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This Week in First Grade
Week 29
Syllables
Syllables
Encourage your child to use syllables to sound out long words. Show them how to clap out each syllable of a word as they write it.
Encourage students to use syllables to sound out long words. Teach them to clap out each syllable of a word as they write it.
Syllables Quiz
Worksheet
Syllables Quiz
Practice clapping out the beats in each word with this syllables quiz. Say each word out loud to help you identify the syllables.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Syllable Garden
Worksheet
Syllable Garden
Give your young students a chance to practice counting and recognizing syllables in this fun worksheet. As they color in different words, a fun and colorful garden will come to life before their eyes!
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Syllable Sort
Worksheet
Syllable Sort
Have your students mastered counting syllables yet? Give them a chance to practice counting and sorting syllables with this fun worksheet. Students will cut out words and sort them by the number of syllables they have.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Reviewing Numbers to 120
Reviewing Numbers to 120
When studying place value, it is important to review and practice building, counting, and writing numbers to 120.
When teaching place value, it is important to review and practice building, counting, and writing numbers to 120.
Hundreds Chart Review: 1-120
Interactive Worksheet
Hundreds Chart Review: 1-120
How high can you count? First and second graders will strengthen their understanding of ones and tens with this hundreds chart. Students will fill in the missing numbers up to 120 and then answer questions using the chart.
2nd grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Color By Number: Sand Castle
Worksheet
Color By Number: Sand Castle
Expose the sand castle by completing the color by number worksheet. Don't forget to color in the sand castle!
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Counting to 100
Interactive Worksheet
Counting to 100
Give your kid a real challenge with this number chart that counts to 100!
1st grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Sight Word Review
Sight Word Review
Practice sight words at home by having children play "sight word detective" when you are reading books together. Devise a special motion or hand signal that your child can make when they spot a sight word.
Make sight words fun by asking students to be "sight word detectives" during a class read aloud. Your detectives can make a special motion or hand signal to indicate when they spot a given word. Don't forget to add sight words to your class word wall as they are introduced!
First Grade Sight Words: Great to How
Worksheet
First Grade Sight Words: Great to How
Help your 1st grader gain confidence as a reader with sight word flash cards that you can cut out and tape around the house. Includes words from great to how.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Going on a Sight Word Scavenger Hunt
Lesson plan
Going on a Sight Word Scavenger Hunt
Students will love practicing their sight word reading skills using this fun scavenger hunt lesson plan! Can be used as a stand alone lesson or a pre-lesson for the Sight Word Salad lesson plan.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Out to Eat: Level G
Story
Out to Eat: Level G
With this reading activity that's meant for beginning readers, kids can practice following along with a simple story about a meal out.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Story
Sentence Writing
Sentence Writing
Continue to help your child with writing and editing realistic fiction stories at home. Check that they are using different types of punctuation, including periods, question marks, and exclamation points, correctly.
Continue to have your class write and edit realistic fiction stories this week. Review the different types of sentences, and check that students are using correct punctuation in their stories.
Get into Grammar: Types of Sentences
Worksheet
Get into Grammar: Types of Sentences
Learners are introduced to three different types of sentences, then practice writing their own in this creative grammar worksheet.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Beginning Grammar: Building Sentences
Worksheet
Beginning Grammar: Building Sentences
First graders build their grammar and sentence skills by practicing completing sentences with a "naming part" (subject) or "action part" (predicate).
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Get into Grammar: Types of Sentences #2
Worksheet
Get into Grammar: Types of Sentences #2
Declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative: When did sentences get so complicated? Ease your child into these concepts with this first grade grammar worksheet.
1st grade
Worksheet
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