Literacy: The Sun, Moon, and Stars and Suffix -s

In Literacy we have shifted our focus from tools to learning about the sun, moon and stars. We have begun to examine literary texts about celestial objects. First Graders are exploring the question, “Why do writers write about the sun, moon and stars?". Our work began this week by focusing on noticings and wonderings about the sun and moon with close viewings of photographs and time-lapse videos. We then began to do a "close read" of two different texts and respond to reading through writing. 

During word study students have been introduced to the concept of base word and suffix. They have learned that when suffix -s is added to a word it sometimes says /z/ like in the word bugs.  First graders have been taught about using a suffix to make a word plural or to use in an action word.  Heart words for this unit include: were, are, who, what, when, where, there, here.