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This Week in First Grade
Week 31
Contractions
Contractions
Give your child a jump start on second grade by introducing them to ways in which two words magically combine to form a contraction. Write two words such as "I" and "am", and combine them to form the contraction: "I'm."
Give your students an introduction to ways in which two words magically combine to form a contraction. Write two words such as "I" and "am", and combine them to form the contraction: "I'm."
Contraction Action
Worksheet
Contraction Action
Kids write the two words that make up each contraction on this second grade reading and writing worksheet.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Contraction Attraction
Worksheet
Contraction Attraction
On this second grade reading and writing worksheet, kids complete sentences by replacing two words with a matching contraction from the word box.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Get into Grammar: Contractions
Worksheet
Get into Grammar: Contractions
Help your child ease into grammar with a quick look at contractions: words formed by leaving out and combining sounds in a phrase.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
More Place Value Practice
More Place Value Practice
Have a hundreds chart on hand to help familiarize your child with numbers to 100. Use the chart as a tool for finding the number 10 more or 10 less than a given number.
Be sure to familiarize your students with the hundreds chart. Continue to provide manipulatives as they build and create numbers.
Patterns on a Hundreds Chart: Columns
Worksheet
Patterns on a Hundreds Chart: Columns
This math and patterns worksheet features a chart with the numbers 1 through 100 to help your kid learn how to identify patterns and review place values.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Expanded Form: Double Digits
Worksheet
Expanded Form: Double Digits
This expanded form worksheet gets your child to break down numbers by ones and tens. This expanded form worksheet is an easy introduction to place value.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Play Pennies, Dimes, Dollar!
Activity
Play Pennies, Dimes, Dollar!
This 100th Day of School, have some fun with your first or second grader, looking for creative ways that 100 cents can make $1.00!
1st grade
Math
Activity
More Sight Words
More Sight Words
Your child should end first grade knowing at least 100 sight words. Instantly recognizing sight words will improve their reading stamina and fluency.
First graders should end the year knowing at least 100 sight words. Automaticity with sight words will improve their reading stamina and fluency.
Complete the Sentence: Common Sight Words
Worksheet
Complete the Sentence: Common Sight Words
Combining writing and sight word practice, this complete-the-sentence worksheet is packed with learning.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Write the Sight Words: "Then"
Worksheet
Write the Sight Words: "Then"
Help your child learn the sight word "then" with this printable phonics worksheet.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Write the Sight Words: "Them"
Worksheet
Write the Sight Words: "Them"
Help your child learn the sight word "them" with this printable phonics worksheet.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Opinion Writing
Opinion Writing
When discussing opinions with your child, make sure to highlight the difference between a fact and an opinion. Give your child plenty of examples of both!
When discussing opinions, make sure to highlight the difference between a fact and an opinion. Write some facts and opinions on sentence strips. Read them aloud, then have students sort them.
Fact vs. Opinion Sort
Worksheet
Fact vs. Opinion Sort
Before students write opinion pieces, they need to understand the difference between facts and opinions. This worksheet teaches them to do just that by having students cut out various statements and sort them into fact and opinion categories.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Tell Me the Facts & Opinions
Worksheet
Tell Me the Facts & Opinions
Are your students getting ready to write their own opinion pieces? Set students up for success with this worksheet that will have them record and differentiate facts and opinions about a topic of their choice.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
My Opinion Matters
Worksheet
My Opinion Matters
Introduce this graphic organizer as a way to help students compose opinion pieces.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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