Mrs. Wendling's Classroom

January is an exciting time for 1st graders as they start to use independent skills, logical thinking, and build on prior knowlege to improve comprehension in reading and math.These are our major topics:

♦Epiphany

♦Mass: preparing for our first class Mass

♦Martin Luther King, Jr.

♦ Polar animals and their habitats

♦D'Nealian Handwriting - spacing and efficiency

♦Addition and subtaction strategies

 ♦Reading comprehension - asking yourself questions

 ♦Using descriptive words and writing complete sentences

 ♦Second Step - impulse control 

 ♦Rebecca Sitton Spelling - introducing "no excuse" words