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Week 13
Long Vowels: E
Long Vowels: E
Print pictures of things that have the short E and long E sound in them, like "sheep" and "leg." Ask your child to help you sort them by their sound.
Print pictures of things that have the short E and long E sound in them, like "sheep" and "leg." Ask students to help you sort them by their sound.
Learning Long Vowels: Long E
Interactive Worksheet
Learning Long Vowels: Long E
First graders practice recognizing long e by coloring the pictures that have a long e sound.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Interactive Worksheet
Long and Short Vowels: "E"
Worksheet
Long and Short Vowels: "E"
With this phonics worksheet, kids match picture names to items representing short "E" and long "E" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Rhyme Time: The Long E
Worksheet
Rhyme Time: The Long E
This worksheet gives your child four pages to practice his rhyming skills and learn how to identify words with long e sounds.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Number Bonds
Number Bonds
This week help your child learn about the relationship between addition and subtraction using number bonds and fact families.
Use number bonds to practice decomposing numbers within 20 with your students. This is a great way to introduce the concept of inverse operations.
Fact Family Trees
Lesson plan
Fact Family Trees
Number facts are related, just like families! Help students learn all about fact families while they make fact family trees!
1st grade
Math
Lesson plan
Number Bonds All Around
Interactive Worksheet
Number Bonds All Around
Number bonds are a great way for your kids to explore the relationship between addition and subtraction. By filling in the missing numbers, students get experience with fact families.
1st grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Inverse Operations Quiz
Game
Inverse Operations Quiz
Practice using inverse operations, which means using subtraction to help you solve an addition problem.
1st grade
Math
Game
Beginning, Middle, & End
Beginning, Middle, & End
Give your child the opportunity to reread favorite books. Then prompt them to retell the story including the beginning, middle, and end to make sure they understood the plot.
It's important that students reread familiar books multiple times to build understanding. Challenge students to retell the story to their reading partner, making sure to include the beginning, middle, and end.
Goldilocks and the Beginning, Middle, and End
Lesson plan
Goldilocks and the Beginning, Middle, and End
Let your class act out! Students will reenact Goldilocks and the Three Bears while learning about narratives and story plots.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Draw Beginning, Middle, and End
Lesson plan
Draw Beginning, Middle, and End
In this lesson, students will retell stories by drawing and talking about what happens at the beginning, middle, and end. This lesson can be used alone or with the Goldilocks and Beginning, Middle, and End lesson plan.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Give a Book Talk!
Worksheet
Give a Book Talk!
Engage students in reading by having them share books with peers. Students prepare for giving a book talk in which they'll describe what happens in the book, their favorite part, and whether or not they would recommend the book to a friend.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
How-To Writing
How-To Writing: Transitional Words
Encourage your child to use transition words like "first," "next," and "last" both orally and in writing.
Be sure to have students practice using transition words like "first," "next," and "then," orally so that they are better prepared to use this language in their writing.
Write Me a Story
Lesson plan
Write Me a Story
We all love to tell stories, but a good story is clearly organized. In this lesson students will learn how to use transition words and strong endings when writing narratives.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Fill in the Transition Words
Worksheet
Fill in the Transition Words
Help your young students learn the importance of transition words in this fun activity. By filling in the missing words, students discover how transition words help structure procedural writing.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Procedural Planner
Worksheet
Procedural Planner
Help your young writer prepare to write procedural books by filling out this planner. Considering each step of a process sets students up for success when writing how-to books.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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