This week we worked on the story, “Honeybees” from Reading Street. Our comprehension skill was compare and contrast and that can be tricky for first grade. We did this venn diagram after our shared reading. Before we began reading and…
We were able to work on our Informative Bee writing this week. My little animal lovers had such a fun time learning and writing all about bees. After they read the story, “Honey Bees” from Reading Street they were given…
Pinterest is full of amazing contraction surgery ideas so this is definitely not an original idea on my part. I wanted my firsties to really understand the concept of what a contraction is. So, they needed to perform surgery on…
My kiddos are working on identifying nouns in sentences. I thought it would be fun to implement this Silly Sentence Station I found on Wild About Firsties blog. It was definitely a hit during our Daily 5 time. Students choose…
I just finished a sequencing activity for Reading Street’s, “Ruby in Her Own Time.” Working on this activity provided me with my first chance to sit down and read this story. I got a little teary reading it when the…
I am on a roll with these decodables. Yay. I had planned to work in my classroom today, but the snow threw that plan out the window. I decided to get a jump start on more decodable readers for the…
I just finished up the decodables for, “A Place to Play.” You can get them for free {here}. Each decodable has phonics and comprehension practice. My kids love these. They work great whole group, small group, buddies, parent volunteers or…
I’m getting ready to take our sequencing skills up a notch when we get back from Winter Break. I hope my kiddos are ready!!! We have done a lot with cutting and pasting story events in order. I thought it…
Next week we start the story, “Honey Bees” from Reading Street. It seems so weird to read and learn about Honey Bees in JANUARY. I really wish Reading Street could align their stories with the seasons (#teacherproblems). I decided that…
Next week our Reading Street story is, “Honey Bees.” One of our skills for the week is ‘nouns in sentences.’ My little firsties will be tasked with locating the noun in a variety of sentences. I thought it would be…
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