I know it's only been 2 weeks...but I have already seen growth in their writing! We have been working so hard on learning about what makes a sentence. We've learned that sentences start with a capital letter and end with a period (we'll learn about other options soon!). We've learned how to space and have even touched upon what makes a noun and what makes a verb using my favorite program, Multi-Sensory Grammar. It is a fun way to teach students the nine parts of speech (of course, we won't be learning all 9 in 1st grade!) involving more than the pencil, paper, and textbook method. It involves using colors to help the students understand the various parts of speech. Play with nouns and verbs at home with your 1st grader...they can do it!
The children chose 6 animals to write simple yellow (noun), orange (verb) sentences to describe each picture. All spelling, spacing, punctuation, capitalization and sentence ideas was done independently. They showed they learned a lot!
I graduated from Southwest Texas State University with a B.S. in Education. I've taught both private and public school for 20 years. I was an active neighborhood parent at Mark Twain (now my daughter is starting middle school at Pin Oak!)...and am proud to teach there, too! I am excited about providing a challenging inquiry based experience as well as creating a caring, reflective and supportive classroom community.
I know it's only been 2 weeks...but I have already seen growth in their writing! We have been working so hard on learning about what makes a sentence. We've learned that sentences start with a capital letter and end with a period (we'll learn about other options soon!). We've learned how to space and have even touched upon what makes a noun and what makes a verb using my favorite program, Multi-Sensory Grammar. It is a fun way to teach students the nine parts of speech (of course, we won't be learning all 9 in 1st grade!) involving more than the pencil, paper, and textbook method. It involves using colors to help the students understand the various parts of speech. Play with nouns and verbs at home with your 1st grader...they can do it!
The children chose 6 animals to write simple yellow (noun), orange (verb) sentences to describe each picture. All spelling, spacing, punctuation, capitalization and sentence ideas was done independently. They showed they learned a lot!
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