First Grade

March 30, 2020

Good Morning!

Fundations: Unit 9- Level 1

We are working on closed syllables today:

• Drill Sounds/Warm-up
• ***See Mrs. Liggett's sound cards under ONLINE links**
• When reading a story in RAZ kids.  Look for words that are closed in…..I bet you find a bunch.  Write down 5 in your learning log.

Mark up the following words in your learning log.

Use my video on *closed syllables*to help you.

    flop 

    ask

    punch

    bath

    such

    it

Read the words to someone at home.

Reader’s Workshop:

*** See Anchor Chart #1 and Read more Fluently under ONLINE links***

Read a story in RAZkids.com

Remember to Make your Reading more fluent.

March 31, 2020

Good Morning!

Fundations: Unit 9- Level 1

We are working on closed syllables today:

• Drill Sounds/Warm-up-  **see link**
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• Watch the 2 videos!  I hope you did well with sounding out your words!

 **see links on right** 1st video- closed review

                                       2nd video-teach spelling- Get ready to write some words!

 Have mom dictate the following to you, and write it down in your learning log.    This is just like we practice in the classroom.

3 sounds:  /a/, /s/, /all/

2 review words: clip, fox

2 current words: bath, such

2 trick words: the, and

1 sentence: 

***Remember every sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a stop sign***

Did the ball hit the bat?

Can’t wait to see how you did!

Reader’s Workshop:

Strategy: Check it! Do a double-check!

 **see anchor chart link on right**

Read a story in RAZkids.com- Listen to it and then you read it! Complete the quiz at the end.

When you are reading keep in mind the strategy above. Does it make sense?

April 1, 2020

Good Morning!

Fundations:  Drill Sounds/Warm-up

Scoop sentences and read aloud to someone.

Reader’s Workshop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S_YgOND9w0

Listen to Nate the Great goes Undercover.  We will be listening to this book over the next 3 days and answering comprehension questions.

Complete questions #’s 1-3.

April 2, 2020

Good Morning!

Fundations: Unit 9- Level 1

Drill Sounds/Warm-up

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• Reader’s Workshop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S_YgOND9w0

Listen to Nate the Great goes Undercover

Answer questions #’s 4, 5, 7, 8 in your learning log.

I hope you are enjoying Nate the Great…He has a real cool book series!

April 3, 2020

Good Morning and Happy Friday!

Fundations: Unit 9

• Drill Sounds/Warm-up

• Reader’s Workshop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S_YgOND9w0

Listen to Nate the Great goes Undercover

Answer questions #’s 11,12 and 13 in your learning log.

I hope you enjoyed Nate the Great goes Undercover!

April 6, 2020

Good Morning Zach!

Fundations: Unit 9

Closed syllables continued

• Drill Sounds/Warm-up- I made a new audio link for sound cards!
• Write the following words in your learning log:

bait, play, say, great, said

They all have the long /a/ sound- except for said which is your trick word.

Have mom dictate the following sentences and write them in your learning log:

I say, “That is great!”

Zach said, “Mom I want to play outside.”

Go over dialogue tags and the punctuation needed when someone is speaking.

Watch the link below to learn more about quotation marks and dialogue tags:

https://youtu.be/rFIIqPolFXo

Reader’s Workshop:

We will be reading Giraffes Can’t Dance for the next 3 days!

Below is the link to the story:
https://watch.vooks.com/videos/giraffes-can-t-dance

• Listen to the story.
• Listen to the story again using the Pause and Ponder handout that I have attached below. This activity is to encourage discussion and deepen comprehension of the story.

April 7, 2020

Good Morning Zach!

Fundations: Unit 9

Closed syllables continued

Practice your sound card-drill sounds!

Word of the day:  act

Write the word  act   in your learning log.  Underline the vowel and mark it with a V.  Is the vowel closed in?  Yes! Tap out the word and use it in a sentence.

Now Zack, go on word hunt- Write these words in your learning log.

    we    trim     bite   it    wept   fun 

     shrug

Cross out any word that is NOT a closed syllable:

MOM- he should cross out we and bite

Reader’s Workshop:

We will be reading Giraffes Can’t Dance again today!

Below is the link to the story:
https://watch.vooks.com/videos/giraffes-can-t-dance

username: [email protected]

password: Liggett1234

• Listen to the story again.
• I have attached 5 questions for you to complete in your learning log. One or two word answers are OK-not full sentences. You do not have to do the  drawing part todayJ

April 8, 2020

Good Morning Zach!

Fundations: Unit 9

Practice drill sounds.

Closed syllables continued

Read Pam and Dan aloud.  Scoop into phrases as you read.  Find 5 words that are closed syllables and write them in your learning log.

Reader’s Workshop:

We will be reading Giraffes Can’t Dance again today!

Below is the link to the story:
https://watch.vooks.com/videos/giraffes-can-t-dance

• Listen to the story one last time.
• I have attached 2 drawing activities for you to complete. Have fun and Have a Fabulous Spring Break!

April 21, 2020

Good Morning Zach!

Fundations: Unit 9- Closed Syllables

A closed syllable ends in a consonant and only has one vowel.

The vowel in a closed syllable is short, as in the word “math” or “cat”.

You must mark the vowel with a breve to indicate it is a short sound.

• 1- Read, write and mark the following words in your learning log:

         pill         hush      chins    crash     fluffs     snug

Refer to the poster link below for help on marking your words.J

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• 2- Go onto See Saw for an activity on closed syllables!
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• 3- OPTIONAL- Read a story on Razkids.com and take the quiz! Shoot for 80%!

April 22, 2020- Wednesday

Good Morning Zach!

Happy Earth Day!

• Drill Sounds- All consonants and vowels/glued & welded sounds/

vowel teams ai and ay- pronounced long /a/ only the vowel a says its name. 

ai    bait   /a/,

ay   play  /a/.  Practice these vowel teams!

Fundations: Unit 9- Closed Syllables

• Trick Words for the day:

say      says     would

• Skywrite each word 3x.
• Rainbow write the words in 3 different colors.
• Use 1 word in a complete sentence. Remember to frame your sentence, add a noun and a verb.  See link below for sentence frame.

Share your work on See Saw or write in your learning log.

• OPTIONAL- Read and Record a story on Razkids.com and take the quiz! Shoot for 80%!

April 23, 2020- Thursday

Good Morning Zach:

• Drill Sounds- (see posters link above)

All consonants and vowels/glued & welded sounds/vowel teams: ai   bait   /a/

 ay   play  /a/,  ee   jeep /e/,  ea   eat /e/,   

 ey  key  /e/

Fundations: Unit 9- Closed Syllable

• Closed Syllable Search:

Go onto See Saw and look for this activity on closed syllables.

• Have mom dictate the following sentence to you and write it in your learning log, or show me the sentence on See Saw.

Bob had the last mint.

• OPTIONAL- Readand Recorda story on Razkids.com and take the quiz! Shoot for 80%!

April 24, 2020- Friday

Good Morning Zach!

• Drill Sounds- All consonants and vowels/glued & welded sounds/vowel teams:

ai, ay, ee, ea, ey

Fundations: Unit 9- Closed Syllable

• Storytime:

Go onto See Saw and read Fred the Frog 3x.  Record yourself reading it on the third time.

Answer the following questions:

Who are the characters in the story? (character)

Where did the story take place?  (setting)

What happened first?   (sequence of events)

Then what happened?

What happened at the end?

HAPPY FRIDAY!

April 27, 2020    Monday

Good Morning, Zach!

• Drill Sounds- All consonants and vowels/glued & welded sounds/vowel teams

• See Saw- Try and try again!  Please go onto See Saw and record yourself reading the words from List E that I assigned to you.  

• Log onto RAZkids.com and recordyourself reading at your Independent Reading Level C. I can’t wait to hear how you are reading!

DON’T BE SHY ZACH ATTACK !!!  I miss you!

April 28, 2020   Tuesday

Good Morning Zach!

Fundations: Unit 9- Closed Syllables- Week 2

• Drill Sounds- All consonants and vowels/glued & welded sounds- See links/posters

vowel teams oi  coin  /oi/    oy boy  /oi/

Practice these new vowel teams as well!

A closed syllable ends in a consonant and only has onevowel.

Ex: claps  • underline the vowel and mark it with a v

• mark the vowel with a breve to indicate it is a short sound
• circle the suffix if the word has one
• Go onto See Saw for the “Closed Syllable Search and Mark” Activity

Refer to the poster link for help on marking your words.J

April 29, 2020- Wednesday

Good Morning Zach!

• Drill Sounds- All consonants and vowels/glued & welded sounds/vowel teams

oi   coin  /oi/          oy    boy  /oi/

Fundations: Unit 9- Closed Syllables- Week 2

• Trick Wordsfor the day:

see        between      each

• Skywrite each word 3x.
• Rainbow write the words in 3 different colors.
• Use all 3 words in a complete sentence. Remember to frame your sentence, add a noun and a verb.

 Write in your Fundations Workbook and share it on See Saw.

Ex:  Can you see between each crack?

• OPTIONAL- Read and Record a story on Razkids.com and take the quiz! Shoot for 80%!

May 1, 2020    Friday

Good Morning Zach:

• Drill Sounds- (see posters link)

All consonants and vowels/glued & welded sounds/vowel teams:

ai, ay, oi, oy

Fundations: Unit 9- Closed Syllable- Week 2

Go onto See Saw and find my activity!

Happy Friday and Happy May!!!!!

May 4, 2020    Monday

Good Morning Zach:

Get out your “Cloud” Fundations book and a sharpened pencil.

Go to the back of the book and look for Unit 9 Test.

I am going to record myself on See Saw dictating the test to you.

Mom- pause and go back as much as you need to, have Zach listen carefully and tap out each sound, please take a picture of his test and post on See Saw!

We will begin Unit 10 this week!

May 5, 2020    Tuesday

Good Morning Zach:

Brand new Unit…Unit 10!

This unit will be working with closed syllables that have5 sounds. These are words that usually have a blend(2 consonants each with their own sound) at the beginning of the word and a blend at the end of the word.

Ex: slu mp   The sl is a blend and the mp is blend.

This unit will also work with words the suffixes s, ed and ing.

As well as the vowel teams:oa, oe, ow, ou, ue, au and aw.

I will be doing audio lessons for Zach (see the links below) to help out with this difficult Unit.

Go onto See Saw for an activity on blends!

We’ve got this MOM….xo

Mrs. Liggett

May 6, 2020   Wednesday

Good Morning Zach:

Unit 10 – Week 1

• Practice your drill sounds- vowel teams, letters, glued sounds

• Word of the Day-

slept

Write this word in your Octopus Fundations book- Look for the Vocabularysection (it’s in ABC order).

Add the word slept- mark it – underline the blends in the beginning and at the end,  and put a breve above the e.

Use the word slept in a complete sentence. Don’t forget a capital and a stop sign.

Show me on See Saw.

• See Saw- look for an activity on blends!

May 7, 2020   Thursday

Good Morning Zach:

Unit 10 – Week 1

• Practice your drill sounds- vowel teams, letters, glued sounds

• Word of the Day-

trust

Write this word in your Octopus Fundations book- Look for the Vocabularysection (it’s in ABC order).

Add the word trust- mark it – a blend in the beginning and at the end and put a breve above the e.

Use the word trust in a complete sentence. Don’t forget a capital and a stop sign.

Show me on See Saw.

• See Saw- Get out your Cloud book and I will dictate some words and a sentence to you.

(MOM- ring, next, flag, plump

May 8, 2020   Friday

Good Morning Zach:

• See Saw- Word List E- Speak slowly so I can hear you…Do your best Zach!

Take the rest of the day to catch up on any See Saw activities you may have missed and read a story on Razkids.com OR complete 2/3 pages in your Explode the Code book!

Happy Friday!

xo

May 11, 2020    Monday 

• 1-PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

• 2- Listen and watch my video- It’s a pre-reading activity for a new book we will be reading together.

Open your Sailboat workbook (2nd grade) Cloud workbook (1st grade) and get a sharpened pencil.

Go on to See Saw and find the questions I would like you to answer!

• 3- Explode the Code- 2/3 pages

• 4- Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily.

May 12, 2020    Tuesday

• 1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

• 2- Listen and watch my video (SEE LINK BELOW)-Summary of book

Go on to See Saw and find the questions I would like you to answer!

• 3- Explode the Code- 2/3 pages-This is to keep up on your Phonics!

• OPTIONAL DAILY…BUT 2X A WEEK PLEASE: Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes a day!

May 13, 2020    Wednesday

• 1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

• 2- Listen and watch my video (SEE LINK BELOW)- It’s Chapter 1 and 2 of Mercy Watson to the Rescue!

Go on to See Saw and find the questions I would like you to answer!

***We are focusing on comprehension!

Pause the recording as often as you need to correctly answer the questions on See Saw!

• 3- Explode the Code- 2/3 pages-This is to keep up on your Phonics!

• OPTIONAL DAILY…BUT 2X A WEEK PLEASE: Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily.

May 14, 2020    Thursday andFriday  May 15, 2020- Try to catch up on this week before next Monday

I will be reading Chapters 3 & 4 of Mercy Watson on Mon. 5/18!

• 1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

• 2- Listen and watch my video on Fact and Opinion (SEE LINK BELOW)

Go on to See Saw and find the worksheet on Fact and Opinion…You may want to Goggle “pigs” to determine if the information is a fact!

• 3- Explode the Code- 2/3 pages-This is to keep up on your Phonics!

• OPTIONAL DAILY…BUT 2X A WEEK PLEASE: Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily.

• I know everyoneis doing the BESTthat they can during remote learning. It is IMPORTANT for me to be able to hear you read on RAZkids.com so I can document what you are doing and how well you are reading.  The Mercy Watson Unit is also very important because we will be ending the year with A LOT of comprehension activities! Keep up the SUPERwork! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

May 18, 2020  Monday   

1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

2- See Saw-  Listen/watch my video on Mercy Watson to the Rescue Chapters 3-4

Complete Worksheet.

3- Explode the Code- 2/3 pages-This is to keep up on your Phonics!

OPTIONAL DAILY…BUT 2X A WEEK PLEASE: Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily.

• I know everyoneis doing the BESTthat they can during remote learning. It is IMPORTANT for me to be able to hear you read on RAZkids.com so I can document what you are doing and how well you are reading.  The Mercy Watson Unit is also very important because we will be ending the year with A LOT of comprehension activities! Keep up the SUPERwork! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

May 19, 2020  Tuesday  

1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

2-Click on the link below.  We will be coming up with words that belong in the -ig family and CVVC words that have the vowel team oa as in boat /oa/.

***Instead of working in your workbooks I have assigned 2 worksheets on Seesaw for you to complete.***

3- Explode the Code- 2/3 pages-This is to keep up on your Phonics!

I will read Chapters 5 and 6 to you tomorrow!

OPTIONAL DAILY…BUT 2X A WEEK PLEASE: Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily.

• I know everyoneis doing the BESTthat they can during remote learning. It is IMPORTANT for me to be able to hear you read on RAZkids.com so I can document what you are doing and how well you are reading.  The Mercy Watson Unit is also very important because we will be ending the year with A LOT of comprehension activities! Keep up the SUPERwork! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

May 20, 2020  Wednesday  

1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

2- Listen to Mercy Watson to the Rescue  Chapters 5-6

**Link is below**

SEE SAW- Go on and answer the questions on the worksheet 

in complete sentences.

OPTIONAL DAILY…BUT 2X A WEEK PLEASE: Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily.

• I know everyoneis doing the BESTthat they can during remote learning. It is IMPORTANT for me to be able to hear you read on RAZkids.com so I can document what you are doing and how well you are reading.  The Mercy Watson Unit is also very important because we will be ending the year with A LOT of comprehension activities! Keep up the SUPERwork! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

May 21, 2020  Thursday  

1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

2- Vocabulary- Go onto See Saw and find the worksheet for vocab. 1-6…..if you are unsure of a word….Google it!

OPTIONAL DAILY…BUT 2X A WEEK PLEASE: Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily.

• I know everyoneis doing the BESTthat they can during remote learning. It is IMPORTANT for me to be able to hear you read on RAZkids.com so I can document what you are doing and how well you are reading.  The Mercy Watson Unit is also very important because we will be ending the year with A LOT of comprehension activities! Keep up the SUPERwork! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

May 26, 2020  Tuesday 

1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

2- Watch and listen to me read Mercy Watson to the Rescue- Chapters 7-8- link attached

Go onto See Saw and find the comprehension worksheet for Chapters 7-8.

***OPTIONAL DAILY…BUT 2X A WEEK PLEASE: Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily***

• I know everyoneis doing the BESTthat they can during remote learning. It is IMPORTANT for me to be able to hear you read on RAZkids.com so I can document what you are doing and how well you are reading.  The Mercy Watson Unit is also very important because we will be ending the year with A LOT of comprehension activities! Keep up the SUPERwork! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

May 27, 2020  Wednesday

1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

2- Go onto See Saw.  Your assignments are a noun and verb worksheet.  Remember a noun is a person, place, thing object or thing animal.  Remember a verb can show action.

There is also a buttered toast writing activity.  I would like you to write 5 full sentences about your favorite food.  Include WHAT it is, WHY you love to eat it, WHERE do you get it from.  All sentences must have a capital and a stop sign.

***OPTIONAL DAILY…BUT 2X A WEEK PLEASE: Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily***

May 28, 2020  Thursday

1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

2- Go to the attached link and watch and listen to me read Mercy Watson to the Rescue Chapters 9-10.

See Saw-  I have added comprehension questions for Chapters 9-10.  Remember to write in full sentences.

***OPTIONAL DAILY…BUT 2X A WEEK PLEASE: Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily***

JUNE 1^st      YAY!!!!!!!!

1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

2- Go to the attached link and watch and listen to me read the last two chapters of Mercy Watson to the Rescue Chapters 11-12.

See Saw-  I have added comprehension questions for Chapters 11-12.  Remember to write in full sentences.

***OPTIONAL DAILY…BUT 2X A WEEK PLEASE: Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily***

JUNE 2, 2020

1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

2- We have finished Mercy Watson to the Rescue.  Go onto  See Saw to complete the Chapters 7-12 vocabulary worksheet.

 Go onto Razkids and record yourself reading a story and take the quiz. In order to build reading stamina you need to read at least 20 minutes daily***

JUNE 3, 2020

1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

2- Go onto SeeSaw and look for the Fiction vs. NonFiction worksheet.  You have 2 days to complete this.  I will NOT be posting plans on Thursday as I am going into school to pack up our classroom.

JUNE 5, 2020

1- PRACTICE: letters, vowel teams, glued sounds, bossy “r”

I am not going to keep reposting the drill sounds, use the links I have in previous lessons!

2- Go onto SeeSaw on complete the fact and opinion worksheet.

 The book Mercy Watson to the Rescue had a lot of fact and opinion in it.  

Ex: Eugenia thinks that pigs should not live in a house- That is her opinion.

Ned and Lorenzo were firemen.- That is a fact.

3- Go on to Raz kids.com and record a story for me to listen to and do the comprehension questions.

JUNE 8, 2020

1- PRACTICE ALL letter sounds!  See link below! 

2- Go onto SeeSaw and complete Story Review Part 1.

3- Go on to Raz kids.com and record a story for me to listen to and do the comprehension questions.

Reading every day for 20 minutes will build your stamina!

JUNE 9, 2020

1- PRACTICE ALL letter sounds!  See link below! 

2- Go onto SeeSaw and complete Story Review Part 2.

3- Go on to Raz kids.com and record a story for me to listen to and do the comprehension questions.

Reading every day for 20 minutes will build your stamina!

JUNE 10, 2020

1- PRACTICE ALL letter sounds!  See link below! 

2- Go onto See Saw and complete the activity on adjectives!

 3- Go on to Raz kids.com and record a story for me to listen to and do the comprehension questions. ( at least 2x a week)

Reading every day for 20 minutes will build your stamina

We are nearing the end!!!!!!

I will post activities on See Saw for Zachary to complete!!!!

Summer here we come!!!!