Daily Five

 Daily Five is new to our classroom this year.  Students get to choose from Read to Self, Listen to Reading, Word Work, Work on Writing, and Read to Someone.  In our classroom, we are doing three rotations per day.  Students are to choose a different station each rotation, until they have gone to every station.  During this time, the teacher is meeting with students in small groups.

 

 These two students have selected Read to Someone.  At this time they are taught to sit side by side and take turns reading to each other. 

This student has chosen Write to Self.  Here, students are allowed to write about anything they want.  Students can finish entries in their writing journals or they can use writing paper in the back of the room.

This is our writing center where students who have chosen Write to Self can write.  When they are finished, they put their paper in their writing journals until the student meets with the teacher to talk about and share his or her writing samples. It is a great way to learn about the students!

Short "u" Word Family Umbrellas

Last week we reviewed the short "u" sound.  The students had fun making these word umbrellas.  At the top of the umbrella the students wrote the word wall words for this week.  The students then wrote short "u" words on the raindrops.  The letters are written on both sides of the raindrops to create four words.  Two in each word family.

Westby Homecoming

We had a great time dressing up for homecoming and walking in the parade! Our first graders had a lot of school spirit and chanted "Here we go Westby, here we go!" the whole way.