Name___________________________1st Grade Homework / 4-3-17This week in 1 st grade English class we’re learning about:

Phonics & Word Study: Long o spelled oa; base words and endings Writing : Personal Narrative Comprehension Strategy: Text-to- Text Connections Comprehension Skill: Character & Setting Grammar : Review Spelling Words : boat, coat, soap, road, oak, toad Spelling Sentence: Do you like the fresh air on the boat? High Frequency Words (sight words ) : animal, kind, place, air, oil, should Phonics Readers (These books are on our class webpage for you to review with your child.) :  “Joan is 

Kind”  “Kites and Bikes” Vocabulary :

Reading: bet, oiled, boring, visitors, local, usual Charact er Development : How can we respect each other? Theme 4 Unit Assessment : This week the students will be taking the Theme 4 Unit Assessment which

will focus on the Phonics, Word Study, and comprehension skills we have been learning throughout the theme.

Science: Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Reminders:

Homework goes home on Monday and is due on Friday unless you need the weekend to complete it.

Spelling, High Frequency Word, and Vocabulary Assessments are at the end of each week. April 14th – International Day – Thailand – Early Release @ 12:00pm April 17th – 21st – Spring Book Fair April 18th – Chinese Village Field Trip April 21st – Fun Run April 27th – Oratorical Festival April 28th – Instructional Planning – Early Release @ 12:00pm April 28th – Daddy/Daughter Dance 5:00 – 8:00pm

1st Grade English TeamGlobal 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

animal

kind

place

air

oil

should

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1. Circle this week’s sight words in the story.(animal, kind, place)

2. Underline words with long o, spelled oa. (coat, float, foal, foam, goat, Joan, oak, oats, road, soaks, soap, toad)

Joan sees a toad in the road. Joan puts the toad on an oak stump, so it will be in a safe place. Joan sees a thin foal. The foal needs to eat. She feeds it oats and hay. Kind Joan sees a goat. The animal has mud in its coat. Joan soaks the goat in soap foam! The foam cleans the goat’s coat. Joan sees a pig in a boat. A boat is no place for a pig. Pigs do not like to float. Joan takes the pig out of the boat. The animal runs down the road. Joan is very kind to animals.

3. Read the Phonics Reader. Leveled Readers are on our Class Webpage for more challenge.

4. On Monday, tell someone about what you read.1st Grade English GVA-CS Page 3

Name___________________________1st Grade Homework / 4-3-175. 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 Wednesday Thursday

Spelling Wordsboat coat

soap

road

oak

toad _____

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Do you like the fresh air on the boat?

Draw a picture of your spelling sentence.

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