First Grade Sharing Guidelines

Sharing is an integral part of our Language Arts curriculum, as it provides an important opportunity for children to learn to speak in front of a group. Our sharing program is organized into topics to guide students in selecting what to share.

Students will share twice a month. Each child will be assigned to either Group A or Group B, and a particular sharing day of the week. If your child is absent or if we have a holiday on his/her assigned day, sharing can be done later in the week.

Attached is the sharing schedule for the year. The sharing group and assignment for the week will be listed in the weekly Homework Schedule, as well.

The monthly sharing topics are listed below:

 What’s in the Bag?-  Students  conceal an item in a bag to share.  During sharing, they give clues describing the item (written on the form provided in that week’s homework packet) to help the class guess what's in the bag.  Science items such as a leaf, acorn, feather, shell, etc. are great options.

Book Sharing-I will provide a book report form for you this week.

Special Assignments-  I will send home a brief description of this project the week it is due (or earlier). Other homework will consist of only the nightly reading requirement when we have projects.

The help you provide your first grader in preparing and practicing for sharing will make this early exposure to public speaking a positive experience. Thank you in advance for your support.

Week of:

     September  9          Group A   Me-in-a-Bag

                    16         Group B    Me-in-a-Bag

                    23         Group A   What’s in the Bag?

                    30         Group B    What's in the Bag?; assign "What Can I Write About?"Collages, due  Wed.10/9

October    7     no sharing; "What Can I Write About?" Collage due 10/9

                  14     Groups A &B  share What Can I Write About? Collages                            

                  28     Group B  What's in the Bag?; assign Turkey project, due 11/6

November 4         no sharing; work on project due Wed. 11/6 (students will present their Turkey Projects in class)

                  11         no sharing; assign Country Reports, due Wed. 12/4

                  18         no sharing; work on Country Reports, due Wed. 12/4

December  2       no sharing; Country Reports due Wed. 12/4

                     9       Group A    Share Country Reports

                    16      Group B     Share Country Reports

January     6          GroupA    What's in the Bag?; Snowperson Story due 1/15 (A & B)

                  13         GroupB    What’s in the Bag?

                  20         GroupA    Book Report

                  27         GroupB     Book Report;assign 100th Day Project, due  Mon.2/10

February   3         GroupA     What's in the Bag?

                 10        Group B     What's in the Bag?

                 17         no sharing

                 24         no sharing

March        3        Group A  Book Report; assign Leprechaun Traps project due 3/14

                 10         Group B   Book Report; Groups A &B share traps 3/14 & 3/17

                 17         Group A  What's in the Bag?

                 24         Group B  What's in the Bag?

   April         7        Group A  Book Report

                 14         Group B  Book Report;  4/18 Bird Report assigned (due  Wed. 4/23)

                 21         no sharing; work on Bird Reports (started in class) due 4/23

                 28         Share Bird Reports, Groups A and B

  May        5         Group A  What's in the Bag?

                 12        Group B  What’s in the Bag?; optional Castle project, due 5/29

                 19       no sharing; Groups A & B share optional castles on  Thurs. 5/29