We are moving right along with our first grade learning! We have completed two units of study with our Treasures reading series. As a part of our reading series, we have reading workshop daily. The "To-Do" list you see come home each week is the written contract the children must complete during reading workshop. I grade each section with my smiley grading scale, and then send it home on Mondays. I explained to the children today that now that we have been in school for 73 days, I have higher expectations for their independent reading workshop work. When they are not working with me at the teaching table, they know what they are to work on. If they do not complete each task with a grade of at least a smiley, they will be expected to do/re-do the work at home and bring it back to school. This will help teach responsibility and time management. Note: as last week was a review week in the reading series, there will not be a To-Do list that comes home today.
In math we are just about to take our unit 4 assessment! The assessments at the first grade level are a snapshot of skills, concepts, and topics we have covered in the unit of study. These assessments are a way of practicing test taking skills. There is no real preparation necessary for the first grade assessments. As long as your child has been participating and working hard, they will be successful.
Thank you so very much for ALL that you do!
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