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Grade 1 Mrs. Waugh
Week at a Glance (Jan. 14-18)
Wednesday Night – Pack library books to be sent back Thursday.
Nightly – Practice sight words, sound teams and read good fit
books/Raz-Kids.
Literacy:
Words of the Week: about, how, now, our
(Please highlight these on your high
frequency word list)
Practice reading the words If your child reads them with ease, practice
spelling the words and/or writing a sentence using one of the words of the
week. Sight words and sound teams can be practiced by
playing a game of “POP”. Put the words/teams in a cup and pass it back and
forth to pull out a card. If the person can read the card they keep it, if you
pull out a card that says POP they put the cards back in the cup! When all the
cards are gone the winner is the person with the most cards!
Reading: Students
are learning about contractions and how to read them properly which can help
improve Accuracy when reading (ie; we’ll, they’ve, she’s, etc.)
Sound Team: “ou”
(please highlight this on your sound team sheet)
Students have already
learned that ow makes the long o
sound as in grow, and
have now discovered it can also say the same sound as ou, as in cow. Practice
reading the following words:
shout, clown, cow, loud, cloud, down, frown, count
Remember, you
can make reading these words (as well as the sight words each week) more
engaging by playing a memory matching game, writing words on a tic-tac-toe
board, and/or playing “go fish” with word cards. See “POP”
description above.
Word Family: - -ell How
many words can you think of that end in ell?
Writing:
We have been working on adding more
details to our small moment stories, as well as proper use of upper/lower case
letters, punctuation, finger spaces, use the word wall to spell sight words
correctly, sounding out words, and printing neatly within the lines on our
page.
Math:
We are starting
formal addition/subtraction and using concrete objects so students develop a
stronger understanding (counters, blocks, etc.) The following are some
activities you can do at home to reinforce what we are learning at school:
5 dogs were on a walk and 2 more joined in. How many are
there now? I had 2 books, I bought 3 more, and then a friend gave me
1. How many do I have altogether? There were 8 cars in a garage, 3 left, and then 1 more
left. How many cars are there now?
Some students are
ready to do these without counters. However, it is important that they start
with them to really grasp
these ideas.
Practice counting
forwards and backwards with different starting points. Count from 3 to 9, 12 to
8, etc. This skill is very important when we start adding and subtracting
without counters. Ask your child what are some different ways he/she can build a set of 7 in
two parts? (2 and 5, 1 and 6, 3 and 4, etc.) Addition and subtraction is easier to understand if students are
comfortable breaking numbers up into parts, and putting parts together to see
the whole amount. Practice skip
counting by 2s to 20, and by 5s and 10s to 50. It is important that students realize
skip counting is actually counting sets, not just memorizing the pattern. Please
have your child practice counting sets of items (noodles, blocks, buttons, etc.).
Reminders/Important Dates:
Skating: Tuesday, Jan. 15 from 10-11 and Tuesday, Jan. 22 from
10-11 Mark your calendars! We will be
going skating these two days. It would be so wonderful if you could
join us to tie skates and help get your child on the ice. All
adults and children will need skates and a skating (not bike) helmet. No
strollers or boots are allowed. Gloves must be worn. Please refer to the
note sent home before Christmas as well as on the school page. We
are at York Arena this year.
Tuesday, Jan. 15 – School wide team colour meeting – please remind your
child to wear their team colour shirt or a shirt the colour of their team.
Monday, Jan.28-Professional Learning Day-no school for students.
Thank you for your support!
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