Hamilton's Literacy Update 8-28-23
Literacy:
Welcome to my literacy class!!
Open Court Reading: We have completed our first week of literacy! We have had a lot of fun reviewing sounds, discussing where sounds are made in our mouths, and rhyming. This week, we will continue our review of sounds, practice our handwriting, and start editing our narrative writing on our “All About Me” stories.
Review: Over the next couple of weeks, we will be reviewing our letters and sounds, working on proper grip and letter formation, understanding rhyme, and practicing blending and segmenting sounds.
Spelling: This year, students will be learning the rules behind each of the spelling patterns through a wonderful program called, “Secret Stories”. Spelling isn’t about memorizing a list of words, but more about understanding the pattern of those words and secret stories accomplish this by using a multi-sensory approach.
Journal Writing: Students will be writing to a prompt, using sentence stems and drawing pictures that represent what they are writing about.
Reading: Over the next couple of weeks, we will be doing more whole-group reading working on fluency, understanding rhyme, and developing vocabulary.