September 2025
Here’s on overview of our learning goals for September:
September is a big month in grade one! We will spend a lot of time getting to know each other, building relationships, learning expectations and rules, and reviewing academic skills learned in kindergarten. There are a lot of differences between kindergarten and grade one. We will be sure to include a lot of opportunities to play and learn in a variety of ways!
Reading: We will be exploring books, reviewing words, building stamina for reading and establishing readers’ workshop routines. Later this month, we will begin guided reading and strategy groups as well.
Writing: This month, we will work to establish Writer’s Workshop and independent work skills. We will make some class books together and practice/review writing sentences. On Mondays, we always write in our journals and write in detail about what we did over the weekend.
Math: We will be reviewing numbers 1-10, counting forwards and backwards, subitizing (recognizing numbers at a glance), and representing these numbers in a variety of ways.
Humanities: Zones of Regulation. Our feelings/emotions can be categorized into 4 colored zones: Green Zone- calm, ready to learn, happy; Yellow Zone- nervous, anxious, silly; Blue Zone- sad, tired, shy, slow moving; Red Zone- angry, frustrated, losing control. We will discuss these zones, learn to recognize and name our feelings and which zone they belong to, and strategies we can use to get our bodies back to the Green Zone. We will, also, learn about building positive friendships/peer relationships.
Fundations Unit 1: This unit is a review of letter sounds (vowels and consonants) and letter formation.
Sight words/Trick Words:
Week 1 - like, I, the, a
Week 2 - go, to, went, can
Week 3 - my, is, look, and