I can...

The first grade team will be working together each week to create learning targets. These targets are developed from the learning objectives from our first grade curriculum. As teachers, we are well aware of these objectives and use them in planning our lessons and instruction. We thought it would be most useful for parents AND the first graders to be made aware of these objectives. If you are looking for additional things you can work on at home, these targets will help guide you. I will discuss the targets at the beginning of the week with the children, and then we can assess our week as a classroom of learners as we review the targets at weeks end to see how we did. You will see that the language is positive ("I can...") and written in first person. The learning targets will be posted on this blog right above the spelling words starting next week. This week they are front and center. :)

Reading:

• I can identify long and short O sounds
• I can identify things that go.
• I can tell the difference between j and g sounds.

Writing:

• I can start sentences with a capital letter.
• I can use end marks at the end of sentences.
• I can list items with commas.

Math:

• I can identify a pattern.
• I can tell the difference between even and odd numbers.
• I can find number patterns on a grid.

Science:

• I can compare two solids.
• I can name properties of solids.