Dear Parents,
Thank you for visiting this very special page designed just for you! I created a ‘Parents’ section of my website to keep you informed and educated on the strategies that are being taught to your children in school. This page will provide useful information that you can use with your children, so that they are sure to have a successful year in first grade.
Below you will find: common phrases that are used by myself and the children everyday, special parent newsletters that I created just for you, and a question of the week that you can ask your child. Please be sure to visit this page frequently since I update the website weekly. This is another wonderful way you can stay ‘in touch’ with your child’s education. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have regarding the information presented on this page.
Thank you,
Erin Schneider
Parent Newsletters
Ways to Help Your Child Succeed
Reading Lingo Reading Vocabulary
-As good readers we… – Author: the person who wrote the story
-Reading is thinking! – Illustrator: the person who drew the pictures
-What is the genre of the story? – Noun: A person, animal, place or thing
-What are you thinking as a reader? – Adjective: describing words, they describe
nouns
-I wonder… – Genre: the type of writing a story is (i.e.fiction,
non-fiction, fantasy, mystery, etc.)
-I predict… -Metacognition: thinking about your thinking
-This reminds me of… -Schema: your background knowledge (what
you know about something)
-I have __________ connection -Inference: drawing conclusions
T-T= text to text (schema+clues from text=inference)
T-S= text to self
T-W= text to world – Sequencing; putting a story in order
-Did you paint a picture in your mind? – Fluency: how you read the story (choppy or
smooth)
-How much schema do you have for
___(topic)____? – Comprehension: how well you understand
the story (recalling events, telling the
-What do you infer about ________? main idea, etc.)
-Using clues from the story and your – Visualizing: painting a picture of the
background knowledge (schema), what story in your mind
do you infer about ___(a part in the story, a
character, etc)___?
Writing Lingo Writing Vocabulary
-As good writers we… – Main Idea: What the story is about (first sentence)
-Good writers always start sentences – Major Details: ideas that support your main idea
with capital letters and end sentences
with periods. – Minor Details: further ideas to support the major
details
-Did you check your punctuation?
– Ending: sum up the story with a sentence similar
-Make sure your sentences are ‘juicy‘ to the main idea
(Adding adjectives to your sentences)
-Is it important to re-read your writing out
loud so you can see if it flows (you can also
check for mistakes).
Math Lingo Math Vocabulary
~ What is the clue word in our number story? -Pattern Unit: the part in the pattern that
repeats. ~How would I write the equation?
– Addends:
~What strategy did you use to solve this problem?
– Sum:
~What is the pattern unit?
– Difference: