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Week 36
Long Vowel Review
Long Vowel Review
It's important to review long vowels as the school year wraps up. Continue to point out words that contain long vowel sounds as you read at home with your child.
It's important to review long vowels this time of year. Print and make cards that have various long vowel patterned words and have students sort them by their vowel sound with partners.
Spot the Long Vowels
Worksheet
Spot the Long Vowels
Challenge your young students to read words with many different vowel patterns with this fun worksheet. Combining reading and coloring, this activity is a fun way to practice differentiating between long and short vowel sounds.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Long Vowel Review
Worksheet
Long Vowel Review
What does a long vowel sound like? Students will sound out four words and choose which words have a long vowel.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Long and Short Vowel Review
Worksheet
Long and Short Vowel Review
Distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds is one of the first steps in mastering vowels. Gauge student understanding of long and short vowels with this review activity.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Addition, Subtraction, and Numbers to 120
Addition, Subtraction, and Numbers to 120
Play math games at home to help your child review while end-of-year assessments are going on at school.
If you are starting end-of-the-year math assessments, have students play review games or work on worksheets while you pull kids individually or in small groups to work on specific skills.
Spring Into Addition: One-Digit Addition Practice
Worksheet
Spring Into Addition: One-Digit Addition Practice
Spring into addition with these twenty addition problems! Support your 1st grader's math skills with this one-digit addition practice worksheet.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Flower Picture Addition
Worksheet
Flower Picture Addition
Take a different approach to math with this picture addition worksheet. Kids will practice their math skills by adding up pictures of flowers.
Kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Comparing Flowers: Less Than and Greater Than
Worksheet
Comparing Flowers: Less Than and Greater Than
On this first grade math worksheet, kids count flowers in two flowerpots, then use the less-than symbol or greater-than symbol to compare the numbers.
Kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Shared Reading
Shared Reading
Try sharing a poem every day with your child. This can help them review rhyming words, vowel patterns, sight words, and fluency.
Start the day reading a poem or chant written on chart paper with the whole class. This is also a great way to review rhyming words, vowel patterns, and sight words, and to practice reading fluency.
Find Words That Rhyme
Worksheet
Find Words That Rhyme
Test your child's mastery of the rhyme with this worksheet that challenges her to fill in the blanks in the rhyme-filled poem "Cats on a Mat."
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Caterpillar
Worksheet
Caterpillar
Familiarity with different types of texts is an important part of the first grade reading curriculum. In this worksheet, kids read Christina Rossetti's famous poem, "Caterpillar" and then answer questions about what they read.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Story vs. Poem
Lesson plan
Story vs. Poem
What makes a poem a poem? And what makes a story a story? In this lesson, students learn to distinguish between different types of texts while analyzing the sentences and words they encounter.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Opinion Writing: Publishing
Opinion Writing: Publishing
As summer nears, have your child assemble a folder of their favorite writing from the year. Be sure to include their published opinion pieces!
As you near the end of the year, have students assemble a folder of their favorite writing from the year. Add a few more published opinion pieces!
Opinion Template
Worksheet
Opinion Template
Help your 1st grader write awesome opinions with this Handwriting Without Tears opinion writing template.
1st grade
Worksheet
Sentence Writing: Animals
Worksheet
Sentence Writing: Animals
What is your favorite animal? Answer this question and many more in this creative writing worksheet in which first graders can practice writing sentences.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Writing Sentences: Summer
Worksheet
Writing Sentences: Summer
What do you love to wear during the summer? Answer this question and more about summer by filling in the blanks to complete the sentences.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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