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This week in 1st grade English class we’re learning about:
Phonemic Awareness: Blending, Segmenting, Substitution
Phonics & Word Study: long u (CVCe); l blends, lt, lk, ld, lf
Writing: Personal Narrative Assessment
Comprehension Strategy: Monitor & Clarify
Comprehension Skill: Categorize & Classify
Grammar: Verbs
Spelling Words: tune, cute, cube, tube, rule, mule
Spelling Sentence: We see a cute mule.
High Frequency Words (sight words): people, see, water, about, his, these
Phonics Readers (These books are on our class webpage for you to review with your
child.): “Mel and Cam” & “Kate and Stan”
 Vocabulary:
Reading: laundromat, coins, forever, lose, segregated, equals, pay, dollars, list, librarian,
wooden, platform,
Listening & Speaking: homework, fussing, desert, disaster, fierce, wisest
 Character Development: What are different ways to solve our problems?
 Character Development Vocabulary: compromise, cooperate
 Character Development Focus/Concept: Solving a problem sometimes means taking action.
At other times, it may mean changing our perspective.
Social Studies-Civics: Public Holidays / New Year’s Eve and Chinese New Year
Vocabulary:
New Year’s Eve: resolution, countdown, celebration, midnight, noisemakers
New Year’s Song: Auld Lang Syne (Times Long Past)
Chinese New Year: firecrackers, lion dance, red envelope, lanterns, dumplings
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Reminders:
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Homework is due on Friday.
Spelling, High Frequency Word, and Vocabulary Assessments are at the end of each week.
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January 15th – No School – Instructional Planning Day
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January 18th – No School – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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January 29th – Chinese Cultural Event @ GVA
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January 30th – Chinese New Year Celebration @ the City Auditorium in Downtown
Colorado Springs from 10am – 4pm. This is a very fun event that many of our GVA
families attend each year. Here is the link with information: http://www.cscci.org/CNYF
1st Grade English Team
Global Village Academy– Colorado Springs
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CLASS WEBPAGES! LINKS ARE BELOW!
Mrs. Aung
Email taung@gvaschools.org
Class Webpage http://www.gvaschools.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=450659&type=u
Mrs. DiAmco
Email sdiamco@gvaschools.org
Class Webpage http://www.gvaschools.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=551023&type=u
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High Frequency Words
people
see
water
about
his
these
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Descriptive Sentence
The __________ kids with
___________ had a _____
New Year’s Eve because
_______________________ .
Draw a picture of your descriptive sentence:
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(Phonics Reader)
1. Circle this week’s sight words in the story.
(people, see, water)
2. Underline the words with u magic e.
Mel, the big, big mule, and Cam, the cute, cute cat,
can get grape cake and one more thing. But Cam
and Mel do not like to get the same thing with
grape cake. Mel and Cam can get red, red jam
that’s in a tube. “But I do not like red, red jam in a
tube,” said Cam. “I like just cake if it’s grape. That’s
my rule.” Mel is not glad. Mel did not like that rule.
Cam is sad. Mel and Cam like to get the same thing.
They think it’s fun to get the same thing. Some
people, like Mel, like grape cake with jam. Some
people, like Cam, like just grape cake. “I see how
we can get the same thing” said Cam. “Mel, do you
like water?” “Yes, Cam,” said Mel. Mel, the big, big
mule, and Cam, the cute, cute cat, can have water
with their grape cake. Mel and Cam are glad, glad,
glad!
3. Read the Phonics Reader. Leveled Readers are on our Class Webpage for more
challenge.
4. On Monday, tell someone about what you read.
5. In the boxes, write down how many minutes/seconds it took you to read
the story. Try to beat your time each day to build fluency.
Monday
Tuesday
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Wednesday
Thursday
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Vocabulary Words
homework: (n.) school assignments to be done at home
fussing: bothering; causing a lot of commotion
desert: (n.) a dry area, usually covered with sand
disaster: (n.) something that causes great destruction or misfortune
fierce: very strong or extreme
wisest: having or showing the most intelligence and good judgment
laundromat: (n.) a place where people wash and dry their clothes
coins: (n.) pieces of metal used as money
forever: always
lose: (v.) to no longer have
segregated: (v.) to have separated certain groups from other groups
equals: (n.) people who have the same rights
pay: (v.) to give money for a service
dollars: (n.) basic units of money
list: (n.) a record of items
librarian: (n.) a person who works in a library
wooden: made of wood
platform: (n.) a raised floor
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Spelling Words
tune
cute
cube
tube
rule
mule
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We see a cute mule.
Happy New Year
(Write words that describe a Happy New Year celebration.)
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Book Report
Title: ______________________________
Author: ___________________________
Characters: _______________________
My favorite part of the story is ___________
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Draw a picture of your favorite part.
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