Posts: Week at a Glance (April 8-12)

4/8/2019 9:43 AM by stacey.waugh


 



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:



 



Eagle eye – use
picture clues


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


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


Chunky monkey – look
for a chunk you know


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


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


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!



 


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