Snap Shots and First Grade Skills

This week the first graders are off to a busy start in skills! They are continuing to read Snap Shots - a story about a girl named Beth who travels to the U.K. With her mom to visit friends. Along with reading these stories we have begun introducing new concepts - strategies for good reading, story elements (character, setting, plot and solution) and learning to answer questions in complete sentences. You may hear them say "TTQA" - which stands for "turn the question around." They seem to be picking up in this strategy quickly! We continue to add to our sight word list. Data will be kept consistently to make sure they are learning these words and developing fluency with them. It is so important to review these words nightly with your child. We learned the new sounds of /ng/ and /qu/. We ready the story of how Q&U got married! Adorable! I am so proud of how hard the kids are working! They are learning so much!