First Grade Weekly Updates
May 15-19
Welcome to this week's edition of First Grade Weekly Explorations! Each week, we will share materials to supplement our lessons for the week. The newsletter includes videos and links for all subject areas: ELA, math, Science and Social Studies. As work is completed, make sure to sent pictures to your teacher, through Class Dojo or Schoology.
Reading
Journeys
*The Dot
*"Artists Make Art"
Comprehension:
*Compare and Contrast
*Monitor and Clarify
Sight Words
- above
- bear
- even
- pushed
- studied
- surprised
- teacher
- toward
Spelling
- mix
- mixed
- hop
- hopped
- hope
- hoping
- run
- running
- use
- used
Activities for Spelling Words
Tuesday-Put each word in a sentence.
Wednesday-Make up your own story using all the words.
Thursday-Use objects at home to make each word. Some examples of things to use are Legos, beads, string, play dough, or whatever you can come up with. Be creative and take a picture to send to your teacher.
Friday-Write each word with a different color crayon, or marker. Then take a spelling test. Ask an adult or older sibling to say the word and you spell it.
The Dot
Compare and Contrast
Math
Module 6: Lessons 7-9
Think Tank Problems
Inquiry - How We Express Ourselves
"Good Vibrations"
Central Idea: Humans are always discovering ways to communicate.
Lines of Inquiry:
- Sound and light waves impact the way we live.
- There are many forms of communication.
- Everyday exchanges connect the world.
Essential Question: What is the impact of a vibration?
Topic 1 - Sound
Lesson 2 - Make Sound
Anchor Text
myOn ebooks
"All Kinds of Sounds"
"Sound"
"Sound: Loud, Soft, High, and Low"
Vocabulary
pitch - how high or low a sound is.
volume - how loud or soft a sound is.
percussion - musical instruments you strike toe make sound.
sound - energy made by vibrations.
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