RTI Information

Dear Families,

This week you will be receiving information about our new Response to Intervention (RTI) program we will begin for reading.  With this new program, your child may receive reading instruction from Mrs. Keene, Mrs. Bergmeyer, or myself.  Students will be changing classes at 8:50-9:20 a.m. daily.  The RTI program will allow us to give our students the best possible reading instruction that is developed for their current individual reading level.  If you have any questions, or would like to visit the classroom to see how the RTI program works--please call or email me!

Mrs. Gewinner

Exciting Week!

The students have been working very hard this week.  We are having a fabulous time in first grade!  Your children have such wonderful personalities and are so eager to learn!  We have been reviewing consonant sounds, what is a vowel, and what sound the short vowel /a/ makes.  Using word-building cards, students worked together in small groups to create words with the short /a/ sound.  I was so impressed with how well they worked together to complete this activity!   A very proud teacher moment!  Reading assessments are almost complete.   Please continue to review the HFW lists found on the blog.  I have been sending home our daily math worksheets.  If you see a DWC at the top of your child's paper, this means we did the activity as a class.  The back of the sheet is indepedent work.  Thursday's will usually be math homework.  Please have your child return their completed math sheet Friday morning.

Welcome to Conestoga's Open House 2010!

Welcome first graders!  I am so excited to have you in my class!  Please check back for frequent updates to our class blog!  I am looking forward to an adventurous school year!
Mrs. Gewinner