Where are we going?

Language Arts

During the month, the children will be learning about our classroom literacy station activities. The station activities will be an integral part of our Readers' Workshop. The children will use a listening station, Big Books ,writing station, poetry journals, word games and other experiences to strengthen their reading skills and comprehension. The children are learning how to work independently which will allow me to focus on guided reading groups and individual reading conferences.

Fundations- Unit 1

The students will be practicing lower case letter formation. We are reviewing consonant and vowel sounds and key words as we practice writing our lowercase letters.

Math

Our first math unit involves collecting data to add and subtract numbers from 1 to 20.  We will learn how to use tally mark to represent numbers and amounts as we collect data. After collecting data, the children will use how to create charts and graphs to visual display the information.

Social Studies

We are focusing on building connections and the concept of being kind, caring and helpful friends and learning partners.  We will be discussing our hopes and dreams for first grade and what community rules we will need for everyone to feel welcome and safe in our community.

Science

Throughout the year, we will be studying trees and plants.  The students will be using a nature journal to record their scientific observations.