Starry First Grade
 

Reading

Below are the concepts and books titles that will be taught during each month.  These skills will be taught and reviewed in Shared Reading, Guided Reading, and Literacy Centers.  Each teacher will work on these skills with each child at their current learning level.

August - September

  • Book:  The Good Bad Cat
  • /oo/ sound as in good and review short vowel sounds /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/
  • Antonyms/opposites as in good/bad, big/small, dark/light

October

  • Book:  Five Little Ducks
  • Concepts of print
  • /qu/ as in quack and /th/ as in this and that
  • Punctuation (knowing that punctuation makes your voice stop when reading)

November

  • Concepts of print (spacing in between words, sentence recognition, etc)
  • /ai/ sound (like in main) and /ss/ sound (like in grass)

December

  • Concepts of print (following along, pointing to words, recognizing periods, etc)
  • /ng/ sound (like in song) and /ing/ sound (like in walking)

January

March

April

May

June

Enjoy your summer break and good luck in 2nd grade :)