Reading Strategies

Reading Comprehension Strategies
 Strategies for learning to read bookmark
​(free download by Karen Jones, TPT)
A great site for reviewing/learning
​strategies for reading comprehension.

At Home Reading Opportunities

Lots of options for reading online!
PebbleGo is a fabulous resource for nonfiction reading and researching for first graders!  It has TONS of science and social studies topics, simple text, and will also read it to you.  The site is also very easy to navigate.  During school closure, we have free access using the following
​ login information: 
Userame: engaged    Password: learning
Online version of the reading series.  We don't use this in class since we use leveled books, but it is a great online resource for reading!
Another piece of the reading series available to read online.
A link to the Pioneer Valley website, publisher of many of students' favorite books including Bella and Rosie!  If you click here, you will be taken to the page that lists all of their various collections.  Find the collection you want to check out, then click the title.  On that page is an option to read the book online! 
Free access to the online library of Time for Kids magazine!

Reading Log

 Students must read each night, beginning with 15 minutes and eventually working their way up to at least 30 minutes.  These minutes are recorded on a reading log calendar  and are combined with minutes read during the school day.  Students earn certificates, ribbons, and trophies for the total number of hours they've read!

The following link will take you to a page where you can print a copy
​of each of the monthly reading logs:

Writing and Spelling

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Students in kindergarten and first grade have to learn how to read and spell many words! 
​Some of those words are known by different names: 
Word Wall Words, Sight Words, Lightning Words, etc. 
These are words that don't always follow a rule or spelling patterns and must be learned from sight. 
Students will also learn words in word families that do follow a pattern. 
Below is a link to a page that can be downloaded and printed to help students when they are writing.

Links to websites for making books:

Writing words 3 times each is a pretty boring way to practice spelling.  Click the button for 60 different ideas for practicing!