Spelling

Practice the spelling pattern throughout the week as usual. Have a parent or sibling give your child a spelling test at the end of the week.

This week we have a new spelling pattern, OR :

Spelling words:  for, four, fort, corn, thorn, more, core, store, shore

Rule: The spelling pattern OR is called an R controlled vowel because the R that follows the O changes the sound of the o. We often call this a “bossy r” in first grade.

Notes: Continue to remind your child to “tap it out” even if they remember how to spell the word, it helps with permanent spelling memory. The AR sound should only get one tap; it’s two letters but only represents one sound.

• thorn- remind your child that th spells the /th/ sound like in thumb.
• more, core, store and shore- all look like they have a magic e at the end, but the r is still “bossy” and controls the sound of the or, remind your child that these words end with an e that is silent.
• shore- also contains the digraph sh which sounds like the beginning sound in shell.
• four- is our tricky spelling this week. It is spelled with a u but sounds exactly the same as for. We spell it differently to let others know it’s the word for the number four (not the conjunction or preposition).

Reading

Every child should be reading at least 40 minutes per day. This can be a combination of reading on Raz Kids to complete the required quizzes, reading on Epic, or any additional reading your child may do.

Raz Kids
Levels A-J should read and complete at least 2 quizzes on Raz Kids every day (10 per week).
Levels J-Z should read and complete at least one quiz on Raz Kids every day (5 per week).

If you are not sure of your child’s level please let me know.

I will be able to see your child’s quiz scores each time they take a quiz, so they should read carefully and look back in the book to check their answers! If they are having trouble I will email you to check in.

Math

This week there are four assigned lessons.
Zearn Lessons 5, 6, 7 and 8 will be due on Friday. If your child finishes all of these lessons on Zearn before Friday, please have them work on the problem set in their “Learn” book with the Flowerbeds painting on it or their homework assignments in the “Succeed” book with The Bedroom painting on it.

The homework assignments are optional, I have attached them below in case you do not have your book.

Lesson-5-Homework
Lesson-6-Homework
Lesson-7-Homework
Lesson-8-Homework

Video Lessons

Below are videos of the Eureka Math lessons we would have completed in class. You can use these as references for the homework or complete them for extra practice.

Video Links:

LESSON 5
LESSON 6
LESSON 7
LESSON 8

Writing

This week have your child read one article each day and write about what they have learned, or what they think is most important from the text. You may read the text aloud to them and google or discuss any tricky words- it’s a great idea to have them use the new words they learn in their writing.

Student writing should be at least three sentences long with a goal of five sentences, and it should focus on the information in the article of the day.

This week we are learning about how life in the past was different. After you read each article, ask yourself, “How is life now different from life in the past? How is it the same?”

Below are the articles for the week:
Making-Butter-Long-Ago-and-Today
Telephones-Now-and-Then
The-First-Americans
Pictures-of-the-Year
Memory-Quilts

Social Studies

We only have two lessons left in our History Unit this week, so I have added a little more reading. It is fine to read these books over a few days, and you can feel free to read to your child, some of the books are considered advanced for first grader.

Lesson 5: Schools Then and Now
Going to school in the past was different than going to school now in many ways, especially now that we are doing online learning at home! In the past not all children were able to get an education. Some children had to go to work to help their family earn money, some were not allowed to go to school because of slavery and lasting racism, others lived in an area where there was no school. In the United States now, all children are able to attend public schools, but we still have work to do to make sure all children have equal learning opportunities.

• We learn about the past from people and pictures.
• Schools were different in the past.
• Schools have changed over time.

Read the magazine and books below and think about: What things about school are different now? Is there anything that is the same?

Lesson 6: Celebrating Events and People in the Past
Culture is a word we use for talking about the arts, religion and traditions of a group of people. There are many people in the United States from many different cultures. People celebrate holidays to honor important events and people from their culture, and some cultures do not celebrate holidays at all. Talking to others about the holidays they celebrate helps us understand each other and build relationships in our community among people who are from different cultural backgrounds.

• National holidays are special days celebrated in our country.
• Many national holidays are celebrations of events that happened in the past.
• Many national holidays celebrate people who lived in the past.
• People are honored with national holidays because they made the United States a better country.

Read the books below to learn about special holidays in the United States.