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This Week in First Grade
Week 16
Long O
Long O
Invite your child to sort words or pictures by long or short O sound. Encourage your child to sound out words slowly, listening to the difference between the short and long O sound.
Invite students to work in small groups to sort words or pictures by long or short O sound. Encourage students to sound out words slowly, listening to the difference between the short and long O sound.
Long "o" Sound
Interactive Worksheet
Long "o" Sound
In this worksheet, choose words from the box to complete each sentence. This worksheet helps kids recognize long-vowel patterns and spell them correctly.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Interactive Worksheet
Long "O"
Worksheet
Long "O"
Review the long o sound and practice reading long o words with your first grader with help from this phonics worksheet.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Long o Words
Worksheet
Long o Words
Help your first grader get acquainted with long o words with this phonics worksheet. He'll learn letter patterns from the oe in doe to the oa in goat.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Measurement
Measurement
Make sure your child has had plenty of practice using nonstandard units of measure before introducing tools such as rulers to measure length. Kids love playing with measuring tools, so review the basics and start measuring around the house!
Make sure your students have had plenty of practice using nonstandard units of measure before introducing tools such as rulers to measure length. Kids love playing with measuring tools, so review the basics and start measuring objects in the classroom!
Measure a Sneaker: Centimeters
Interactive Worksheet
Measure a Sneaker: Centimeters
Practice measuring centimeters with your first grader as you find the length of each shoe.
1st grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Lengthy Laces: Measuring Inches with a Ruler
Worksheet
Lengthy Laces: Measuring Inches with a Ruler
Children work on their measurement skills in this colorful measuring lengths worksheet.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Which One is Longer?
Worksheet
Which One is Longer?
Which one is longer? Practice quantifying things in measurements using this beginner's worksheet!
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Nonfiction Books
Nonfiction Books
Invite your child to make predictions about a topic before reading a nonfiction book at home. Ask your child: What do you already know about the topic? What more do you want to learn? Then read the book together and see if you are able to answer the questions!
Activate prior knowledge before reading a new text to the class. Ask students: What do you already know about the topic? What more do you want to learn?
Brainstorm Before Reading
Worksheet
Brainstorm Before Reading
This worksheet offers helpful preparation for students as they learn to become intentional, careful readers of nonfiction.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Activate That Background Knowledge
Worksheet
Activate That Background Knowledge
Engage students in reading before they even start! Students prepare for reading a nonfiction text by looking at the pictures in the book and answering a series of questions that get them thinking about what they already know about the topic.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Nonfiction KWL Chart
Worksheet
Nonfiction KWL Chart
Maximize what your students learn from reading nonfiction by having them fill out a KWL chart before and after reading.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Informational Writing
Informational Writing
Encourage your child to notice nonfiction text features as they read, and to include these features in their own informational writing. Point out how authors use diagrams and labels to help explain the topic of the book.
Encourage students to notice nonfiction text features as they read, and to include these features in their own informational writing. Point out how authors use diagrams and labels to help explain the topic of the book.
Get Ready to Write Nonfiction
Worksheet
Get Ready to Write Nonfiction
One of the best ways to prepare for writing is by examining another author’s work. In this activity, students look closely at a nonfiction text and answer questions about what they find in preparation for writing their own.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Nonfiction Notetaker
Worksheet
Nonfiction Notetaker
In order to write informational texts, students need to research their topics. Use this handy notetaker to help students record and think through the new information they are gathering.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Studying Authors: Nonfiction Writing
Lesson plan
Studying Authors: Nonfiction Writing
Learning from others is a huge part of getting better at something, including writing! In this lesson, students will study works by nonfiction authors to enhance their own nonfiction writing.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
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