Good Morning Grade One!

I hope everyone had a great week. I took the advice I gave to you and sent friendly letters off to three of my friends. If you did not get a chance to do this last week you should try it this week. Maybe you’ll receive a friendly letter in return! I hope I do!

Home Learning Suggestions:

Reading- Try your best to read at least 15 minutes each day. It might be a nice time to curl up with a chapter book.

To give you some variety in your reading I thought you might like to check out  the following link http://www.currents4kids.com/  This site is free until the end of June. The reading level may be a little more challenging, so you may want to listen to the audio version. The site portrays many current topics that I know you will find interesting. Enjoy!

Word Work-

Blends- two or more consonants that blend together, but each sound can still be heard. sk- skirt; cl- clock

https://www.abcya.com/games/consonant_blends

Digraphs- two letters that make just one sound. ch-chair; ph- phone

https://ca.ixl.com/ela/grade-1/choose-the-correct-digraph

You could choose a different blend/digraph game from ixl.com each day.

Writing-

I thought we would try some poetry this week. It may be a type of writing that many of you find fun to do.

We know that there are many kinds of poetry. We will look at a ‘cinquin’ and a ‘haiku.’ These poems have cool names!

What is a cinquin poem? It is a five-line poem that follows the following pattern:

Line 1: one word that names the subject

Line 2: two words that describe the subject

Line 3: three words that tell an action about the subject

Line 4: four words that express a feeling about the subject

Line 5: one word that uses a synonym for the subject (A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word ex: shut/close)

They do not need to rhyme.

Example:           Dog

                Strong, Friendly

               Runs, Barks, Eats

             A Dog Is Company

                     Canine

What is a ‘haiku’ poem? It is a three line, non-rhyming poem. It follows this pattern:

Line 1: It has five syllables

Line 2: It has seven syllables

Line 3: It has five syllables

You may need to clap each word to find out how many syllables are in each word:

Example:           Birds are fantastic

                     In the enormous blue sky

                        They soar up so high!

Enjoy the following links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4zsLZzU5xE     (Fun Rhyming with Jack Hartmann)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy65TkCadfU  (Learn about limericks)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP53CvrQmac  (Fun earth limericks. Made me think of being at school with all of you!)

Math

Review previous work on numbers.

I did not want the year to end without taking a look at measurement.

The attributes you may compare with are: length(height), mass (weight), volume (capacity) and area (the amount of space that is being used)

Videos to help learn about length (height): (You may want to do a different skill each day.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8o7n-A0SC0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWiNbUNrsk4

Videos to learn about mass(weight)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEot9b07lnk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybEU-6U7s8k

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

Videos to explore volume (capacity)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN_z-uUm1Ww

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPFQd7ZjErU

Video to examine area (the amount of space something takes up)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmvwAUGxbkM

With an adults assistance try some of the measurement ideas that you saw in the videos.

Also check out https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-1Questions 1-6 in the measurement unit fits in with our curriculum.

Have a great week!