Dear Families,
Today was the 55th day of school. There are 181 days of school for the students in grade one. We are almost one third of the way through grade one!
Today we started a comprehension activity designed to increase the students vocabulary. We read and will continue to read a book and discuss three new words a day. Today we read the book, "Listen to the Rain" by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault. We discussed the following three words:
1.) Solitude (Alone and happy)
2.) Steady (The same pattern, repeating over and over and not changing)
3.) Gnashing (Angry chewing)
Students then came up with their own definitions. (see green print)
These words are not meant to be memorized, written or read by the students although many students already wanted to use them in their writing. :)
The new Power Words for this week are:
1.) not
2.) what
3.) all
4.) were
5.) we
Students will be introduced to these words tomorrow and we will spend next week reviewing last and this weeks words as we have two 4-day weeks with the students.
Please note that a large package of Scholastic book order forms will be coming home tomorrow. Please return orders not later than THIS Thursday.
The students in Mrs. Brar's class read to our class today. Students had a great time! If you would like to see some pictures please click on the link below:
http://kent1d.blogspot.ca
Have a great evening!
Ms. Bakkan
