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Week of Feb. 23 From the classroom: Literacy: Letter teams (digraphs) this week included th/sh/ch . Letter sounds associated with each letter team and locating these teams in UFLI decodable reading passages used in class throughout the week were a focus of direct instruction. This week's UFLI passages are provided below should you wish to print and practice reading/illustrating them at home with your child.  Grade 1 High-Frequency Words (Sight Words / “Heart Words”) The following list includes the high-frequency words we have been/will be practicing regularly in class as part of our daily direct phonics instruction. Although not all words have been introduced yet, they will all be taught and practiced in class by the end of May. *Please refer to the accompanying classroom photo for the words students were introduced to from this list prior to this past wek. Students learn these words through many classroom activities (reading, writing, games, shared texts, word work, and daily ...

Blog week of February 16th From the Classroom This week in Literacy, students continued to strengthen their reading and word-work skills by reviewing and identifying rhyming words and exploring word families. We were also introduced to the digraph “th” through direct instruction and guided practice, helping students recognize and use this sound in their reading and writing. Alongside this, we reviewed our heart words “they” and “the,” building confidence with high-frequency words that support reading fluency and comprehension. No new heart words were introduced this week.  At home practice (optional work) -Copy and complete the roll and read activity pictured. In Math, students continued to deepen their number sense by practicing number sequencing and using tally marks to collect and organize information during a class vote. Students worked with number lines and explored multiple ways of counting, including counting by 5s, by 10s, and backwards from 100. We also continued develo...