Literacy: Resarch, Informational Reading and Writing, V-C-E Syllables

First Graders are engaging in small group research using the text, “Beaks” by Sneed Collard.  Students are reading, writing and talking about the text as they answer the research question, “How do birds use their beaks to survive?”  During the next week students will engage in a series of beak challenges.  Their learning from this portion of the unit will culminate in an individual writing piece about birds beaks.  

During word study students have learned a new syllable pattern: vowel-consonant-e. V-C-E syllables are syllables that contain a vowel, consonant, and silent e pattern, resulting in a long vowel sound (hike, bake). First Graders continue to practice reading with accuracy and prosody during our daily fluency block.  Please practice the following heart words at home: friend, other, another, none and nothing.