Spelling and Language Arts Assignments

First Grade

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

Phonogram Assignment: Continue to drill all 70 phonograms and see if you can do them in 90 seconds or less! Use the following two methods:

1) The parent should show the student each phonogram card, and the student should pronounce all the sounds that phonogram makes. Make certain that he or she says the sounds exactly as indicated on the back of the phonogram cards. Parents may prompt the student using the instructions on the back of the cards if necessary. Repeat this drill with the phonograms needing prompting.

2) The parent should dictate the sounds each phonogram makes and the student should write the phonograms neatly, in manuscript, using only lower-case letters. Please continue to dictate A-Z since letter reversals occur at times. A good time to practice cursive with already introduced letters.

Spelling Assignment:

1) Please review previous weeks words and any missed words.

2) Live Oak Spelling rules: Review orally 5, 6, 7, 8 12, 26, and 28 . We will introduce rule 5. We are learning concepts not rule numbers.

3) Review spelling words: J-1 words # 275-280 and after, by, foot, go, and lay. This week we will only introduce 5 new words in order to catch up and review other words.

Language Arts Assignment:

¨ Literature: Read aloud to your child from classical literature for 30 minutes.

¨ Penmanship: Copybook 1; complete p. 79.

Optional, Abeka writing tablet: practice 2 lines of cursive letter f, j . p. 37, 39.

¨ Reading: Continue to read a new story each day. Do not tell the student the word prior to her sounding the word out.

¨ Optional: 1. Use the 3X5 spelling cards to make up compound words. 2. If student is able to read independently, have her read aloud spelling cards written on 3 X 5 cards and organize a complete sentence using them. 4. Make 3X5 cards for newly assigned spelling words.

¨ Poetry: Review previous poems and review all of My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson.

¨ Grammar assignment Wise: Lesson 78. Dictate a simple sentence using spelling words and one pronoun from p. 83.

¨ Noun chants:

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing or idea.

A common noun is the name of any person, place, thing, or idea.

A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing.

(A proper noun always starts with a capital letter.)

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

A verb is a word that shows action

Friday, May 5, 2006

Repeat spelling assignment described above and follow step 1 & 2 previously explained.

Phonogram Assignment: Continue to drill all 70 phonograms! Use the previous two methods listed above.

Spelling Assignment:

¨ Review Live Oak Spelling rules: Review orally 5, 6, 7, 8 12, 26, and 28 . We will introduce rule 5. We are learning concepts not rule numbers.

¨ Review Spelling Words under spelling enrichments p.37: like, long, one, over, shot, stand, step, take, thing, time. Discuss compound and make up words with 261-280 such as on p. 37.

Language Arts Assignment

¨ Literature: Read aloud to your child from classical literature for 30 minutes. Have child draw the main character on 3 X 5 card given in orange folder.

¨ Penmanship: Copybook 1; complete p. 81.

Optional, Abeka writing tablet: Practice 2 lines of cursive letter k, v p.41, 43 .

¨ Reading: Reader, continue to read next story each day.

¨ Optional: 1. Use the 3X5 spelling cards to play bingo. 2. If student is able to read independently, have her read aloud spelling cards written on 3 X 5 cards and organize a complete sentence using them. 3. Dictate a simple sentence using spelling words. Please emphasize capital letters and punctuation.

¨ Please continue to make cards for new words as they are assigned.

¨ Poetry: Review previous poems and review all of My Shadow.

¨ Grammar: Wise: Lesson 87. Dictate a simple sentence using spelling words and one pronoun from p. 83

¨ Read the story aloud and then have the student tell the story back to you. Write this on large paper for both story and illustration. Draw the pictures above story lines.

¨ Review chants 3 times, introducing new pronoun chant.

Monday, May 8, 2006

Phonogram Assignment: Continue to drill all 70 phonograms. Use the previous two methods listed above.

Spelling Assignment: Take spelling test on words 276- 280 on p. 36 section J-1 and after, by, foot, go, lay, like, long, one, over, shot, stand, step, take, thing, and time. Please turn in for 20 words total Tuesday via orange folder.

Live Oak Spelling rules: Review orally 5,6,7,8,12, 26 and 28. We are learning concepts not rule numbers.

Language Arts Assignment

¨ Literature: Read aloud from quality literature to child for at least 30 minutes.

¨ Optional: Have child draw the main character on the blank 3 X 5 card given in orange folder. Return via the orange folder. ( Mrs. Cressy will do this)

¨ Penmanship: Copybook 1, complete p. 83. Congratulations, you just finished the book!

Optional: Abeka writing tablet: practice cursive w using p. 45 and review previous letters v, k, f, and j. completing one line on their respective pages. Reading: Reader, continue to read next story each day.

¨ Optional: 1. Use the 3X5 spelling cards to play bingo. 2. If student is able to read independently, have her read aloud spelling cards written on 3 X 5 cards and organize a complete sentence using them.

¨ Poetry: Review previous poems and all of My Shadow.

¨ Grammar Wise: Lesson 86 . Also, please gather all summaries and bring them next week so we can compile your book to show at the end of the year.

¨ Review noun, pronoun, and verb chant.