This week we will be reading The Big Circle. The skills the students will be working on this week: Distinguish between long/short vowel sounds, introduce long o (CVCe), contractions n't, 'm, 'll.The following ppts. are for your use at home on skills that we will be learning.
This week we will be reading Honey Bees. Students will be learning introduced long e: e, ee, and introduced nouns in sentences. Encourage your child to write a sentence that includes all of the following words: we, see, bee, green, tree. We will learn to compare and contrast stories. **Remember Friday is a 1/2 day**
compareandcontrast.ppt
nounsinSentences.ppt
bees_1_rev.ppt
Unit 3
This week we will reading An Egg is an Egg. Students will be learning the vowel sounds of y and long vowels (CV). We will continue to build on Compare and contrast skills and verbs are action words. Please review these skills with your child.
Actionwords.ppt
CompareandContrast.ppt
This week we will be learning ng, and nk words and compound words, and verbs that add -s. We are learning about Plot and Sequence of stories. Synonyms and Antonmys are also on the list to learn this week! Please review these skills with your student and the following power points should help. If you would like I have added the games to go along with each skill located on the Portaportal link.
This week we take a look at or and ar sounds. We worked on how to Summarize the story.
summarize.ppt
This week we will take a look at the life cycle of frogs, verbs from now and past and sequence
4FrogampToadTogetherppt.ppt
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sequence.ppt
lifecycleoffrogs.ppt
verbsnowandthepast.ppt
5ImaCaterpillarppt.pptcaterpillar.png
Where_Are_My_Animal_Friends.ppt
Unit 4
This week we will be looking at Realistic Fiction. The students will work on Long a: ai, ay, and possessives and continue to build on drawing conclusions. We will integrate Social Studies about cultures and beliefs and customs and traditions and celebrations.
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Mamas_Birthday_Present.ppt
Mamas-Birthday-Present-ppt.ppt
possessives.ppt
This week we will look at long e:ea and inflected endings. The students will learn about Themes and using Graphic Organizers. High Frequency words- colors, drew, sign, great, over, draw, show.
theme.ppt
WordWallWordsU4W2.ppt
ea_words_for_The_Dot_story.ppt
The students will be learning about a Biography- question to What treasures can we find in the earth? Students will study on long o: oa, ow and Three - letter blends. Comprehension skill to focus on Author's Purpose.
Authorspurpose.ppt
Mister20Bones1.ppt
skills-work.ppt
This week the students will work on Long i: ie, igh and kn /n/ and wr /r/ sounds in words. The comprehension skill to focus on Realism and Fantasy. This is a beautiful story with wonderful illustrations.
lady_in_the_moon.ppt
The-Lady-in-the-Moon.ppt
WordWallWordsU4W4.ppt
Looking at Families, roles, and responsibilities and personal changes to integrate social studies into this story. Realistic Fiction and the use of compound words and vowels ew, ue, and ui sounds. Build on comprehension skill of Character, setting, and plot.
CompoundWordspp.ppt
peters-chair-ppt.ppt
WordWallWordsU4W5.ppt
Suffixes with -ly, -ful and vowels in moon. Cause and Effect will be the skill we focus on this week. The students will learn about community and citizenship and responsibility during this story. We will have assessment on Thursday this week due to Good Friday
henry-and-mudge-ppt.ppt
Unit 5
This week we will be looking at diphthong ow /ou/ as in brown, town. Syllables C + le as in sample, saddle. We will continue with suffixes -ly, -ful. The students will be learning synonyms and Commands this week. We will ask "When does a problem need a clever solution".
grammar_commands_5-1First-Grade.ppt
This week we the students will study about Diphthong ou /ou/ examples: grouch, ground, and loud. Syllables VCV pattern and review the vowel diphthong ow /ou/. We will study Exclamations and Descriptive Words. We ask this week "How can new ideas help us see things differently"?
grammar_exclamations_5-2FirstGrade.ppt
The students will ask "Why do we want to find answers to some questions". This week we will study about Vowels and Inflected Endings. The students will learn to Categorize and classify in Reading.
grammar_sentence_begin_end_5-3.ppt
This week we will study about Diphthongs oi, oy examples: foil, boy, and coin. Suffixes -er, -or; and learn about Homonyms and Pronouns. The students will be asked "What great ideas make our lives easier"?
