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Grade 1 Mrs. Waugh 

Week at a Glance (April 29-May 3)

Wednesday Night: Pack library books.

Nightly:

• Read good-fit books. Have your child provide a retell of the main events. Also, when your child reads a word containing a sound team point it out to him/her. Try keeping a running list of the sound team words you and your child find in his/her good-fit books to practice reading and spelling at home.

• Practice/review all sight words and Sound Teams. If your child can read all of the sight words, have him/her try spelling them or writing them in a sentence.

• Practice the “no excuse” spelling words for grade 1.

Reading :

• When reading at home with your child, make sure that he/she is self-correcting. Students are encouraged to monitor their own reading and to back-up and reread if something does not sound right/make sense. The goal is for students to be able to do this independently without needing prompting.

• Continue to work on reading comprehension with your child by having him/her answer questions (both literal and inferential – “why do you think the character acted that way?”) about the books he/she reads. Have your child respond  to books by making predictions about what thinks could happen next, and by giving his/her opinion on events in the story.

   

  Writing:  We will be experimenting with different forms of writing (How To, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Persuasive etc…)

   

Math: Review Numbers to 50

• Have your child practice counting forwards and backwards between 2 numbers to 50. For example, count from 45-52, from 37-30, etc.

• Write a number to 50 and have your child tell you what the number is.

• Say a number and have your child write it (up to 50). Have your child practice any numbers he/she writes backwards.

• Ask questions such as; What comes before 46? What comes after 47? Etc.

   

   

Ask questions such as: 

• If there were 5 children playing, how many fingers would there be altogether?

• If I had $25 and I wanted to give each friend $5, how many friends could I give money to?

• I have 43 hockey cards. How many groups of ten will I have? How many will there be left over?

• I have 37 books. How many groups of 5 can I make? How many will there be left over?

   

We are working on estimation to 20. Try placing a group of objects (buttons, coins, etc.) in front of your child, and have him/her estimate how many there are. Talk about using 10 as a referent (a small amount to refer to). For example, count out a group of 10 for your child and say “if you know this is what a group of 10 looks like, do you think there be more or less than 10 altogether? How many would you estimate there are in all?”

Reminders/Important Dates:

Friday, May 3 – Council Day (Professional Learning) for teachers.  No school for students.

Monday, May 13 – NBTA Branch Day – No School for students

Tuesday, May14-Coloured t shirt activity

Monday, May 20 – Victoria Day – No school

Thank you for your support!