Mrs. Greene's First Grade 2023-2024

Dear First Grade Families, We wrapped up another busy week in first grade. We have continued practicing our classroom routines and settling into our regular daily schedule. We have also had several school-wide safety drills and taken some beginning-of-the-year assessments. The students are doing a great job with all of it! Here are some things we’ve been working on in our classroom: Classroom Community - We have a daily morning meeting. Morning meeting has four components: greeting, sharing, activity, and morning message/calendar. It is a great way to start the day and get to know each other. We also developed our classroom promise (rules) so that everyone can learn. Literacy - We are working our way through Unit 1 of Fundations. This unit is a review of letters/sounds that students learned in kindergarten. We are also focusing on letter formation. We also do daily phonemic awareness lessons. The students will tell you this is my favorite part of the day! We have been doing a lot of wr...

Dear First Grade Families, Welcome to our classroom blog! I will post weekly or bi-weekly updates about our classroom and important events coming up. I will also post pictures of students in action! I don't always think to grab my camera, but I hope to give you a peek into our classroom! Today is our 10th day of school! So far, students have been working on learning classroom routines and building our classroom community. We have also been getting into our academic routines. Last week, we started our Everyday Math curriculum and this week we started Unit 1 of our Fundations (phonics) lessons. We are working on building our stamina and independence.  While we have started some of our academic routines, we are still very much focused on our classroom community. As a teacher, it is my goal for my classroom to be a safe, welcoming environment where everyone is able to learn. I also like to laugh and have fun! Here are some pictures from the first 10 days. Some first day photos! Indoor ...