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This Week in First Grade
Week 32
Review Time
Review Time
Play word "doctor" by having your child perform an operation on a contraction. Cut the contraction into two pieces, and talk about which words each part of the contraction represent! Continue reviewing sight words this week as well.
Play word "doctor" by having your students perform an operation on a contraction. Cut the contraction into two pieces, and talk about which words each part of the contraction represent! Continue reviewing sight words this week as well.
Beginning Grammar: Is Contractions
Worksheet
Beginning Grammar: Is Contractions
Get started on grammar by jumping into contractions with the word "is", such as it's, she's, and he's.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Action Contraction
Song
Action Contraction
When two words are combined into one, and an apostrophe replaces missing letters, a contraction is made! Help kids grasp this concept with this silly song.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Song
Reading Contractions
Worksheet
Reading Contractions
How comfortable are your first graders with reading and understanding contractions? Use this one-on-one assessment to check your students’ abilities to read common contractions.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Add a Ten
Add a Ten
Skip count by 10 everyday with your child to help them build fluency finding 10 more than a given number. Don't forget to review addition and subtraction within 20 as well!
Continue teaching strategies for finding 10 more than a given number. Review skip counting, and addition and subtraction within 20 this week.
Skip Counting: Count by Tens!
Worksheet
Skip Counting: Count by Tens!
Help your child count the piles of candy and learn to skip count by 10's.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Skip Counting Practice
Interactive Worksheet
Skip Counting Practice
Get ready for third grade times tables by practicing skip counting.
1st grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Add a Ten!
Lesson plan
Add a Ten!
What first grader wouldn't want ten dollars? This lesson uses one and ten dollar bills to teach students place value concepts as they develop fluency adding multiples of 10. Use alone or with the lesson plan Ten Time.
1st grade
Math
Lesson plan
Characters: Describing Feelings
Characters: Describing Feelings
Have your child draw faces on sticky notes to show how a character's feelings change over the course of a book. Draw a happy face and stick it on a page where the character is happy; as the character's mood shifts, your child can add new expressions. This will help your child track their characters' feelings!
Have students draw faces on sticky notes to show how a character's feelings change over the course of a book. Draw a happy face and stick it on a page where the character is happy; as the character's mood shifts, students can add new expressions. This will help students track their characters' feelings!
Sleeping Beauty (and the Prince)
Worksheet
Sleeping Beauty (and the Prince)
In this literacy worksheet, learners will read a classic fairy tale, then learn more about another character from the story.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Feelings Map
Worksheet
Feelings Map
One way to bring books to life for students is to have them empathize with one of the characters. This fun worksheet engages students in analyzing how a character’s feelings change over the course of the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Asking Questions and Finding Answers
Lesson plan
Asking Questions and Finding Answers
Pretending to be someone else is so much fun! In this hilarious lesson, students will get to take on the persona of a book character as they practice their question and answer skills.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Opinion Writing
Opinion Writing
Make sure that your child backs up their opinions with at least three supporting reasons.
Make sure that your students back up their opinions with at least three supporting reasons.
Castle or Farm? Opinion Writing
Worksheet
Castle or Farm? Opinion Writing
Come up with your dream home location, and practice writing opinions with this 1st grade opinion worksheet!
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Opinion Octopus
Worksheet
Opinion Octopus
Does an octopus have 8 tentacles? Test your fact and opinion identification skills with this colorful undersea adventure.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Think Pair Share
Worksheet
Think Pair Share
What do your classmates think? Find out their favorites with this favorable opinion worksheet.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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