These past few weeks during reading workshop have focused not only on reviewing and adding more good habits for solving tricky words, but strengthening our ability to become "super smart" when reading nonfiction! Before our holiday break, we began to focus on looking closely at pictures, captions, drawings, and text and thinking about what more we can learn, retelling information while thinking about the importance of why the author wanted us to learn this information (inquire with you child how they can get a "three scoop" cone, and also on finding key words and using these key words to learn more about a topic. Nonfiction text can be more challenging for first grade readers, and finding ways to teach them to dig for deeper understanding is our focus. First graders have been spending a lot of time reading to learn - and having so much fun with it. INQUIRE with your child what nonfiction books interest them!
