Kindergarten
We sang alphabet songs last week and used alphabet letter strips to learn letter names and sounds. This week I will continue to focus on alphabet recognition and sound awareness. I will begin using Michael Heggerty to focus on phonemic awareness. "Phonemic awareness is the understanding that spoken words are made up of individual sounds, which are called phonemes. A child who is phonemically aware is able to isolate sounds, blend, and segment the sounds into spoken and written words." Studies have shown that this awareness is one key to active reading.
1st Grade
Students did a great job participating in their first week of Wilson. Each unit lasts about 3 weeks, unit assessments are generally given on day five of the third week. The first unit focuses on letter-keyword-sound for consonants and short vowels, letter formation for lowercase letters a-z, alphabetical order, and sound recognition for consonants and short vowels. This week we will focus on the following letters: d, g, h, j, k, l, p, s,v, w, e, o & u.
2nd Grade
Students did a wonderful job participating in their first week of Being a Writer. They learned how drawing can be used to inspire writing and they worked together to write a shared story. Students also wrote about a place they like to go to. They had an opportunity to sit in the "Author Chair" and share their stories with their peers. Their finished work has been compiled into a book and placed in my library. This week students will learn about the author Donald Crews, they will learn "turn to you partner" to share ideas, they will draw sketches to generate ideas and they will write about their drawings.
We sang alphabet songs last week and used alphabet letter strips to learn letter names and sounds. This week I will continue to focus on alphabet recognition and sound awareness. I will begin using Michael Heggerty to focus on phonemic awareness. "Phonemic awareness is the understanding that spoken words are made up of individual sounds, which are called phonemes. A child who is phonemically aware is able to isolate sounds, blend, and segment the sounds into spoken and written words." Studies have shown that this awareness is one key to active reading.
1st Grade
Students did a great job participating in their first week of Wilson. Each unit lasts about 3 weeks, unit assessments are generally given on day five of the third week. The first unit focuses on letter-keyword-sound for consonants and short vowels, letter formation for lowercase letters a-z, alphabetical order, and sound recognition for consonants and short vowels. This week we will focus on the following letters: d, g, h, j, k, l, p, s,v, w, e, o & u.
2nd Grade
Students did a wonderful job participating in their first week of Being a Writer. They learned how drawing can be used to inspire writing and they worked together to write a shared story. Students also wrote about a place they like to go to. They had an opportunity to sit in the "Author Chair" and share their stories with their peers. Their finished work has been compiled into a book and placed in my library. This week students will learn about the author Donald Crews, they will learn "turn to you partner" to share ideas, they will draw sketches to generate ideas and they will write about their drawings.
