Weekly Assignments 6/1-6/5

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, contractions! :

Spelling words: didn’t, don’t, can’t, aren’t, isn’t, wasn’t, she’s, let’s, I’m
Challenge word: doesn’t

Rule: An apostrophe (this symbol ‘ ) is used in some words, called contractions, to combine two words. The apostrophe represents the missing letter.

In words with n’t the n’t represents the word not. The apostrophe replaces the o in not.
In some words with ’s the ’s replaces the word is.
In some words the ’s replaces the word us
In words with ‘m the apostrophe replaces the a in the word am

Spelling Notes: Below are the origin words for this week’s contraction spelling words.

did + not = didn’t
do + not = don’t
can + not = can’t
are + not = aren’t
is + not = isn’t
was + not = wasn’t
she + is = she’s
let + us = let’s
I + am = I’m
does + not = doesn’t — The word does has a tricky spelling because the oe sounds like /u/ and the s represents the /z/ sound.

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 is the last week to complete work from Module 5. This was a short Module with only 13 lessons.

Zearn Lessons 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12 will be due on Friday. If your child finishes all of these lessons on Zearn before Friday, they have completed the grade math work for the school year! Celebrate!!! You may also choose to have them complete the lessons in their books, or continue to the end of Module 6. If you would like more information on how to prepare your child for second grade math, please email me.

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.
There are also video lessons for 7 and 8 which are not included on Zearn:

LESSONS 5–6
LESSONS 7–8
LESSON 9
LESSON 10
LESSON 11
LESSON 12

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 to stay safe and healthy.

Below are the articles for the week:
Lighters-Are-Not-Toys
Fire-Safety
Stay-Safe-from-Fire
Fighting-Fires
To-the-Rescue

Challenge Assignments

If your child finishes all of the work above, you may choose to have them work on challenge assignments.

Social Studies and Science:

Health and Safety

Now that we have completed our social studies history unit, we’ll review health and safety lessons that connect to other topics we have studied in science and social studies this year.

This week we’re learning about fire safety:

Test your smoke alarms.
Talk to your parents about what to do if you hear a smoke alarm go off at home.
Write or draw about why children should never play with matches, lighters or fire works.
Talk to your family about where to meet outside if there is a fire at home.
Draw a picture of your family’s meeting place.

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