Books We've Read:
"Our Class is a Family" - Shannon Olsen
"All Are Welcome" - Alexandra Penfold
Current Area of Focus (September):
Phonics/Spelling:
Short Vowel Review
Morpheme:
Comprehension Skills:
Making predictions, asking questions, and making connections before, during, and after reading.
LA Conventions:
Composition Skills:
The Writing Process - Pre writing
Using graphic organizers to plan and outline our work.
Students listened for words with short vowel sounds as I read a text. Students wrote the words they heard on post it notes and then came to sort them on the board. We discussed which words were correctly identified as having short vowels and which words had other vowel patterns.