Reading:
Please read nightly with your child. This can look many different ways:
Spelling Words:
Sight Words: door, loved, wood, should
Please practice reading AND writing the weekly first grade sight words nightly with your child.
**Sight word homework packets go home every Monday and are due back by Friday.**
UNIT 1 WORDS:
come, in, my, on, way, take, up, what, blue, from, help, little, use, eat, five, four, this, too, and, a, his, of, saw, small, street, home, into, many, them
as, to, we, he, she, me , for, or, get, her, is, your, has, be
UNIT 2 WORDS:
catch, good, no, put, said, want, be, could, horse, of, old, paper, live, out, people, who, work, down, inside, now, together, there, around, find, food, grow, under, water, also, family, new, other, some, their
UNIT 3 WORDS:
always, become, day, everything, nothing, stays, things, any, enough, ever, every, own, sure, were, school, very, our, house, friends, car, away, afraid, again, few, how, read, soon, done, know, push, visit, wait, before, does, good-bye, oh, right, won't
UNIT 4 WORDS:
about, enjoy, give, surprise, worry, would, colors, draw, drew, great, over, show, sign, colors, draw, drew, great, over, show, sign, found, mouth, once, took, wild, above, eight, laugh, moon, touch, picture, remember, room, stood, thought, across, because, dance, only, opened, shoes, told
UNIT 5 WORDS:
along, behind, eyes, never, pulled, toward, door, loved, wood, should
Addition and Subtraction fact practice is encouraged. This can look many different ways:
Cold/Hot Reads: LAST cold/hot read 5/20
Please read nightly with your child. This can look many different ways:
- You can read to your child
- Your child can read to you
- You can alternate who reads by page, line, or paragraph
Spelling Words:
- Words will be sent home every Friday. Please practice writing these words nightly with your child.
- Spelling tests will be each week on THURSDAY.
- Spelling tests will have the 10 words that are sent home as well as FIVE additional words that follow the weekly phonics concept.
- There will also be a section for sentence dictation. Students will write a 3 sentences that are dictated to them. They need to have capital letters beginning their sentences, the correct end marks, and all words spelled correctly. Each aspect is worth 1 point.
Sight Words: door, loved, wood, should
Please practice reading AND writing the weekly first grade sight words nightly with your child.
**Sight word homework packets go home every Monday and are due back by Friday.**
UNIT 1 WORDS:
come, in, my, on, way, take, up, what, blue, from, help, little, use, eat, five, four, this, too, and, a, his, of, saw, small, street, home, into, many, them
as, to, we, he, she, me , for, or, get, her, is, your, has, be
UNIT 2 WORDS:
catch, good, no, put, said, want, be, could, horse, of, old, paper, live, out, people, who, work, down, inside, now, together, there, around, find, food, grow, under, water, also, family, new, other, some, their
UNIT 3 WORDS:
always, become, day, everything, nothing, stays, things, any, enough, ever, every, own, sure, were, school, very, our, house, friends, car, away, afraid, again, few, how, read, soon, done, know, push, visit, wait, before, does, good-bye, oh, right, won't
UNIT 4 WORDS:
about, enjoy, give, surprise, worry, would, colors, draw, drew, great, over, show, sign, colors, draw, drew, great, over, show, sign, found, mouth, once, took, wild, above, eight, laugh, moon, touch, picture, remember, room, stood, thought, across, because, dance, only, opened, shoes, told
UNIT 5 WORDS:
along, behind, eyes, never, pulled, toward, door, loved, wood, should
Addition and Subtraction fact practice is encouraged. This can look many different ways:
- play card games
- play dice games
- practice basic math facts with flashcards
Cold/Hot Reads: LAST cold/hot read 5/20
- Passage will be sent home every OTHER Monday. Please practice nightly with your child.
- Students are tested for the cold read on Mondays
- Students are tests again for the hot read on Fridays after they have practiced all week at home
- Progress is graphed for students to see (It's very exciting for the students to see their weekly growth!)
- The goal of cold/hot reads is to read the passage fluently