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This Week in First Grade
Week 6
Short E Review
Short E Review
At the beginning of the week, brainstorm a list of short E words with your child. Hang it on the fridge or family bulletin board, and invite your child to read the words aloud to you over the next several days.
Continue your review of short vowel sounds with short E words. Have students brainstorm as many words as they can think of that include the short E sound in small groups.
Short E Sounds Color Puzzle
Worksheet
Short E Sounds Color Puzzle
In this phonics puzzle worksheet, learners will color in all of the words with a short E sound to reveal a mystery picture!
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
"eg" Word Family
Worksheet
"eg" Word Family
This eg word family cut and paste activity helps kids learn how to build new words by adding letters. They'll learn rhyming words from the -eg word family.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Ell Word Family
Worksheet
Ell Word Family
Here your child learns to rhyme words from the -ell word family!
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fact Families
Fact Families
Strengthen addition and subtraction skills with fact family worksheets this week. Fact families will help your child understand how addition and subtraction are related.
Use dominoes to teach students fact families. Model choosing a domino, and writing two addition and two subtraction equations using the number of dots on each half of the domino. Then, challenge students to write their own fact families using dominoes!
Math Fact: Relationship Between Addition & Subtraction
Worksheet
Math Fact: Relationship Between Addition & Subtraction
Help children make the connection between addition and subtraction with this appealing worksheet!
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Fact Families
Worksheet
Fact Families
Looking for a worksheet that practices addition and subtraction skills? This printable works with fact families and common denominators.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Fact Family Houses
Worksheet
Fact Family Houses
This fact family worksheet gets kids to add and subtract. In this fact family worksheet, third graders will fill in the missing numbers in fact family houses.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Good Reading Habits
Good Reading Habits
Encourage your child to read independently for at least 20 minutes per day. If your child comes to you with questions about how to read words, show them that looking at the picture can help them read the words on their own. Remind your child to think about what is happening in the story as they read. Model other good habits that readers use, such as making predictions and inferences.
Make sure students are getting sufficient time to read independently—at least 20 minutes per day. Remind them that looking at the picture might help them read tricky words and better understand the story! Teach other good habits that readers use, such as making predictions and inferences.
Picture Comprehension
Interactive Worksheet
Picture Comprehension
Picture comprehension is a great intro to reading comprehension! Kids will simply identify what is going on in each picture.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Interactive Worksheet
Basic Reading Comprehension
Activity
Basic Reading Comprehension
Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Activity
Directions First: Reading to Draw
Activity
Directions First: Reading to Draw
Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!
1st grade
Arts & crafts
Activity
Personal Narrative: Punctuation
Personal Narrative: Punctuation
When editing personal narratives with your child, remind them to add punctuation. Remind them to use an exclamation point to show excitement!
Teach your students the meaning of different punctuation marks as they continue work on their personal narratives. Modeling writing a personal narrative on the board without periods or exclamation points, and have students help you add punctuation.
Punctuation Symbols
Worksheet
Punctuation Symbols
Help your students get a handle on punctuation marks with this fun and colorful match-up.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fix the Sentences: Dog Days
Worksheet
Fix the Sentences: Dog Days
Kids rewrite incorrect sentences to gain practice with sentence structure, capitalization, and punctuation on this first grade reading and writing worksheet.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Reminder Cards: Ending Marks
Worksheet
Reminder Cards: Ending Marks
Children will cut out these three cards to help them remember when to add a period, question mark, or exclamation point to a sentence.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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