Literacy

Students will be busy during Writer's Workshop! Our first genre of study is Personal Narratives. During our writing time they will be working on:

• Thinking of a small moment from their own life to write about.
• Writing their story in order using transition words such as "first, next, then, after that, and finally".
• Developing descriptive beginnings in which they "hook" their reader by choosing the action, mood, or feeling (telling the who, what, when, and where).
• Bringing their characters to life by making them move, talk, and show feelings or thoughts.
• Writing a conclusion to wrap up their story and bring it all together.

 

During Reader's Workshop,  students will be working on:

• Retelling fictional stories in order using story elements to guide them.
• Identifying the story elements in fictional books (characters, setting, problem, solution)
• Sequencing the events in a story in order from beginning, middle, end.
• Reading "Good Fit" books to build our accuracy and fluency.
• Building reading stamina 
• Making our words match the text and paying close attention to all parts of a word

OG (Orton-Gillingham) Lessons will be focusing on review, while adding in some new learned words and word families. We will been working on:

• Closed syllable, Consonant-Vowel-e, and Open Syllables
• Digraphs ch,sh,th,wh
• Consonant blends (2 and 3 letter)
• Short vowel spelling patterns FLSZ doubling rule and -ck 
• -all and -alk
• ing, ang, ong, ung, ink, ank, onk, unk
• Learned Words Review from Kindergarten/1st Grade

LEARNED WORDS FOR SEPTEMBER:

First Grade Learned Words

Second Grade Learned Words

LEARNED WORDS FOR OCTOBER:

Second Grade learned words

LEARNED WORDS FOR NOVEMBER:

First Grade Learned words

Second Grade Learned words

LEARNED WORDS FOR DECEMBER:

First Grade Learned words

Second Grade Learned words