Reading & Writing

Here's a look at some of the mini-lessons we have had so far in reading and writing. Pinterest has been such a wonderful resource. I end up finding excellent resources as well as blogs from fellow lower elementary school teachers who are incredibly inspiring.

The class brainstormed this list of what readers read. This anchor chart was borrowed from The First Grade Parade blog.



Here's another list the class created. This chart inspired by The Teacher Wife blog.

We started Daily 5, the structure we use for our reading workshop. The students have learned how to shop for books from our classroom library. They have also learned how to care for our books and how to keep their individual book bins neat and orderly. Currently we are working on building our reading stamina and completing reading responses that require students to write about a book's beginning, middle, and end.

Here's a quick look at how we remembered and honored the heroes of 9/11. Thank you, parents for completing the at-home activity with your children.