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Week 17
Short O & Long O
Short O & Long O
For a quick exercise, make a list of words with your child that contain the long O. See if your child can find different long O spelling patterns, such as o_e, oe and oa.
Have students brainstorm words that have the long O sound and record their answers. Point out the different long O spelling patterns (such as "oa," "o_e," and "oe"). Invite students come up and underline or highlight those spelling patterns in each word.
Fox and Goat: Practicing Vowel O Sounds
Worksheet
Fox and Goat: Practicing Vowel O Sounds
This worksheet will help your first grader understand the difference between a long o and a short o.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Sounding It Out: Oe and Oa Vowel Pairs
Worksheet
Sounding It Out: Oe and Oa Vowel Pairs
Vowel pairs are easier to sound out than they look. Help your first grader tackle the vowel pairs oe and oa with this matching worksheet.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
A-E-I-O-U! Vowels Game
Lesson plan
A-E-I-O-U! Vowels Game
What do the letters A, E, I, O, and U have in common? They're all featured in this engaging reading lesson. Give your young learners a chance to play a version of Red Light, Green Light that doubles as a vowel review.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Measurement
Measurement
Continue your study of measurement by having your child pick various items around the house. Estimate how many items long each item might be using either a standard or nonstandard unit of measurement. Then measure each object to check the guess!
Continue your study of measurement by having students pick various items around the room. Estimate how many items long each item might be using either a standard or nonstandard unit of measurement. Then measure each object to check the guess!
Measure the Length
Worksheet
Measure the Length
Help your child practice his skills in measuring with this printable worksheet, which asks him to measure the length of household objects.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Measurement Practice: Centimeters
Worksheet
Measurement Practice: Centimeters
Get some sensational measurement practice with this centimeter worksheet.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Estimate Length
Worksheet
Estimate Length
Estimation is an important part of math and science. Practice estimating length by using your best guess!
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Nonfiction Books
Nonfiction Books
Continue reading plenty of nonfiction books on different topics at home. Choose high-interest books that your child is excited to read. Point out the text features, such as the table of contents and glossary, as you read.
As you read a variety of nonfiction texts on different topics, review the importance of text features such as diagrams, captions, and headings. Remind students that good readers use text features to help them understand the topics of nonfiction books.
Fiction or Nonfiction?
Worksheet
Fiction or Nonfiction?
This worksheet can help students determine fiction and nonfiction writing styles, an essential part of the first grade language arts curriculum.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Literature Sleuth
Worksheet
Literature Sleuth
This worksheet teaches first graders to be literature sleuths by identifying which of the sample texts are fiction and which are nonfiction.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
What's in a Text Feature?
Lesson plan
What's in a Text Feature?
Ever wondered how to explain what an index is to a 6 year old? Look no further! Use this engaging lesson to help your students become text feature experts.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Informational Writing
Informational Writing
Encourage your child to write nonfiction pieces on topics they know a lot about. Challenge them to write a nonfiction "book" about a topic of interest that includes a table of contents, headings, diagrams and glossary!
As students become experts on various topics they can write books to practice informational writing. Show them how they can incorporate nonfiction text features, such as a table of contents, headings, diagrams, labels, in their books.
Hunt for Nonfiction Text Features
Worksheet
Hunt for Nonfiction Text Features
This handy chart helps first graders find text features in the nonfiction books they are reading.
1st grade
Worksheet
Nonfiction Text Feature Match
Worksheet
Nonfiction Text Feature Match
This worksheet teaches first graders all about common text features of nonfiction writing.
1st grade
Worksheet
Draw That Fact
Worksheet
Draw That Fact
This worksheet will help first graders to practice their nonfiction writing by asking them to write facts about a topic with which they are familiar.
1st grade
Worksheet
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