Keyboarding
Students are learning keyboarding during workstations.
Listening
First graders love to listen to books!
Computers
The first graders use the computer to play reading games and to create webs.
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Click on the pictures t o view larger versions of the following webs (pdf files).
Invented Spelling
Children who write in this way in their own invented spellings receive valuable practice in translating from sound to print. This practice and experience with letters and sounds form an excellent basis for reading later on. In addition, the activity develops self-reliance in dealing with print, and contributes to a do-it-yourself attitude which carries over into learning to read.
~Carol Chomsky (1976)
