Grade One Home-School Link – Week of March 20th
HOMEWORK (nightly)
Reading:
“Good-fit” take- home book
Continue to review sight words and sound teams
***Extra Practice- see bottom of page*****
LIBRARY-return books by Wednesday (they missed it last week)
LITERACY FOCUS
READING:
-Practice reading words with sound teams and blends
-Focus on sound team: igh, blends: sc, sn, sw, sk, sp, st, spr, str, squ, scr
-Strengthen accuracy, fluency and comprehension.
-Review reading strategies---use a variety of strategies to create meaning- reviewing Skippy Frog: When we are having difficulty sounding out a word, we need to skip the word, read on, then “hop back” and try it again. The sentence often has clues as to what the unknown word could be!
-Reading and spelling Sight/Word Wall Words: at, and, a, in, is, it, I , like, me of, school, that, the, to, was, went, play, friend, with, this, have, little, day, away, say, are, go, up, us, we, like ,said, going, she, on, my, came, make, here, see, what, very, no, an or, before, for, put, all, her, after, over, mother, father, look, too, can, saw, asked, were, by, back, did, big, be, him, not, will, about, how, now, our, I’m, am, come, some, if, should, would, could , don’t, their, there, from, get, had, has, as, because, man, into, do, just, one, you, they, who, but, two, his, so, then, when
WRITING-Leads & Descriptions
Starting stories with dialogue. For example, rather than beginning a story by saying I went skating”, try using dialogue - “Do you want to go skating?” asked Mom.
Using descriptive words in our sentences…..“I bought a new blue shirt with red stripes.”
MATH FOCUS Subtraction
Use subtraction sentences (8-5) to tell a subtraction story. “There are 8 ducks in a pond. 5 swim away. How many ducks are left in the pond?” Using counters or draw a picture to solve the problem.
Number stories that involve both addition and subtraction: There were 5 dogs playing, 1 more joined them, 2 went home, and 1 ran away. How many dogs are there now?
PLEASE REVIEW AND PRACTICE
Practice doubles---1+1 2+2 3+3 4+4 5+5 6+6 then 7+7 8+8 9+9 10+10
Numbers that make ten---1+9 2+8 3+7 4+6 5+5 0+10
****High Frequency Sight Words**** Please keep reviewing until mastered. If your child can read the words with ease, have them practice spelling/create sentences in their practice book.
-Read words with blends and sound teams:
boat blow bail bay boo about bow beak bark blue boy blaw
bling cling spring bring swing fling
-Print sentences using the new sight words. Make sure they include capitals and punctuation. Have them reread and edit on their own.
-Read number words:
zero one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
then on to……eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty
-Add one, two, three to a number up to 20.
-Subtraction games:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
April 3rd- Second Report Card
April 10th –Professional Learning day/Parent Teacher Conferences- 1pm-7 pm