Week Ten – Lesson Two

Parent information: Kids do: Assessment:

Activity We are doing a Math and Literacy connection today. Yesterday’s math lesson was about Since you built a tower in
One building a tower and replicating a tower, so we are going to have a tower themed story Math yesterday, I chose a
today. Can you guess which fairy tale? Please show your child the following story video. fairy tale with a very
https://youtu.be/1NiWMpilJ1I important tower. Can
you guess the name of
the fairy tale?

Watch and listen to

today’s story.
Activity Last week, we worked on short vowels and this week we are going to practice long vowels. Watch the video. Take a photo of your
Two Watch the following video to hear the long vowel sounds: words and pictures and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogpSGgXW2zc Write down a word that send it to your teacher
starts with each of the via e-mail or classdojo.
Ask your student to think of words that start with long vowels. Tell your student to think long vowels and draw a
of one word for each vowel and write it down, with a picture. Check out Mrs. Craven’s picture.
example under the lesson two tab of the grade one website.
Activity Teachers have assigned new books for your child to read in his or her Epic account. Make Log on to your Epic
Three sure to read 20 minutes a day! You can also use you RAZ Kids account for more books! account. Check your
Each week, teachers will provide a new reading fluency or comprehension strategy that mailbox – this is where
Guided you can practice with your child to really strengthen his or her literacy skills. Please have your teacher has put your
Reading your child read 20 minutes a day. You can help by listening to them read, reminding them assigned reading!
to read, or reading to them!
Daily
Activity Reading Strategy: Continue to build comprehension! A very
important skill for students to practice is to retell what they
have read in sequence. You can ask them to tell you what
happened in the story or book in their own words. If they
cannot retell it, then it is a good idea to have them read it again, pointing out the main
events or information.