This week in spelling and word work, first grade students began working with vowel teams or vowel digraphs. Using vowel team ea as our first pair, we reviewed the two vowels go walking rule which states, “When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking and says its name.” Vowel teams, or digraphs, will be introduced in order of frequency with which they are used (ea, oa, ai, ee, ay, and oe).
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Last week in Outdoor Education students played a game, “A Walk in the Forest”. While playing this game they learned and practiced their cardinal directions
As we continue exploring ways to care for our environment, first graders are learning about resources, both natural and man-made. On Monday, we began by
We are having so much fun in first grade music! Just this morning, students did a FANTASTIC job listening to excerpts of classical piano pieces,