1st grade reading street homework

Please play a math game each day and write it on the homework sheet! First grade policy is 20 of homework and 10 minutes of reading each day. Reading for 10 minutes each day. You read to your child, your child reads to you or you read together.

First Grade Homework

My school uses Scott Foresman Reading Street. When I moved from the computer lab to teaching first grade I was SO overwhelmed with all of the Reading Street materials! There are like a bazillion worksheets! Grammar worksheet, spelling worksheets, workbook pages, etc.

The school year was my third teaching first grade and I finally made a way for things to work for me much better. We do NOT do the stories whole group anymore. Instead, each student progresses through the five books in our reading series at their own pace. Therefore, students who are advanced can move ahead at a quicker pace. Students who are struggling are given more time to practice at their level instead of being pushed ahead.

It is absolutely fabulous!! How do I accomplish this? First of all, I was a little worried about not having the traditional reading test every Friday. I quickly got over that one less thing to grade! I only use workbook pages when I am out sick usually.

My whole group comprehension lessons do not revolve around those Reading Street stories. Including my Fabulous Fairy Tales unit! Students all start on the same story. Early in the year the stories are so short. During literacy workstation time, I read with as many students as I can, one-on-one. I do not do guided reading groups. I understand why they could be beneficial. I am better prepared for parent conferences because I can narrow in on what each student needs to work on.

If a student can read the story with accuracy and good fluency then they pass on to the next story in the series. The cool thing is if a student passes all of the first grade books they are given a second grade book! A second grade book from our old reading series. I had several students who made it to a second grade book by the end of the year! I wrote down the story they were on. I also made little notes as needed.

That way I could quickly see who was behind, who was on track, and who was ahead. Next year I will use this quick form as well as individual forms for students. I am working on running records for all of the stories in Reading Street. My students were amazing readers this year! Parents helped their child read at home more than parents in the past had. Students were very motivated! When we all did the same story together, some kids were lost and some were so bored! It takes time to read with all of the students, one-on-one, but it is so worth it!

They would all beg to read with me! The kids loved it. I loved it. I am never going back to my old ways! I know Daily 5 also makes use of strategy groups, and if I need to pull a strategy group here and there I can and will, but most of my time will be spent with one-on-one reading conferences.

You have me thinking…. Second question, how many students do you meet with on a daily basis? I use the reading textbooks for the one-on-one conferences. So instead of us all reading the same story in the same book all week, students work through the 5 books on their own.

I meet with as many students as possible each day! In the beginning of the year, I can meet with many students because the stories are so short. As the stories get longer, I am not able to meet with as many students each day.

I did have an aide for about an hour once a week that would also read with the students and my husband came once a week and read with my students as well. I did not use the leveled readers at all this year. GRADE stands for some big long thing. Students are given a stanine score that makes them either intensive, strategic, or benchmark. I just write I, S, or B there to let me know who was on level, below, or above according to the test. How do you teach the comprehension strategies—by the child or by the week with the whole class?

I teach with Reading Street. I have found other teachers in my building teach the textbook story all week long, then complain because they have to supplement so much. For example: I group my students by ability. Low, On level, and Above. I pull each group once sometimes twice a day.

During group time we use the decodeable and level readers and then assign them for homework. Then on Thurs. Wed-Same as Tuesday Thurs-read level readers in groups, textbooks as a class and take home text for homework. Friday- I use the curriculum Selection test for comprehension and fluency monitor.

I also do a HFW sight test. This allows me to teach the same target skills, HFW, Vocabulary, and theme topic because all the level readers are aligned. This also challenges my students to move up in the groups. ON level students work really hard to move into the Adv groups and such. My co-teacher has been using this method for several years. Her comprehension scores are through the roof.

She normally has students who test out in 2nd grade or higher. I wish you taught kindergarten. We have Scott Foresman as well and I love to see different teachers uses for the series. Okay I am loving this! We use RS in my district…. I love working with students one on one I guess from my Reading Recovery training so I love that you do one on one conferences! Thanks for sharing. A Oceans of First Grade Fun. I do like how RS includes many science and social studies content, but I just got so sick of the same story for a week and not being able to share as many other wonderful books with my kiddos.

Where can I find more information about this program? Scott Foresman Reading Street actually has a guided reading component; I just choose not to use it. I prefer working with students one on one. All this sounds so good! I have many odds against me. First of all, I came in late 5 weeks in to a 1st grade class that was managed by a few teachers who one quit 1 week in.

My high kids are bored and my low kids are extremely low. There are definitely high expectations on my plate. Your idea seems so interesting to me. Christmas break is coming and I want to start fresh in January.

I even wanted to start Daily 5 but think it might be too much. Any suggestions for all you experts? I am not required to do small group instruction so I have some flexibility. I do a comprehension assessment too that I get from soundcityreading. Best of luck to you and try making a couple of small changes at first.

Even small changes can make a big difference! How would you suggest I start the new year January? Do you recommend jumping in right into Reading Street or focusing on review? What are your thoughts? Hello Mrs. This is the first time I wll use reading street 3.

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In 1st grade, we use Reading Street as our scope and sequence which has worked out very well. To store these treasures I binder clip each set of 6 together, and tri-fold the coordinating graphic organizer, placing it inside the book.

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Reading Street in 1st Grade

My school uses Scott Foresman Reading Street. When I moved from the computer lab to teaching first grade I was SO overwhelmed with all of the Reading Street materials! There are like a bazillion worksheets! Grammar worksheet, spelling worksheets, workbook pages, etc. The school year was my third teaching first grade and I finally made a way for things to work for me much better. We do NOT do the stories whole group anymore. Instead, each student progresses through the five books in our reading series at their own pace. Therefore, students who are advanced can move ahead at a quicker pace.

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