Our Reading Journey

Grade One is an exciting year as students learn how to read.  The children practice reading daily during Daily 5 and participate in guided reading lessons with Mrs. Turner.  At this early stage in learning to read, the students are learning how to apply some reading strategies and are working to recall common sight words.

Here are the strategies we have learned:
1) Point to each word and look at it while reading.
2) Look at the picture to help understand the story.
3) When you see a new word, get your mouth ready by making the first sound.
4) Re-read books over and over. This strategy helps words "stick" in our brains.
5) If you get stuck, go back to the beginning of the sentence and try again.

Some readers are learning how to sound out some words. Usually you only have to sound out the first part of the word and then your brain figures out what would make sense in that sentence.

Finally, we are practicing common "sight" words. These words are found in many books and used often when we write.  Please practice reading the spelling words with your child.

Here are some websites that help kids practice sight words:
 Primary games
Starfall word match  

Happy reading!