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left* Click below to access important first grade information!
An Overview of First Grade We will be teaching your child to
read based on the research that shows children acquire language
(reading, writing, speaking and listening) best in an
environment that is natural, supportive, and developmental.
Children use several strategies when reading: Picture clues,
context clues, and letter-sound relationships (phonics) when
your child comes to an unknown word, we tell him or her to: 1.
get their mouth ready to say the word 2. look at the picture 3.
think of something that would make sense Other reading
strategies we will use: 1. look for little words and take off
the ending ( s, ed, ing, etc.) 2. skip the tricky word and then
come back and get ready for the beginning sound We will be
guiding the children through the standards of learning ( SOLS)
set by both the county and the state using a literature and a
hands-on approach. We will work with phonic