Knowing words by sight

The kids are learning their first grade list of 100 Fry words.  Each student has their own book, with their own list of words they need to practice reading by sight or spelling the word correctly.

Each week 5 new words are added

Words are hightlighted in yellow, traced by the student and then I use a blue marker when they correctly identify the words.  Yellow and blue make green, green means go... and that you can keep going with new words!

Authenticity

au·then·tic·i·ty

ˌôTHenˈtisədē/

noun: the quality of being authentic.

The first grade bulletin board showcasing our Life Is Good superpower

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Game Day = Fun Day!

We are bucket fillers!  When we fill our reward jar with popcorn... we celebrate with a day of fun! On this day, the kids chose to bring in their games from home!

 

 

January is Egg-citing!

Class meeting

 We had an egg-citing day learning about Martin Luther King, Jr.  We discovered that two different colored eggs on the outside are egg-actly the same on the inside!

Our most recent Mystery Guest Readers!  If you would like to be a mystery reader let me know...it's one of our favorite things!

The Gingerbread Exchange

our gingerbread display

Ms. Klipfel's letter and gingerbread girl

our class of gingerbread kids

First Grade teachers across the Tri-Town (Boxford, Middleton, and Topsfield) exchanged letters and gingerbread people to learn more about each other and our communities.  The students made gingerbread people, crafted a letter, and sent them off to make new friends.  We had so much fun!  

The Daily Five

rhyming word sorts

reading  and writing the room

listening to stories

reading to someone

read to self

clapping like a penguin to find syllables in words

scooping up digraphs