Week Four – Lesson Three

Parent information: Kids do: Assessment:

Activity Listen to Mrs. Harris read the following story, “Living or Non-Living": Watch the video.
One https://youtu.be/LnZAEVbO-aM
Think about the difference
Ask your student to explain the difference between living and non-living things. between things that are
living and things that are
Extension Activity: Find some living and non-living things around your house and yard. Take a non-living. Tell someone
picture of them and share them with your teacher! what you think!
Activity In a blend, you can hear the sound each letter makes. Say the sound of each letter and then Watch the videos. Take a picture of
Two put them together. Hearing both (or all three) sounds is what makes a blend different than a your drawings and
digraph, which is a brand new sound made by a letter combination. Think of three words that sent them to your
have the blend, SW. Write teacher via
We are working on some new blends this week! Check out the videos for this lesson’s blends these words and draw a classdojo or e-mail.
which are SW and SL. matching picture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRlxCMj52lo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efc38rbt09Q Think of three words that
have the blend, SL. Write
Today we are working on the following blends: SW and SL. Remember, in a blend you these words and draw a
hear both letter sounds – they blend together. Ask your student to think of three matching picture.
words that have each blend and have them write and draw a picture of each. Check
out Mrs. Craven’s awesome example under the lesson two tab on the class website.
Activity Make a 100 chart on a piece of paper! We will be using this chart for the next couple of Look at Mrs. Craven’s
Three weeks so make sure to hang on to it! If you’re not sure what a 100 chart looks like, look at home made 100 chart.
Mrs. Craven’s example. You can find this by clicking on the “100 Chart” tab under the Lesson
Three section of the grade one website. Make your own 100 chart.
Activity Teachers have assigned new books for your child to read in their Epic account. Make sure to Log on to your Epic
Four read 20 minutes a day! You can also use you RAZ Kids account for more books! Each week account. Check your
teachers will provide a new reading fluency or comprehension strategy mailbox – this is where
Guided that you can practice with your child to really strengthen their literacy your teacher has put your
Reading skills. Please have your child read 20 minutes a day. You can help by assigned reading!
listening to them read, reminding them to read or reading to them!
Daily
Activity Reading Strategy: Chunky Monkey - Look for chunks you know: word
families, word endings, and other words you already know.