The Daily 5

The Daily 5 is a series of literacy tasks which students complete daily while the teacher pulls small reading groups.  The Daily 5 is a structure that will help students develop the daily habits of reading, writing and working with peers.

Here are some of our friends working at their Daily 5 Center...

WORD WORK

READ TO SOMEONE

LISTEN TO READING

READ TO SELF

WORK ON WRITING

Big Blue Ox

This week we will be reading Big Blue Ox  
   **Click on link above for practice powerpoint**

Learning Targets:

• I can read short -o words.
• I can read -s plural words. 

Spelling Words

1. mom
2. hot
3. hop
4. pot
5. pop
6. ox
7. lock
8. mop
9. got
10. rock
11. help
12. use 

NO SCHOOL MONDAY!

Just a reminder there is NO SCHOOL MONDAY, September 24!  Teachers Professional Development Day! Hope you enjoy the long weekend! See you Tuesday!

Rules, Rules, Rules!

We can tell the rules of our classroom!!

First Day of Art

First day of art was a success! Thank you Mrs. Swanson! Our names with patterns turned out great!

Practice Makes Perfect!

Pig in a Wig Practice

Click on the link above to view a powerpoint full of short -i words to practice reading.  Also some practice sentences! Happy Reading!

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday Families,

Hope you had a great weekend!  It was so wonderful to see everyone last Tuesday at Open House!  Thank you for coming and touring our classroom.  Also, thank you for all your support getting your first grader organized and into our routine.  The kids are doing great and almost all nightly homework is being returned and the Spelling test went awesome on Friday! What a great start to our year!

This week....

 Phonics Focus Skills:

• short i and final x sound

Spelling:

1. in
2. it
3. did
4. sit
5. six
6. fix
7. lip
8. mix
9. pin
10. wig
11. and
12. take

** Be sure to check out the link to Spelling City to help your student practice!

Have a great week!

-Mrs. Farnes