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Grade 1 Mrs. Waugh 

Week at a Glance (April 8-April 12)

Wednesday Night: Pack Library books to be brought back Thursday.

• Nightly: Read good-fit books (have your child provide a retell of the main events in the story)

• Practice Sight Words and Sound Teams.

Reading: 

• This Week’s Words:  big, like, back, did (these are the last of the sight words for grade 1).

• We will be learning about compound words - two words that go together to make one word. (ie; butterfly, sandbox, etc.)  Have your child try to find compound words in the books he/she reads.

   

• Please review ALL strategies for decoding unknown words:

1. Eagle eye – use picture clues

2. Lips the Fish – say the first few sounds of the word

3. Stretchy snake – stretch the word slowly and then put the sounds back together

4. Chunky monkey – look for a chunk you know

5. Flippy Dolphin – if the short vowel sound doesn’t work, try the long vowel sound, and vice versa

6. Skippy Frog – skip the word and read to the end of the sentence, then hop back

7. Tryin’ Lion – try a word that makes sense

Writing: details/editing

• We are continuing to work on how to “paint a picture with words”. For example, rather than saying She was sad try painting a picture in your reader’s mind by saying Tears streamed down her cheeks.

• We are continuing to add details to our writing, so the reader can create a picture in his/her mind. To help with this, students are learning how to work with a partner to peer edit. The person reading their story gives them advice on how to add a detail so the reader can really “see” the story.

• We are also continuing to work on writing organized small moment stories and “jazzing” them up. Did you remember to use a fancy word? Did you try different sentence starters? Did you add some dialogue? Do you have an interesting lead?, etc.

Math: Addition & Subtraction to 20

• Review fact families: Give your child one fact and see if he/she is able to tell you the three other facts that belong to that family. For example, give your child the fact 5+3=8. The goal is for him/her to be able to tell you the other facts in that family: 3+5=8, 8-3=5,

   8-5=3. If your child is still struggling with this, use counters to model the two parts.

• We have started to work more with facts to 20. Please practice facts such as,    18-5,    14+6,    12+_=15,    19-_=14 etc.  

Thursday, April 11- Easter Dinner- Tickets will be on sale from March 25th to April 8th in the cafeteria and on the Chartwells website. Please send a lunch with your child if you are not purchasing a ticket next week as there will not be anything else available in the cafeteria on April 11th.

Tuesday, April 16-coloured t shirt activity

Thursday, April 18 – Jump Rope for Heart pledges due

Friday, April 19 – Good Friday – No School

Monday, April 22 – Easter Monday – No School

Please return the report card envelope containing the signed sheet which was sent home with report card (Thank you to those who have already done so).

Thank you for your support!