The letters for this week are l and f. The popcorn word is like. Students will sing songs and poems to reinforce letter names and sounds. They will also continue recognizing and manipulating rhyming and compound words, as well as beginning and ending sounds.
1st Grade
The trick words for this week are is, he, and for. We will practice them with sky writing, tracing, chanting, and finding them in print. Students will use magnetic letter boards to find letters and create words while tapping out individual sounds. Students will be "dipraph detectives" looking for wh, ch, sh, th, and ck and will write sentences using words that have digraphs in them. Students will also engage in shared reading to practice fluency.
2nd Grade
This week students will hear and discuss good writing from the following books:
They will write sentences to generate writing ideas. They will then create their own silly stories. They will be working on capitalizing proper nouns and applying spelling skills and rules throughout their writing. Students will also be peer-sharing and will have the chance to give their peers feedback.
