Week Eleven – Lesson Five

Parent information: Kids do: Assessment:

Activity Watch the following video for an introduction to mass: Watch the video. Take a picture of your
One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cjPApFuGLM chart and send it to
Choose a book. Find 3 your teacher via e-mail
Our last measurement lesson is learning about mass! Your student will need to choose a objects that are heavier or classdojo.
book as a baseline for measurement. He or she will then need to find three objects that than the book and 3
feel heavier than the book and three objects that feel lighter than the book. Ask your objects that are lighter
student to make a chart showing what he or she found. For Mrs. Craven’s example, look than the book.
under the lesson five tab of the grade one website.
Record your findings in a
chart.
Activity Here is one last story reading for the year. This is a beautifully illustrated celebration of Here is a story all about
Two the “special someone” we all have in our lives. We hope that you will cuddle up with your spending time with a
child and enjoy this story. special someone in your
life. We hope you enjoy
https://youtu.be/GruyvObLJMQ it!
After watching and
listening to the story, find
someone who is special
to you and tell them “You
make me happy!” Maybe
you can even find more
than one person. 😊
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 mailbox – this is where
Guided comprehension strategy that you can practice with your child to really your teacher has put your
Reading strengthen his or her literacy skills. Please have your child read 20 assigned reading!
minutes a day. You can help by listening to them read, reminding them
Daily to read, or reading to them!
Activity
Reading Strategy: Continue to build comprehension skills by asking your
child questions such as, "What was the main idea of the book?" and "Did
the characters have a problem? How did they solve it?"