Grade One-Home-School Link for the of week of Oct. 23rd
HOMEWORK
READING:
“Good fit” take-home book
Encourage your child to use the reading strategy card when trying to figure out unknown words.
Poems Songs Stories-review poems/songs- remind the children to track the words as they read!
Practice reading ai/ay words: day play pail way train may gain bay
Sight words-High Frequency Words for Grade One-focus for this week: this they her his
Review until mastered;
my going can you
are have had little has went and all play the was that of with like
(Once the words are mastered, the students can learn to spell them)
MATH: Practice counting forward and backwards from 1-20
Using the number line/path practice counting by twos
(When these are mastered, move on to higher numbers)
LIBRARY-******return book on Tuesday**********
LITERACY FOCUS:
Reading strategies:
Eagle Eye- Look at the pictures for cues.
Lips the Fish- Say the first few sounds in the word
Stretchy Snake- Stretch out the sounds slowly the put the sounds together and say the word
Chunky Monkey- Look for small chunks in the word that you can read
Punctuation-how authors use it/how it helps us as we read, sound teams- ai/ay, ow/oa, word wall activities, word families, diagraphs sh th ch, review of short vowel sounds, rhyming, syllables, review ed endings, introduce alphabetical order
Daily Writing: spelling approximations(stretching out unknown words and printing all the sounds they hear), spelling some word wall words correctly, punctuation at the end of sentences, capitals for beginning of sentence/names, spaces between words, writing 3 or more ideas about a topic, proper letter formation/letter placement in one space. November benchmark- detailed illustrations, labels, write 3 or more ideas about a topic, spacing between words, spelling approximations that are readable, some punctuation/capitals.
MATH FOCUS:
MATH-benchmarks for November:
-read number words: one three five three four two zero then practice: six eight ten nine seven
-count forward and backward (1-20)
-recognize and name numerals from 11-20
-naming numbers “one,two more/one,two less”
-quickly point to numbers on the number line (in random order)
-printing numerals to 20/proper formation
-recognizing and naming familiar arrangement to 10
-describing equality as a balance/imbalance
- counting by twos to twenty
YOU AND YOUR WORLD FOCUS: Safety Procedures. This is a good time to review your family rules on safety-fire, strangers, 911 calls, helmets, knowing address and phone number. Seasonal Changes.
SKILLS TO REVIEW AND PRACTICE …..IF NEEDED:
Continue to practice printing their name using lowercase letters - Becky
Rhyming-say the following words and have them give rhyming words (some can be sillyJ)
cat fan hit jig kite see tick bet pot cut
**Segmenting/blending words
1. Have your child give each sound and then blend it together to say the word 2. Print the word- call out the word and have your child print the word as they say the 3 sounds.
bin can dig fun hid jut pit rat pen rut bun cut
Additional Information
23rd-27th School Book Fair- pamphlet will come home on Tuesday. You may send in money to purchase books after Tuesday.
24th Half Day- Professional Learning for teachers in pm
27th Halloween Howl (family event – see main web page for details)
31st Halloween – Black/Orange day (no costumes)
Thank you for your support……..Have a Fantastic Week! J