got a chance to show off their running stamina as well!

Reminders:

10/10 -- Book Orders are DUE!

10/13 -- No school - In-service day

Here are some photos from the week...