Norwood Fontbonne Academy

Integrated Language Arts
Our program is literature-based, which means that the children will be surrounded by quality literature, both in big book and trade book form. We will also be using selections from the Houghton Mifflin series anthologies. We will be using the thematic approach, so that much of our reading and writing will relate to the current unit of study.

Theme One: All Together Now
Theme Two: Surprise!
Theme Three: Let's Look Around!
Theme Four: Family and Friends
Theme Five: Home Sweet HOme
Theme Six: Animal Adventures
Theme Seven: We Can Work It Out

Riddle of the Day
I have found that riddles are a great way to help children learn about making inferences, also it helps children listen for rhyming words (phonemic awareness) and it's a fun way to start building vocabulary.

Word Wall
Each week, we will add five new words to our wall. The words that we add to our word wall are basic sight vocabulary words that are not phonetically correct and/or do not follow traditional spelling and phonics rules. The word wall is arranged alphabetically, and during writing times, we can refer to the word wall when we need to spell a basic sight word!

I encourage you to ask your child about the riddle of the day and the word wall words!

word wall

Below are some great websites for your child to explore!
starfall - The Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service. It has great links for parents and your child!
word family builder - This site is part of the read think write website. This is just one of the many games that your child can play. I choose this game because in first grade we do a lot of work with word families.
26 ILA games- The games range from level to level!
eduplace- This is the Houghton Mifflin website and it has some great links for children and parents!
Scholastic - This site is a great site for parents to explore and another great site for your child!