town Oral Vocabulary Handwriting Practice (Try using these words in your conversations at (Students can practice the writing of these home.) letters in manuscript this week.) danger enormous past Oo powerful present produce Left to right progression serve snuggle transportation First Grade Weekly Study Skills Unit 1, Week 4, “A Fox and a Kit” Below are the skills and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days. (*Please note: our literacy lessons are based on 5-day plans that may or may not align with a M-F schedule. In an effort to teach the entire grade level core, we will send home the “weekly study skills” on the day that we begin a new 5-day instructional sequence.) You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below: Big Idea/Big Question Question of the Week (This is the theme of our unit in class.) (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.) Animals: How are people and How do wild animals take care of animals important to one their babies? another? Phonics Skills Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These are the letters and sounds we are (These patterns connect to our phonics skills learning in class.) we are learning this week.) Ending –s; Review of short i and Inflected ending -s short a Inflected ending -ing fit fits hit hits nap naps sit sits win wins
town Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.) Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.) danger enormous past powerful present produce serve snuggle transportation Oo Left to right progression First Grade Weekly Study Skills Unit 1, Week 4, “A Fox and a Kit” Below are the skills and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days. (*Please note: our literacy lessons are based on 5-day plans that may or may not align with a M-F schedule. In an effort to teach the entire grade level core, we will send home the “weekly study skills” on the day that we begin a new 5-day instructional sequence.) You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below: Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.) Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.) Animals: How are people and animals important to one another? How do wild animals take care of their babies? Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.) Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.) Inflected ending -s Inflected ending -ing Ending –s; Review of short i and short a fit fits hit hits nap naps sit sits win wins