First, Second, & Third Grade Characteristics and Activities
First Grade
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★Kiz Club/kindergarten
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Revealing Relationships: First Graders Share Personal Literature Timothy g. Weih SAGE 2014 -
★First Grade Window of Wonder WOW by Nancy VandenBerge 5/26/14
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•Literacy Connections at The Virtual Vine The author states that it is never to early to start reading. However, it is never to early to start reading to children - start at birth. Introducing formalized reading too early can cause more harm than good.
Pre K and K are too early for formalized reading instruction or the teaching of isolated sounds, names and letters of the alphabet.
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★Buzzing with Ms. B. Reading 9/7/19
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★Planting a Literacy Garden Comprehension Strategies for K-2 bt Michele Polselli
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★First Day of School Patricia B Petit
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★10 Tips for Teacher Survival teachers Net Gazette 12/2017
Third Grade
Second Grade
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★Exploring Guided Reading through Leveled Readers/Kentucky Teacher
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★Second Grade and Reading /Characteristics Images-Mother of all reading sites/everything at your finger tips- don’t miss
A Grade 2 classroom tour and visit to 4th and First Grade 4/30/14
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★Window to Our World/Ms Jacoby’s 2nd Gr. Arlington, Mass.
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★A Day in the Life: My 2nd Grade Schedule Part 2 - Second Story Window
4/2009
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•Life in First Grade/Ms. Leslie Ann -this is more appropriate for third.
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•Mrs. Irvine’s Third Grade Language Arts Class Presents Haiku Poetry Updated 5/5/2019
of Effective Teaching by Harry & Rosemary Wong June-July 2010
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★Effective Teaching by Harry and Rosemary Wrong How to start School Successfully
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★Five Keys to Effective Grading by Barbara Blackburn 12/17
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★IXL Language Arts 2019
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★Favorite Books for Second Graders 1998-2019
For detailed methodology of the various components of language arts skills, click on the corresponding area - the titles are links: Reading, Poetry, Writing, Family Reading or just click on the topic of interest at the top number 1- 36.
The following is a chart illustrating how, in the past, Harcourt integrated literacy skills on first grade level. Harcourt has since been purchased by Pearson Company which is anchored in the Common Core Standards- a far cry from what literacy instruction should look like.
An example of sound pedagogy in contrast with Common Core Standards
“This is the best day ever,”
said five-year-old Matias the day when Camp Invention displayed the students’ inventions. Matias loves to learn and is full of enthusiasm when the topic and pedagogy are at his appropriate level, experimenting and learning via hands-on. Direct teaching, drilling, memorizing and regurgitating kill students’ enthusiasm and their love of learning. Camp Invention developed the most important higher order thinking skill: the imagination.
Ms. Davilla’s first grade classroom
Summer between K and first grade
Oh the Good Old Days Before Common Core!!!
Characteristics of Exemplary First-Grade Literacy Instruction Rdg. Teacher 1/1999 Morrow, Tracey, Woo and Pressley
Literacy-rich environments; desks grouped to encourage social interaction; leaning centers around the perimeter... colorful rugs for group meetings, listening to stories, and mine lessons... Calendars, weather charts, helper charts, rules for the class, charts with functional information and a display of children’s work. There was a special chair for the teacher to sit while reading a story to the class. The special chair was also used by children to tell of their experiences and read the stories they wrote o read. Some people call it the “Author’s Chair.” They also had the experience chart-easel..
There were tables for guided rdg. lessons, most in the shape of half moon and teacher sitting the center. In the rdg. center was a pocket chart for sentence strips, individual erasable boards for word analysis, ability-level read materials, record-keeping folders and a stand for writing charts.
Each center: art , math, social studies, science and literacy had materials about the content area.
Reading and writing materials were present at all centers. There were book shelves featuring special books about the theme of the day/week/month. There were books in baskets for different levels and genres. Poetry charts were hung in the room and matched either the themes or words skills being taught. All material was visually and physically accessible for children.
Types of reading:
-Shared read-aloud
-Partner Reading
-Guided Reading
Types of writing experiences
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-Journal writing
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-Story writing
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-Content area writing
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-Writing with a partner
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-Writing Workshops
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-Observed teacher’s writing:
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- Teacher wrote the morning message that was dictated by the children.
Many great ideas for all aspects of literacy were described - a great support for neophytes especially.
Well worth purchasing it from ERIC and reading in detail.
The following are charts illustrating how, in the past, Harcourt integrated literacy skills. Harcourt has since been purchased by Pearson Company which is anchored in the Common Core Standards- a far cry from what literacy instruction should look like.
Ms. Davilla’s first grade class science reports- a written report accompanied by an illustration. The photos depict the children observing snails ,
and plants.
