Grade 1 had a blast at our final Reading & Writing Celebration of the year! Upon finishing the “Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons” and “From Scenes to Series” units, students were ready to recommend books they love and share their own published series of realistic fiction stories! Thank...
The Grade 1 students did a WONDERFUL job sharing all of their learning today at Student Led Conferences! We have so many experts in our class! Each student shared projects in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies, including digital items recorded on the iPads. We...
We really enjoyed our visit from author John Coy this week! Students learned a lot about the book publishing process and heard many of his books read aloud. We got to listen to "Vroomaloom Zoom," "Their Great Gift," and "Two Old Potatoes and Me" on...
We kicked off a new unit in writing this week on persuasive opinion writing. Each student brought a collection of items to school. To begin our unit, students judged his/her own collection and chose a favorite item. Students wrote his/her opinion and used the word "because"...
Grade 1 wrapped up our nonfiction units of study in reading and writing this week before the break. In this unit, students became experts on many nonfiction topics and practiced ways to teach others what they learned, by reading aloud like an expert and teaching as...
Over the long winter break, please continue to practice reading, writing, and math with your student! Here are some ideas on how to do this, in addition to the other online learning resources you can always find on our website. [google-drive-embed url="https://drive.google.com/a/lsnepal.com/file/d/1eaJ8VZHEEHVmCfgVGP617EFDBPkVILLm/preview?usp=drivesdk" title="Winter Break Home Practice Ideas.pdf" icon="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/pdf" width="100%" height="400"...
The author Gennifer Choldenko visited Lincoln School this week! On Monday, she presented to P1, G1, & G2 about her writing process. Gennifer spoke about how she gets ideas, where she writes, the research she does, how her books are made, and answered student questions. She...
This morning G1 celebrated learning in reading, writing, and social studies! Students demonstrated good habits in reading, read aloud published Small Moment stories, and shared family artifact stories recorded on the iPad. Thank you to everyone who attended our celebration! Here is the reading habits video that...
Visit the Writing Prompts page for ideas for students to practice writing at home. Attached below are resources for following the writing process and revising/editing work. [google-drive-embed url="https://drive.google.com/a/lsnepal.com/file/d/0ByxGpZy82lkoTVBpcnY4N2ZWOEE/preview?usp=drivesdk" title="LucyCalkinsWritingPosters.pdf" icon="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/pdf" width="100%" height="400" style="embed"] [google-drive-embed url="https://drive.google.com/a/lsnepal.com/uc?id=0ByxGpZy82lkoRW1FS2hmTjNEN2s&export=download" title="How to write a story.JPG" icon="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/image/jpeg" width="4032" height="3024" extra="image" style="embed"] [google-drive-embed url="https://drive.google.com/a/lsnepal.com/uc?id=0ByxGpZy82lkoWHJnemZRVWhWS2c&export=download" title="small moment...
