I can Generalize CAN YOU?

Two weeks ago our comprehension skill was making generalizations.  Does anyone else have trouble teaching generalizations to FIRST graders???  I struggle with this strategy.  This year I decided to explain it a little differently to my students.  I told them that a generalization is about connecting what you know and what you read or see.  Then you make a general statement about it.  I had my students look at 3 “friends” what do most of these students have in common? 

Here is one example picture:

Most of these students are girls, most have on pants, most have longer hair, etc. 

This really helped them understand how to make a generalization.  I put together a few activities to help practice this skill. 

If you are interested, you can purchase these ideas in my TPT for $2!

Penguin Ideas - Long I, Contractions,

Penguin Phonics

Last week our phonics centers had a penguin theme. We learned about Long I and practiced sorting words into the correct word family. Then we used a few words in sentences. We also started learning about contractions.

You can download a copy of these activities here!

Long I Penguins

Penguin Contractions

Soft and Hard Sounds for C and G

I’ve just uploaded a new Word Work Sorting Activity for the Soft and Hard Sounds of C and G in my TPT store.  Here is a preview:

It is on sale today and tomorrow for $1.50.

I’m also having a little MLK sale in my TPT store today and tomorrow!



January Catch-Up Post

New Year’s Resolution

Yikes!! I'm way behind on my posting!! But I figured I would go ahead and back track a little here is a little New Year’s Resolution idea. I read this story to my students:

 This book was so cute! It really helped my students understand that a resolution is simply a promise. Next we made promises to ourselves, to our friends, to our teacher, and to our family. Here are a few samples:
         

January Writing

I found this cute idea on Pinterest:

I decided it would be so cute for our January bulletin board I read the students a few books about winter and then they wrote about winter and created a winter person to hold their paper. 

Cause and Effect

Our comprehension skill was Cause and Effect.  We read several stories to practice this skill. 

My favorite activity was That’s Good, That’s Bad, we read the book and then we talked about how sometimes causes and have BAD effects.  I had the students pretend to find a wallet then they had to write a good effect and a bad effect.  Here are a few samples.

 

You can download this header here!