Quality Literature

First grade's reading program has five daily components. We begin our reading block with whole group, which is our focus lesson. Read to Self, Read to Someone, Work on Writing, Word Work and Listen to Reading are all a part of our Daily 5 rotations. During each independent work practice, students are cycling through one of the Daily 5 components. They have 20 minutes of independent practice in each work station. Work stations are differentiated to meet the needs of each student.

For home practice, children are asked to read 15 minutes daily using the following options: Book-in-the-Bag, Sight Word Poems, Raz-Kids, and various texts.