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Due:

Memory First Grade Book 2019-2020

Reading/Math

Due: May 20, 2020
 
For this week, the scholars will  be working on an assignment that will count for each subject. The students will be creating a memory book on their time in 1st grade. You are able to turn this in on seesaw or on ClassDojo.
 
Assignment: Memory First Grade Book 2019-2020
https://app.seesaw.me/#/activities/library?search&query=memory%2Bbook&grade_level=1&promptId=prompt.1da9de66-a9cf-4f8f-854a-851ad7be9cdb

Due:

Retell a Story/Spelling/Vocabulary

Due Date: May 15, 2020

Phonics: 

Objective: 1.2.B. decode words in isolation and in

context by applying common letter sound

correspondences

1.Daily assignment: 

Please listen to the alphabet and repeat. 

  Objectives:   1.2(A) demonstrates phonological awareness by: (i) producing a series of rhyming words.              

   1.2.C (iv) The students will demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:  spelling high-frequency words from a research based list.

2. Assignment:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_QSFkq6rJs&t=66s - Word family- ate 

Spelling Patterns and word  family - ate

Powerpoint- Spelling words (file below) 

 *Please complete the spelling page. Word family - ate. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date.This page will also be available on Seesaw. If completed on Seesaw you will not need to upload this to ClassDojo.

 

Objective: 1.6.(B) generate questions about text

before, during, and after reading to deepen

understanding and gain information with adult

assistance

3. Assignment:

Vocabulary words and story - Dream Jobs   Read Aloud (File below). Please listen and write a sentence for each vocabulary word. May also illustrate. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to ClassDoJo. 

Objective:1.7(D)  retell texts in ways that maintain meaning                  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnMmPr9OEoY  Retell

4.  Seesaw Assignment : The Gingerbread Man Listen and  Retell- Assignment is on Seesaw. 

https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=8idHpoTvS9iSYceQnjYCGg&prompt_id=prompt.ac73d7fc-e924-4036-88b9-cfd79417ffe6

Objective: 1.2 (B) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by: (iv) using knowledge of base words to decode common compound words and contraction

5.  Seesaw Assignments: Contractions- Assignment is on Seesaw. 

https://app.seesaw.me/#/activities/library?search&query=Contractions%2Bwith%2Bnot&grade_level=1&promptId=prompt.f7cc2c0f-919c-46db-9fea-41071ab53e1f

https://app.seesaw.me/#/activities/library?search&query=Contractions%2Bwith%2Bnot&grade_level=1&promptId=prompt.848a4641-7a86-432b-81b3-8f209d282183

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iisj2kTZIFs   Jack Hartmann Seasons 

6. Seesaw Assignment: Seasons of the Year - Science  Assignment is on Seesaw.

https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=Dofs6SDsS-e65r9IdA3R0w&prompt_id=prompt.4c7bad08-7a09-4702-ad94-872a1345d7eb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1z4-YiZopY - Needs and Wants 

7. Seesaw Assignment: Needs and Wants-  Social Studies  Assignment is on Seesaw. 

https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=fE_NF17UTe6F_Zg-DF8p1A&prompt_id=prompt.e88e5bfc-6fa1-4aba-abdc-07237b4ac1cb

8. Extra: Book Report (file below) Use books from home or Epic digital library.

Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to the ClassDoJo

Due:

Author's Purpose/Spelling/Vocabulary

Due Date: May 8, 2020.

Phonics: 

Objective: 1.2.B. decode words in isolation and in

context by applying common letter sound

correspondences

1.Daily assignment

Please listen to the alphabet and repeat. 

  Objectives:  1.2(A) demonstrates phonological awareness by: (i) producing a series of rhyming words.          

   1.2.C (iv) The students will demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:  spelling high-frequency words from a research based list.

2. Assignment:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R1WY0Nsj-w - Word family- ill  

Spelling Patterns and word  family - ill

PowerPoint- Spelling words (file below) 

*Please complete the spelling page. Word family - ill. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date.These page will also be available on Seesaw. If completed on Seesaw you will not need to upload this to ClassDojo.

Objective: 1.6.B generate questions about text

before, during, and after reading to deepen

understanding and gain information with adult

assistance

3. Assignment:

Vocabulary words and story - Trapped by Ice   Read Aloud (File below). Please listen and write a sentence using all vocabulary words. May also illustrate. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to ClassDoJo. 

Objective:1.9(D) recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including: (i) the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance.             

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2engikDzVls  Author’s Purpose

4.  Seesaw Assignments: Author’s  Purpose- Assignment is on Seesaw. 

 https://app.seesaw.me/#/activities/library?search&query=author's%2Bpurpose&grade_level=1&promptId=prompt.0cc54cf6-e52e-466a-9035-912caa45e74d

https://app.seesaw.me/#/activities/library?search&query=author's%2Bpurpose&grade_level=1&promptId=prompt.a0dab90d-e7a5-4add-b80d-805c28a64254

Objective: 1.11(D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: (iv) adjectives, including articles.

 4.  Seesaw Assignments: Adjectives- Assignment is on Seesaw. 

https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=l-ZlARm9R-62c6lOLCSo3g&prompt_id=prompt.8ddde2a2-2a2e-49e5-8d6c-e04c1975446a

https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=7zl9eRbHSUKRILYqL3pqYg&prompt_id=prompt.c9f0aac6-e954-4def-a47e-4f864e60e439 -

5. Seesaw Assignment: Life Cycle of a Butterfly - Science  Assignment is on Seesaw.

 https://app.seesaw.me/#/activities/library?search&query=life%2Bcycles&grade_level=1&promptId=prompt.b0a20e52-8bdd-4efb-be50-9806dc127109

6. Assignment: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn7RcYNS1NM Hooray for Heroes!-  Social Studies

Write about your hero and explain why that person is your hero. Draw a picture. 

7. Extra: Book Report (file below) Use books from home or Epic digital library.

Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to the ClassDoJo.

Due:

Main Idea/Word Families/ Proper Nouns

Due Date: May 1

Phonics: 

Objective: 1.2.B. decode words in isolation and in
context by applying common letter sound
correspondences

1.Daily assignment

Please listen to the alphabet and repeat. 

  Objectives: 1.2.C(i) The student will demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by: spelling words with closed syllables, open syllables, VCe syllables, vowel teams, and r-controlled syllables         

   1.2.C (iv) The students will demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:  spelling high-frequency words from a research based list. 

   1.11(D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: (iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns.

  1. Assignment:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BPqvVoxTGc  - Word family- ank

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuuyewH_cpI - Proper Nouns   

Spelling Patterns and word  family - ank

Powerpoint- Spelling words (file below) 

*Please complete spelling pages. Word family - ank and proper nouns. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. These pages will also be available on Seesaw. If completed on Seesaw you will not need to upload this to ClassDojo.

Objective: 1.6.B generate questions about text

before, during, and after reading to deepen
understanding and gain information with adult
assistance

  1. Assignments:

Vocabulary words and story - Daytime Bedtimes 

  1. Read Aloud (File below).Please listen and write a sentence using all vocabulary words. May also illustrate.
  2. List goods you use everyday.
  3. Write about a service job you would want to do when you grow up.

 May also illustrate. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to ClassDoJo. 

Objective:1.9(D) recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including: (i) the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8EFK2kLiqc  Main idea - brainpop jr

  1. Seesaw  Assignment: Main Idea- Assignment is on Seesaw. 

https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=zLNGELXSR6WWHwKOAoEUWA&prompt_id=prompt.fd7dcfb8-ae54-4f6f-b46f-1582acd481ad

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLQEmPWf2n0 Day and  Night - Science  

  1. Seesaw assignment: Day and Night-  Assignment is on Seesaw.

 https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=NvZljB2ARGGrc3jDZXNZ8Q&prompt_id=prompt.b5aa8d73-4183-4a3b-b3d6-d0023bded103 

  1. Assignment:

 Weekly Book Report (file below) Use books from home or Epic digital library.

Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to the ClassDoJo. 

Due:

Assignment

Due Date- April 24, 2020

 

Phonics: 

Objective: 1.2.B. decode words in isolation and in
context by applying common letter sound
correspondences.

     1.Daily assignment:

   Please listen to the alphabet and repeat. 

  Objectives: 1.2.C(i) The student will demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by: spelling words with closed syllables, open syllables, VCe syllables, vowel teams, and r-controlled syllables.  1.2.C (iv) The students will demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:  spelling high-frequency words from a research based list.

  1. Assignment:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGsHYZynsko - Final and Stable Syllables  

Spelling Patterns and Final and Stable Syllables 

*PowerPoint- Spelling words (file below) 

*Please complete spelling pages 8, 44, and 48. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date.

These pages will also be available on Seesaw. If completed on Seesaw you will not need to upload this to ClassDojo.

Objective: 1.6.B generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen
understanding and gain information with adult assistance.

  1. Assignment:

Vocabulary words and story - Turtle's Race with Beaver  -  Read Aloud (File below) Please listen and write a sentence using all vocabulary words. May also illustrate. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to ClassDoJo.

Objective:1.6(C) make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures with adult assistance.        

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKMZg039qKk  Making Prediction Song 

  1. Seesaw  Assignment: Prediction Picture -  Assignment is on Seesaw.
    https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=uxvLwbvJTcODL1B1tLJR-Q&prompt_id=prompt.f6c309a2-04e2-4fa9-a7d0-17fd5c5162c5  

  Objective:  1.11(D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: (v) adverbs that convey time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo8pzuE97EA  Adverbs 

  1. Seesaw assignment:  Adverbs-  Assignment is on Seesaw.

  https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=bmxT7rVMQz2RWVcTICqDfQ&prompt_id=prompt.cb044d22-1024-4dc9-a53c-fe60d6f2a2etachments

  1. Assignment:

 Weekly Book Report (file below) Use books from home or Epic digital library.

Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to the ClassDoJo.

 

 

 

 

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Due:

Assignment

Due Date- April 17, 2020.

Phonics: 

Objective: 1.2.B. decode words in isolation and in
context by applying common letter sound correspondences.

1. Daily assignment - Please listen to the alphabet and repeat. 

 

     Objectives: 1.2.C(i) The student will demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by: spelling words with closed syllables, open syllables, VCe syllables, vowel teams, and r- controlled syllables  1.2.C(iv) The students will demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:  spelling high-frequency words from a research based list.

  1. Assignment: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epk-hnVC10k&t=3s - Open and Closed syllables 

 * PowerPoint: Spelling Patterns and open and closed syllables - - Spelling words ( file below) 

 *Please complete spelling pages 13 and 16. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date.These pages will also be available on Seesaw. If completed on Seesaw you will not need to upload this to ClassDojo.

      Objective: 1.6.B generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance.

  1. Assignment:

Vocabulary words and story - Goat in the Garden -  Read Aloud (File below) Please listen and write a sentence using all vocabulary words. May also illustrate. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to ClassDoJo. 

       Objective: 1.8(B) describe the main character(s) and the reason(s) for their actions.  1.8(D) describe the setting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2B9FzmFzak - Character and Setting.

  1. Seesaw  Assignment: Character and Setting Sort -  Assignment is on Seesaw
     https://app.seesaw.me/#/activities/library?search&query=character%2Band%2Bsetting%2B&grade_level=1&promptId=prompt.f93082ca-fb30-4bf8-852f-129aab8bebc1

       Objective:  1.11(D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: (viii) capitalization for the beginning of sentences and the pronoun "I"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wrv_ZviMEc -Sentences 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdCOswMeXFQ-  Punctuation 

  1. Seesaw assignment: Punctuation 

 https://app.seesaw.me/#/activities/library?search&query=sentence%2B&grade_level=1&promptId=prompt.810d4bf0-526b-4b2a-8b8f-f5f39ba8eced    

  1. Seesaw  Assignment: Open/Closed Syllables

https://app.seesaw.me/#/activities/library?search&query=open%2Band%2Bclosed%2Bsyabells&grade_level=1&promptId=prompt.106262a4-8351-42f1-971b-cbcd4b49db97

  1. Assignment:  Weekly Book Report

 Weekly Book Report ( file below) Use books from home or Epic digital library.

Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to the ClassDoJo. 

Due:

Assignment

Due Date- April 10, 2020
 
Phonics: 
 
Objective: 1.2.B.The students will  decode words in isolation and in context
                           by applying common letter sound correspondences.

 
1.Daily assignment
 
Please listen to the alphabet and repeat. 
 
  Objectives: 1.2.B (iii) The students will decode words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including vowel digraphs and diphthongs.
 
                   1.2.C (iv) The students will demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:  spelling high-frequency words from a research based list.
 
2. Assignment: 
 
Spelling Patterns and Prefix -  re and un.   
 
*PowerPoint- Spelling words ( file below) 
 
*Please complete spelling pages 71 and 81. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date.These pages will also be available on Seesaw. If completed on Seesaw you will not need to upload this to ClassDojo.
 
Objective: 1.6.B generate questions about text
before, during, and after reading to deepen
understanding and gain information with adult
assistance.
 
3. Assignment:
Vocabulary words and story - How Beetle Got Her Coat  (File below) Please listen and write a sentence using all vocabulary words. May also illustrate. Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to ClassDojo. 
 
 Objective: 1.8.C. describe plot elements, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution for text read aloud and independently
 
Problem and Solution 
   
 
4.  Assignment:  
 
5. Seesaw assignment: 
 
6. Assignment: Weekly Book Report ( file below)  Use books from home or Epic digital library.
Remember to write your first name, last name, and the date. Please upload to the ClassDojo.

Due:

Assignment

Phonics: 
 
Objective: 1.2.B. decode words in isolation and in
context by applying common letter sound
correspondences.
 
1.Daily assignment
 
Please listen to the alphabet and repeat. 
 
  Objectives: 1.2.B (iii) The students will decode words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including vowel digraphs and diphthongs.
                     1.2.C (iv) The students will demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:  spelling high-frequency words from a research based list.
 
2. Assignment 1: 
 
Learning Video: Spelling Patterns and Sounds- long vowel au and aw.  
 
*Powerpoint-  Spelling Sounds - Review spelling words. 
 
*Please complete spelling pages 51 and 55, remember to write your first name, last name, and the date.These pages will also be available on Seesaw.  
 
Objective: 1.6.B generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult
assistance.
 
3. Assignment 2:
Vocabulary words and story -  All Kinds of Vets  Please listen and write a sentence using all vocabulary words. May also illustrate. Please upload to the ClassDoJo. 
 
 Objective:   1.3.B. The students will use illustrations and texts the student is able to read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings.  
 
 
4.  Assignment 3:  
Context Clues-  Please complete page 52, remember to write your first name, last name, and the date.These pages will also be available on Seesaw.  
 
*** Assignments are attach as files to download if you do not have access to Seesaw Class.***

Due:

Assignment

Phonics:
 
Objective: 1.2.B. decode words in isolation and in context by applying common letter sound and  correspondences.
 
1. Daily assignment- Please listen to the alphabet and repeat.
 
Objective:  1.6.B generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding
                     and gain information with adult assistance.
 
2. Vocabulary words and Timimoto.(Tomato) Please listen and write a sentence using all vocabulary words. May also illustrate. Please upload a picture of the assignment  to the ClassDojo.
 
 
* Remember to create your account on Seesaw.