UPDATED: Letter Sounds Word Wall Set!

Do you know these letter sounds?
They will help you learn to read!

Our word wall has evolved so much throughout the year! It brings me such happiness when I see my young writers looking at the wall to find the words they need in their writing. My emergent readers look at the pictures to help them identify the sounds each letter represents!

After hearing Barbara Milne’s Letter Sounds Song,  I knew my students would love the catchy tune. So I created this Word Wall letter sound set to match the lyrics of the song.

You can find the link to her song at:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sounds-like-fun-by-barbara/id388439609

Each morning, my students sing the letter sounds song. Two helpers are chosen to point to each letter as we sing. I printed the ABC chart poster-size to help the students follow along: 

It is music to my ears when I hear the children singing the song during our Daily 5 centers and Workshops as they independently work on writing and reading! 

 I also sent home a smaller version in their homework notebook so they could practice with their families!

The set can also be printed two to a page and used as flashcards! The possibilities are endless!

Barbara Milne’s Letter Sounds song can be found at: 

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sounds-like-fun-by-barbara/id388439609.

If you'd like to purchase the complete set, you can find it at my Tpt store:

Word Wall Letter Sounds Set

Personal Narrative Writing: Small Moments

These anchor charts (Pinterest inspired!!) were fun to make and fun to share with my students as we embark on our Personal Narrative Unit in our Writer's Workshop.  

 

We Are Thankful

I love how one of my students said they were thankful for NAPS!

My firsties did a great job brainstorming nouns we are thankful for:

And describing a pumpkin with adjectives:

Then we made a Thanksgiving Memories Chex Mix that told the story of the first Thanksgiving.  There were plenty of "leftovers" for them to take home!  Teehee.

Launching the Reader's Workshop

I am a huge fan of Lucy's Reader's Workshop.
First graders are such enthusiastic readers.
Together we are building good reading habits and dropping the bad ones:

  

And a few more charts for our anchor lessons:

 

Read! and Read some more!