Photos from the Farm #22

Welcome back, First Graders!

Welcome to America, Tarcio! We are so glad you came! This post is especially for you. This post is for Tarcio because he is learning a new language, English!

I hope this post will help Tarcio learn to speak English, and I hope it will be a post that you can read without your teacher's help. I heard that you are all working hard learning to read!

Reading is like learning a secret code! All the funny, squiggly shapes on the page are like a secret code that you are figuring out this year! Once you learn to read you can learn anything you want to learn!

First, I wanted to answer a question that your teacher told me you had been asking.

Some of you are wondering why I haven't answered your questions. There are three reasons why I don't answer questions.

1. I couldn't read what you wrote.
2. Someone else asked the same question but their handwriting was neater.
3. I already answered the question in one of the other posts.

I also heard that you are measuring your paper to make sure I can fit it on my scanner! Great job! Thank you!

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This is a goat.
She is brown and white.
Her ears hang down.
Her tongue sticks out.
Her name is Clover.

This is a goat.
She is brown and white.
Her ears stick out.
Her name is Penny.

This is a goat.
She is white.
Her ears stand up.
Her name is Annie.

These are ducks.
One duck is white.
One duck is black and white.
The small ducks are ducklings.
You can't see duck ears!
The ducks don't have names.
What names would you give the ducks?

This is a cow.
She is orange.
Her ears stick out.
Her name is Echo.

This is a cow.
He is brown.
His ears stick out.
He has a big nose.
His name is Remi.

This is a cat.
She is brown and black and white.
Her ears stand up.
She lives in the barn.
Her name is Midnight.

This is a cat.
She is grey and black and white.
Her ears stand up.
She lives in the house.
Her name is Stinky.

This is a dog.
He is yellow.
His ears hang down.
He has a big nose.
His name is Miles.

These are dogs.
They are black and white.
One dog has ears that stand up, one dog has ears that hang down.
Their names are JJ and Scout.

This is a chicken.
She is orange.
You can't see chicken ears.
She doesn't have a name.
What name would you give her?

This is a rooster.
He is orange.
You can't see rooster ears.
His name is Charlie.

These are mice.
They are grey.
They have small ears near their head.
They don't have names.
We don't like mice on our farm.
They eat the bags we store the food in.
They make a mess.
We hope they find another home.

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I hope you could read all the words I wrote!

Your teacher told me you have been so nice to Tarcio. That is wonderful! I think Tarcio will love living in America because he has new friends in school.

Next week I'll send something to the classroom for you to see and smell and touch!

Have a nice week!