In first grade, we do not give homework, however, students should read a minimum of 20 minutes nightly. During this nightly reading, try having your child set goals for their reading and then reflect on their goals.
This week in readers’ workshop, we focused on setting goals for our reading. Each day as I dismiss students to go to read to self (independent reading) I give each student a sticky note. Students take this sticky note and write their name and the number of books they want to read during read to self on the sticky note. They then make a tally mark for each book they read during this time. At the end of read to self, we reflect-were you able to meet your goal? Why or why not? Maybe you wanted to read 10 books, while a worthy goal may be a bit unrealistic for the 15 minutes we have built our independent reading stamina. Or maybe you beat your goal! Wahooty! Then for the next day, you know to set your goal a little bit higher. By teaching students a book goal setting strategy, students are able to learn and reflect about themselves as readers. They also learn to set reasonable, attainable goals for themselves. Additionally, making sure they meet their goal can be very motivating.
In first grade, we do not give homework, however, students should read a minimum of 20 minutes nightly. During this nightly reading, try having your child set goals for their reading and then reflect on their goals.
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Hello Families!
I am so exhilarated from our first few days! What a great group of students, I can already tell we are going to have a fabulous year in first grade. This week we focused on getting many of our daily routines into place for reading and writing workshop along with using iPads in the classroom. We used the app Educreations to create short clips on what we are experts on in first grade. We will continue to work on these clips and refine them this coming week. In reading, we worked on developing our stamina during read to self time. This stamina means we all find a quiet place and read the whole time. On Friday, we were able to read to self for 7 minutes! A great start for the first week of school. In writing, we have been working on telling true stories from our lives. One way families can support this story telling at home, is by telling stories from your family life with your child. This activity supports language development and strengthens students story telling skills. A couple of notes about our classroom:
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AuthorHi I'm Ms. Smith. I am thrilled to be teaching first grade at Queen Anne Elementary. I am passionate about teaching and learning. Please stop by often to watch us grow as learners and citizens! Archives
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