First Grade Gallery- Lessons for Little Learners

The first graders gathered together to honor classmates who have earned point tags for Accelerated Reader and sight word recognition. These students earned a tag for knowing all 220 of the Dolch words! Six of these students are in our classroom!Congratulations!

Ojibwa students are awarded specially designed tags for a variety of achievements as well as for participation in special school events and teams. In first grade, our children work to earn tags for Accelerated Reader points and certifications. They can also earn tags for sight word memorization. This is my son's tag necklace. He started earning them in kindergarten. He still proudly displays his tag necklace in his room!

Star testing to determine reading group placement is now complete and students who I feel are reading well enough independently have started the Accelerated Reader program. Students have been assigned a 'best fit' reading level. The students read their AR book for homework, record their reading on the monthly log and then take a computer test the next day. Logging in and getting to the correct test has proved to be challenging and so have the test questions! The children who are testing are slowly getting the hang of AR! The entire class will eventually participate in AR testing.