Writing and Reading and Insects... Oh My!

First Grade learning is taking off! In Writer's Workshop, we have been writing small moment stories. These are true stories that take place during a small moment in time.

sharing a small moment story

In Reader's Workshop, we are building our reading stamina. Each day, students practice reading "longer and stronger" by themselves, then with a partner. I look forward to working with small reading groups when reading stamina grows to about 15 minutes.

reading partners sitting elbow to elbow...

...knee to knee...

...book in the middle...

...so we both can see!

In science, we are learning about insects. Today we went on a hunt to find evidence that leaf-eating insects live in our schoolyard. We found plenty of leaves with holes and squiggly marks.