A Peek into Reading in First Grade
Students continue to build on phonemic awareness, phonics skills, and sight word knowledge. Identifying sounds in words, understanding syllables, and learning short and long vowel patterns will all contribute to students’ reading and writing skills. For more suggestions of ways to build these skills, click here: http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/reading-language/reading-milestones/first-grader-language-development-milestones/
First graders develop comprehension skills through listening to read-alouds, reading on their own, and talking about books with others. They begin to understand that there are different genres of texts. When reading fiction, students understand that there will usually be characters, setting, a problem, and solution. On the other hand, informational text will teach real facts with a main idea and supporting key details. The best way parents can help their first graders build comprehension is by reading to them and talking about the books together.
First graders also begin to write more to communicate their thinking. Students learn to write for different purposes, including narrative, informational, and opinion writing. They also begin to write about their reading by jotting notes on post-its or writing and/or drawing pictures in a reading response notebook.
Students continue to build on phonemic awareness, phonics skills, and sight word knowledge. Identifying sounds in words, understanding syllables, and learning short and long vowel patterns will all contribute to students’ reading and writing skills. For more suggestions of ways to build these skills, click here: http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/reading-language/reading-milestones/first-grader-language-development-milestones/
First graders develop comprehension skills through listening to read-alouds, reading on their own, and talking about books with others. They begin to understand that there are different genres of texts. When reading fiction, students understand that there will usually be characters, setting, a problem, and solution. On the other hand, informational text will teach real facts with a main idea and supporting key details. The best way parents can help their first graders build comprehension is by reading to them and talking about the books together.
First graders also begin to write more to communicate their thinking. Students learn to write for different purposes, including narrative, informational, and opinion writing. They also begin to write about their reading by jotting notes on post-its or writing and/or drawing pictures in a reading response notebook.