First Graders Are Tackling "TRICKY" Words!

First Graders had a wonderful week with Miss Kris tackling tricky words using characters from the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."  We have been working on strategies we can use to help our reading to be more accurate and fluent.  This was a fun interactive way for students to act out how to tackle tricky words.  Miss Kris had asked some students to portray Goldilocks, Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear from the story, and then asked the characters, "What do you do when you come to a tricky word?"  Miss Kris covered up some words and our friends from the story had to look at the picture to help figure out the word.  Not always does the picture give us a clue.

Goldilocks is working with Miss Kris on tackling a tricky word in Mrs. B's. class!!  All three classes had a BLAST acting out Goldilocks and The Three Bears!  They are Rock Stars!!

Here are some of the strategies we learned this week:

• I can look at the pictures and use clues to figure out 
• words. 
• I can sound it out. 
• I can look for word parts I know. 
• I can look close at the letters and sounds in a word and stretch and sound it out. 
• I can try it two ways. 
• I can skip the word and read the whole sentence then I go back and think about a word that fits. Does it make sense?
• NEVER LET THE WORD WIN!
  
  Mrs. Steinmeyers's class is pointing out the tricky words.                                                                              Ms. Abel's class is looking at all the      
                                                                                         parts.

Story Theater in First Grade!

One goal in first grade is to retell a story. This week, first grade students had the opportunity to retell the story, Little Red Riding Hood, through story theater!

In story theater, a narrator tells the story and characters repeat the narrator for speaking parts . Miss Kris and all three classroom teachers took turns being the narrator. The first graders took turns being characters from Little Red Riding Hood. Some students got to wear costumes and others used puppets.

By the end of the week, the first graders were EXPERTS at retelling Little Red Riding Hood through story theater!!

C.A.R.E.S.

Did you know that C.A.R.E.S. stands for character traits that our first grade students are working on to become kind and caring individuals?

C.A.R.E.S. stands for:
C: Cooperation
A: Assertion
R: Responsibility
E: Empathy
S: Self-Control

Ms. Kris has been coming in and sharing stories each week that coincide with one of our C.A.R.E.S. letters! Students have been engaging in stories that are teaching them to be brave, speak up, listen, and try their best. Students are getting their first taste of storytelling and are looking forward to all this year will bring!

 
Ms. Kris and Ms. Abel storytelling together!


Ms. Kris engaging Mrs. B's students during her story!


 Mrs. Steinmeyer's friends are leaning in closely to Ms. Kris and her storytelling wonders!