Calendar Events
Friday 9/21 - FREE DRESS! Walk to School Challenge Win in May!
Monday 9/24 - Gr.K-4 Back to School Night, 5:30 PM
Tuesday, 9/25 - Author Visit! Drew Daywalt* and Scott Campbell
Please check Thursday Notes for More Info; Order Form (link)
*Day the Crayons Quit, Day Crayons Came Home & Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
Gr. K-4 Back to School Night Program
5:00-5:30 Reception in Main Hall
5:30-5:45 Welcome/Remarks by Dr. Ann Marie Krajcarek & Mrs. Taylor
5:45 Classroom Visit
Monday 9/24 - Gr.K-4 Back to School Night, 5:30 PM
Tuesday, 9/25 - Author Visit! Drew Daywalt* and Scott Campbell
Please check Thursday Notes for More Info; Order Form (link)
*Day the Crayons Quit, Day Crayons Came Home & Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
Gr. K-4 Back to School Night Program
5:00-5:30 Reception in Main Hall
5:30-5:45 Welcome/Remarks by Dr. Ann Marie Krajcarek & Mrs. Taylor
5:45 Classroom Visit
Gr. K-4 Back to School Night Program5:00-5:30 Reception in Main Hall
5:30-5:45 Welcome/Remarks by Dr. Ann Marie Krajcarek & Mrs. Taylor
5:45 Classroom Visit
LANGUAGE ARTS
First graders have been learning comprehension skills through teaching posters: Road Rules, Signs, and Light. As they listen to descriptions and engage in follow-up discussions, the girls are learning to employ strategies in becoming thoughtful readers. Comprehension skills include:
• Identify the main idea of a passage.
• Identify the details that support a main idea.
• Ask questions to understand a text.
Main Idea & Details
Contributing Responses:
Road Signs & Light
Guided Reading: Main Idea & Details
Guided Reading: Analyze a Character
Practicing: Old MacDonald's Noisy Farm
Rehearsing For Reader's Performance
Independent Reading: Just Right Books
WORD STUDY WITH ECHO
Lessons are covering the short vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/. Our routine includes Echo Find Letters/Build Words activities with large size letters and individual letter boards. First the girls listen to a short vowel word. Then they proceed to tap each sound before building the word with letter tiles.
Short Vowels: CVC
Consonant•Vowel•Consonant
Warm Up: Building the Word - log
Tapping Each Letter Sound
Building the Word: nap
Sorting Short Vowels Sounds (CVC)
LANGUAGE ARTS
First graders have been learning comprehension skills through teaching posters: Road Rules, Signs, and Light. As they listen to descriptions and engage in follow-up discussions, the girls are learning to employ strategies in becoming thoughtful readers. Comprehension skills include:
• Identify the main idea of a passage.
• Identify the details that support a main idea.
• Ask questions to understand a text.
Main Idea & Details |
| Contributing Responses: Road Signs & Light  |
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Guided Reading: Main Idea & Details Guided Reading: Analyze a Character |
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Practicing: Old MacDonald's Noisy Farm  Rehearsing For Reader's Performance |
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Independent Reading: Just Right Books |
WORD STUDY WITH ECHO
Lessons are covering the short vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/. Our routine includes Echo Find Letters/Build Words activities with large size letters and individual letter boards. First the girls listen to a short vowel word. Then they proceed to tap each sound before building the word with letter tiles.
Lessons are covering the short vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/. Our routine includes Echo Find Letters/Build Words activities with large size letters and individual letter boards. First the girls listen to a short vowel word. Then they proceed to tap each sound before building the word with letter tiles.
| Short Vowels: CVC Consonant•Vowel•Consonant  |
Warm Up: Building the Word - log Tapping Each Letter Sound  Building the Word: nap |
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Sorting Short Vowels Sounds (CVC) |
WRITING & WRITING WORKSHOP
Girls start each Monday morning sharing about their weekend in writing journals. Using artwork from summer memories, the girls have started their first Small Moments narrative writing. Anchor charts and small writing prompts during this unit will provide girls with visual resources to refer back to as they embark on capturing special moments during writing workshop. Writing Journals |
Sharing Weekend Events |
Mini Lesson: Bring Stories to Life |
Anchor Chart 
Writing Cards: Bring Stories to Life
Conferring About Strategies
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Sharing Writing Stories |
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