We have a great group of committed teachers and assistants, who believe in the growth of each child's learning and well being. Mrs. Kestner Mrs. Our day starts off with Carpet Time when we talk about the days of the week, months of the year, and weather. We sing songs, read Big Books and our poem of the week. Our Language Arts centers incorporate different activities based on our first grade curriculum such as compound words, alphabetical order, sight words, sentence structure and writing.
Students concentrate on one center a day and all students rotate centers throughout the week.
Other Language Arts activities are conducted in a whole group format which includes our Social Studies and Science curriculum. We often use Venn Diagrams and organizational maps to organize information for class books and writing prompts. Journal writing, reading comprehension, and phonics activities, such as Making Words are encompassed in our weekly activities. We meet with reading groups on a daily basis. Reading Group discussions include book awareness, chunking words, and reading comprehension.