Reading: This week begins lesson 8. You may go to www.storytown.com first grade to find multiple activities pertaining to lesson 8. You will also find the story that we will be reading. It would be wonderful if you would have your child practice reading this story. We will look at the details of the story and use graphic organizers to test our comprehension of what we have read. Also, this week I am going to stress reading with expression
Vocabulary: applauded, chatty, gather, duty, envy, resent
Our high frequency words for the week are don’t, her, lie, Mr., new, says, and water.
Spelling:
then
them
his
that
path
with
ten
get
said
was
Phonics: Our focus this week will be the digraph th and initial blends with s. Look for these words while reading each night.
Sight Words: Hopefully you have read the note about the change in how we do sight words. Practice reading all the words that are not highlighted. Please leave the list in the sheet protector. Do not highlight the words that they read for you. I will do that as they read them for me each week. As soon as they master all the words on that sheet, they will receive their next set of words. They will also move their card to the next “club” level. The students are so excited about the change. This seems to really motivate them to practice their words. It is so important that parents spend some time each afternoon reviewing these words with their child. If there is a parent that would like to volunteer going over sight words with children at the same day and time each week it would be greatly appreciated. Unfortunately, some children don’t receive any assistance at home.
Handwriting: I am sure you have noticed that I stress neat and legible handwriting. Practicing at home would be very helpful. You can go to www.handwritingworksheets.com and design your own.
Math: We will continue to analyze graphs and review counting by 2, 5, and 10. As always we will add and subtract. Please review their math minute each night. I am so amazed at how quickly children are learning new skills.
Science: For the next two weeks we will learn about the characteristics of living and non-livings things. We will study all of the main animal groups. Look for information about a special project to be done at home. Each child will be assigned an animal to research and display their information and pictures on poster board.
Reminders: “Bucket-filling” week. Refer to the note sent home by Sharon Bowen.
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