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This Week in First Grade
Week 25
R-Controlled Vowels: Ar & Ur
R-Controlled Vowels: Ar & Ur
This week be on the look out for words containing "ar" and "or." Keep track of the words on a stack of index cards. Ask your child to sort the cards by sound.
Tell students to brainstorm words containing "ar" and "or", and write the words on index cards. Ask students to sort the cards by sound.
Missing Sounds: -or/-ar
Worksheet
Missing Sounds: -or/-ar
This engaging worksheet will help your students practice reading words with the "bossy R."
1st grade
Worksheet
Crossword Puzzle: -or/-ar
Worksheet
Crossword Puzzle: -or/-ar
Use this crossword puzzle to provide your students with practice reading words with the "bossy R."
1st grade
Worksheet
Word Sort: -oar/-ar
Worksheet
Word Sort: -oar/-ar
This word sort will help your students practice reading words with the "bossy R."
1st grade
Worksheet
Telling Time
Telling Time
Give your child the responsibility of making sure your family begins an activity at the correct time. Tell your child what time they need to look out for, then ask them to give you five- and ten-minute warnings. Play the Clock Concentration Game, below, for extra practice telling time.
A DIY card-matching game can offer children extra practice as they learn to tell time. Use the Clock Concentration Game, below, to have students match digital clock faces with analog clock faces.
Clock Concentration Game
Worksheet
Clock Concentration Game
This fun concentration game gives students practice with telling time to the hour and half hour while matching analog and digital clock faces.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Telling Time: Crazy Clocks
Worksheet
Telling Time: Crazy Clocks
For this first grade math worksheet, kids look at each analog clock, determine the time, and write the time in the spaces provided.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Telling Time: Morning Activities
Worksheet
Telling Time: Morning Activities
What time do you wake up in the morning or start school? Have students flex their time-telling skills by matching analog and digital clocks, all while keeping track of common morning activities.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Getting to Know Characters
Getting to Know Characters
As you embark on a new book series, invite your child to become a pre-reading detective. Ask your child to make predictions about the characters from the book cover and blurb. What clues might they discover about the characters or the story they are about to read?
As you embark on a new book series, invite students to become pre-reading detectives. Ask students to make predictions about the characters from the book cover and blurb. What clues might they discover about the characters or the story they are about to read?
Fairy Tale Graphic Organizer
Worksheet
Fairy Tale Graphic Organizer
The next time you're having story time, be sure to use this fairy tale graphic organizer to boost comprehension!
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
All About Me: Character Traits
Lesson plan
All About Me: Character Traits
It's all about me! In this lesson, students will identify character traits in a story and decide if they have the same traits. This lesson incorporates literature, writing, comparison skills, and social skills.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Cinderella Story Map
Worksheet
Cinderella Story Map
This Cinderella story map is ready to keep the details of a classic and beloved fairy tale in order. As your child thinks of who is in the story, and…
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Realistic Fiction Writing: Developing Characters
Realistic Fiction Writing: Developing Characters
Help your child develop a realistic fictional character. Your child can draw a picture and tell you about the character, or write a short paragraph about the character.
Teach students how to develop a realistic fictional character. Students can draw their character in the middle of a blank piece of paper, then brainstorm words to describe that character around their drawing.
Become a Character Detective
Worksheet
Become a Character Detective
Help students practice close reading with this character detective worksheet.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Writing: Create a Character
Lesson plan
Writing: Create a Character
Your students will hone their creative writing skills as they design their own fictional characters. Use this lesson to introduce the concept of using key details and descriptive language during the prewriting phase of storytelling.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
My Story's Characters
Worksheet
My Story's Characters
Characters are at the very center of any story, and learning how to create dynamic characters is essential for budding writers. Your students can use this handy organizer to plan rich character development in their creative writing.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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