September 19, 2025/

First Grade Reading

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Look at these amazing readers! There was a lot of excitement in Mrs. Davis’s first-grade class this week as students practiced their new Reading Center routines. The best part was seeing them dive into books all on their own as they worked on increasing their reading stamina.

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