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    What we will work on in Trimester 1, Fall 2024
    • word study activities- such as spelling with magnetic letters, word-of-the-day, Picture It, and spelling with pipe cleaners & scrabble letters  
    • introduce meanings of vocabulary
    • illustrating vocabulary to show comprehension
    • discussing ways we can be kind to others to help build our classroom community
    • classroom routines
    • using energizers/brain breaks
    • providing examples of complete sentences
    • discussing elements of fiction
    • reading fiction
    • analyzing what's important in fictional texts
    • answering comprehension questions orally and in writing
    • reading fictional texts to identify the theme
    • writing about theme
    • summarizing fictional texts
    • quick writes
    • analyzing vowel sounds to improve fluency
    • analyzing consonant blends to improve fluency
    • utilizing graphic organizers while reading fictional texts