Grade 1 Week at a Glance (May 13-17)

Wednesday Night: Pack library books to be sent back Thursday.

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 as necessary.

• In order to be meeting grade level reading expectations, students must be reading level G books independently, fluently, and with good comprehension by the end of June.

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Reading:

Continue to practice the following skills at home with your child:

• Using a variety of strategies to decode unknown words (stretchy snake, skippy frog, etc.)

• Checking for comprehension and retell

• Working on fluency and expression

• Knowing when to stop, pause, and change tone of voice (depending on type of punctuation)

Writing: Students will be exploring non-fiction writing.  The students will be researching information about an animal of their choice and writing a report.  We have many books at school, however if your child has a book at home they would like to use they are more than welcome to bring it in.  The book should be about an animal, and have information in it about what the animal looks like, what it eats, where it lives and other interesting facts.  It is also important that your child is able to read the text.  Please be sure to label your child’s book to ensure that it makes it back home.

Please continue to practice proper letter formation (both upper and lowercase letters) with your child at home. Watch for reversals (letters printed backwards) as well as the size and positioning of letters. Many students fail to notice that lowercase letters g, j, p, q, y should “hang below” the line and letters b, d, f, h, k, l, t should stand taller than the rest.

Math: Numbers to 100

We will continue to explore numbers to 100 (counting, noticing patterns, estimating, etc.). Please continue to work with your child using the hundred chart which was sent home last week, focusing on the skills mentioned in last week’s homework.

• Practice addition and subtraction facts, both orally and with paper and pencil.

• Work on reversals/proper formation of numbers to 100

• Practice what comes before/after a given number to 100 (both orally and paper/ pencil)

• Have your child quickly find a number on the hundred chart. Ask him/ her how many groups of 10 are in the number? How many single ones left over? (58 is 5 groups of ten and 8 single ones)

• Have your child put numbers in order from least to greatest, greatest to least (write 5 random numbers to 100 on flashcards and have him/her order them).

• Practice number stories such as: There are 4 dogs. Each has 2 treats. How many treats are there in all?  A bike rack at school holds 4 bikes. 23 kids bring a bike. How many bike racks does the school need?  Etc.

   

Reminders/Important Dates:

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

Tuesday, May14-Coloured t shirt activity

Monday, May 20 – Victoria Day – No school

Thursday, June 6 – Showcase/School Picnic 11:00-1:00 (more info. to follow).

Thank you for your support!

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