First Grade News
Dear first grade families, Welcome back from Thanksgiving break! We hope you had a lovely time with the extra days off with your families. We have been hearing about all the travels, food, and adventures your children have had! In Reading this week, we have been continuing our work in digraphs. We learned the sounds for th, wh, ch, and sh. We also have been starting to work on blends like tr for tree. Students have learned that when the t and the h are together they make a particular sound and when it is in the beginning of the... Read More
December 6, 2019
Advisory Over the past two weeks, students prepared a lesson on Estela’s Swap for kindergarteners and first graders at Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School. We will ask pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading questions. In the story, Estela has a music box that she gives to someone. The younger students will draw, color, and write about their own music box. In preparing, 7th graders had to practice reading the book aloud and asking thoughtful questions of readers. Humanities We are embarking on Week 4 of a new set of vocabulary. This set of vocabulary switches between Wordly Wise 7th grade words... Read More