Spelling and Language Arts Assignments

First Grade

Wednesday, May 17, 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 letters.

Spelling Assignment:

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

2) Live Oak Spelling rules: Review orally 4 (AEOU), 17, 7 (silent final E) . We are learning concepts not rule numbers.

3) Review spelling words: J-2 words # 291-295 and review words: over, of, you, school, and book. This week we will only introduce 10 new words in order to review previous words.

Language Arts Assignment:

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

¨ Penmanship: Copybook 1: complete if haven’t already.

¨ Abeka writing tablet: practice 2 lines of cursive letter p and q. p. 55, 57.

¨ 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: Add expression to My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson and try to say it while staying in one place. We are practicing for open house night.

¨ Grammar assignment Wise: Lesson 93

¨ 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 19, 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 4 (AEOU), 17, 7 silent final E .

We are learning concepts not rule numbers.

¨ Review Spelling Words Review J-2 296-300. Congratulations you have learned 300 words! Review words: Play, was, have, your, baby, and wash.

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 if not done.

Optional: Abeka writing tablet: Practice 3 lines of cursive capitals p. 59, 60.

¨ 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: Add expression to My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson and try to say it while staying in one place.

¨ Grammar: Wise: Lesson 96. Read the fable to the child and then write the summary down as the child narrates back to you. Write this on large paper for both story and illustration. Draw the pictures above story lines. Please try and catch up on these so we have a book for the end of the year.

¨ Review chants 3 times, introducing new pronoun chant.

Monday, May 22, 2006

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

Spelling Assignment: Take spelling test on words 291-300 on p. 40 section J-2 and: over, of, you, school, book, play, was, have, your, baby, and wash. Please turn in for 21 words total Tuesday via orange folder.

Live Oak Spelling rules: Review orally 4 (AEOU), 17, 7 silent final E. 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:

Abeka writing tablet: Teach capital cursive letters p.61, 62.

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.

¨ Grammar: Wise: Lesson 97. Practice copying your birth date and year. If you enjoy this write your family’s birtday and year. Complete coloring pictures from narration assignment to complete book.

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.

¨ Poetry: Add expression to My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson and try to say it without hesitating, especially stanza 3 . This will be performed at the open house.

¨ Read this poem to introduce for the following year: Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November. All the rest have thirty-one. February has twenty eight days so fine, until leap year gives it twenty nine.