It has been an exciting month as we delved into the FOSS world of Liquids and Solids. In this newsletter and on the Grade 1 website, you can find some fantastic vocabulary games to play with your child while learning about this topic. There are also games and vocabulary offered for math and language arts. Feel free to explore these games at home with your child.

We enjoyed meeting with some of the ESL parents at the first ESL parent workshop on January 14. Parents who came had the opportunity to explore Kidspiration as well as learn about Starfall, a game on our Grade 1 website, with Ms Chen.

The Grade 1 ESL team will be offering one more workshop on Thursday, February 12 at 2:35 p.m. in room 1A03. A newsletter about the workshop location and topic will be sent via email and notice after the Chinese New Year holiday. We hope to see all of our ESL parents there! Until then, have a wonderful holiday celebration with your families!! - Susan Chen & Virginia Blais

The ESL Corner

VocabularyVocabularyHigh

Frequency Words

Consonant Blends

Math ScienceSolids and

Liquids

had st-op, st-amp, st-ick Tens & Ones& Hundreds

particle

not sp-eak, sk-ip, sm-ile …is less than… mixture

but sc-ream, sn-ow, sw-im

…is more than… pour

what cr-y, cl-ay, fl-y, fr-y …is the same as… separate

all pl-ay, sl-ide, bl-ue …is equal to… evaporate

were pr-ince, dr-agon, tr-ee

unit, pounds-lb melt

when br-own, gr-owl, gl-ass Flats=100, Longs=10

freeze

we dr-ink, qu-it, tw-in Half past ____. layer

there How much more/less?

dissolve

Odd One OutPut a few solids and liquids words in a list with one being “odd”. Please use December Webpage Solids and Liquids vocabulary for the list. E.g. wood, bean, screw and milk. Not only does the child need to say which word it is (solid) but WHY it is not a liquid… the odd one out.

Odd One OutPut a few solids and liquids words in a list with one being “odd”. Please use December Webpage Solids and Liquids vocabulary for the list. E.g. wood, bean, screw and milk. Not only does the child need to say which word it is (solid) but WHY it is not a liquid… the odd one out.

Vocabulary CardsThis is a fantastic game that you

can make with any of your vocabulary words at home. Using

visuals with these vocabulary words will help ESL learners. Attached is Solids and Liquids vocabulary cards

for you to try at home. You can also do this with analog or digital

clocks that you can print at www.abcteach.com.

Creamy Characters This is an enjoyable tactile activity that will

make your child fall in love with spelling of high frequency words and consonant blend words. Simply spray some shaving cream on the table and have your child smooth it out. Pick one of these words from a hat and say it aloud. Let

your child write the word in the shaving cream. Then smooth out to erase and start again!

Vocabulary Games

Liquids & Solids JeopardyHave fun over the holiday playing ‘Jeopardy’ with your children. It’ll give you an opportunity to play a game, while at the same time, learn the concepts and vocabulary that Grade 1 students are exposed to in the science curriculum. Your children will love showing you how much they know. Emotional attachment to new concepts and vocabulary enhances memory retention.

Solids and Liquids Vocabulary Cards

Float Liquid Pour Bubbly Observe

Colorless Foamy Translucent Surface Viscous

Transparent Property Vial Level Sink

TowerFlexible Smooth Transparent Cylinder Soft Tower

Solid Flat Flexible

Opaque Rough

Sort Liquid pointed Property Rigid