The first few weeks of first grade is spent getting to know each other and establishing rules and routines in our classroom. We focus on all the positives each student has and how they can contribute to the classroom. We also encourage “filling each other’s bucket” throughout our school day. After reading the book, The Crayon Box that Talked, we discussed how every crayon, just like every person, is different and can contribute to a successful classroom. Our first graders came to us having the knowledge of writing Small Moments! They have come from Kindergarten classes where they have learned to write Small Moment stories across pages, have studied and implemented mentor author techniques in their writing, have written poems and how-to and all-about books. These kiddos are ready to hit the ground running with their writing! We encourage them to write every day stretching out each word to make a complete sentence using punctuation and capitalization. After reading the book and talking about what makes each of us special, our first graders did just that…wrote what makes them special. Inteed we have a group full of students whom are all special in their own way!
Parents we look forward to seeing you Thursday night at Open House where you will see all your child's great small moment writings in their work over time writing folders.
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Our Small Moment's Writing Standard Based Bulletin Board
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