1st Grade Reading/ELA Menu

Week Of: May 4 – May 8 Ongoing Expectations:

• 30 minutes of reading daily. You can read from any book you have at home, a text from school, or an

online source. Such as: raz-kids.com, getepic.com

• Practice spelling words and handwriting

• Choose at least 3 activities from choices below for this week Spelling Words: Word Wall Words (Sight Words):

going, doing, seeing, being, freeing far, near, better, warm, cool

***Please see page 7 for the Science Menu for this week. ***

Poetry Practice: What can I do with a poem? Read provided poem with student:

Who is She? by Mrs. Winegarden

Students can:

➢ Circle/list the -ing words from the

poem.

➢ Draw a rectangle around/ list the

rhyming words.

➢ Make a connection by drawing

and writing or filling in the

sentence starter:

• This poem reminds me of

____________________.

Fiction Focus:

Visualizing: Making a mental image in your head based on what you have heard or read.

• Look over the ‘Visualizing’ anchor charts on page 4.

• Read the poem on page 5, My Neighbors Dog is Purple by Jack Prelutsky.

After reading, students can: • Highlight or circle a word or

groups of words that the author used that allowed them to create a mental image

• Draw the mental image the highlighted words allowed you to ‘see’.

Nonfiction Focus: Text Features: Understanding why an author used a specific text feature and how it gives us information.

• Look over the non-fiction text features anchor chart on page 6.

Read any non-fiction text. If you are in need of a non-fiction book, try this book on Raz-Kids: The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

https://bit.ly/2SgibU9

After reading, students can:

• Write why the author included a specific text feature.

(Be sure to use complete sentences with correct

punctuation.)

Sentence starters to use:

I think the author used (text feature) because…

Spelling Activities:

Choose one of the spelling activities from

page 3 of this document to practice the

following spelling words.

going

doing

seeing

being

freeing

Sight Word Activity:

Build it FAST!

Use letter tiles, magnetic letters,

or write the words on strips and

cut apart.

Mix up all the letters.

Try to build words faster each

Time!

This week’s sight words:

far, near, better, warm,

cool

Handwriting: Formation

Have student practice writing the

letters below with pencil,

crayon, chalk, etc:

u: pull down, around,

up and down

v: slant down, up

w: slant down, up, down, up

x: slant down, slant down

z: across, slant down, across

Poem Who is She? By: Mrs. Winegarden

She is always there when you’re near or far.

And lots of times, she’s driving in the car,

Like when she’s going to take you to school.

She can be seen doing things to keep you warm or cool.

And when you feel bad, sad or mad

Seeing her always makes you feel better or glad.

It must be a special person who really loves me.

Who could it be?

Draw a picture of who this poem makes you think about.

This poem reminds me of

____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Spelling Activities List of activities that your child can do to practice their spelling words. 1-Write your words three times 2-Use all the spelling words to create as few sentences as possible 3-Build the words-write the words on paper strips and cut the letters apart to build the words. 4-Rainbow writing (write the word in pencil, then trace it with three different colors) 5-Write the consonants in one color the vowels in another 6- Sailboat writing-

Ex: friend f fr fri frie frien friend

7- Rhyming-Write the spelling words in one column and then write words that rhyme in another column. Ex: cat hat 8- Write all words (spelling & sight words) in alphabetical order

Read the Poem, My Neighbors Dog is Purple. Highlight the words in the poem

that the author used that allowed you to visualize. Draw a picture in the box

to the right of each stanza that shows your mental image.

By: Jack Prelutzky

Science Activities

Science Focus: I will learn about the life cycle of

animals and insects

Choose at least one of the

activities below:

Watch the Brain Pop Jr. video on Frogs

or the Brain Pop Jr. video on Butterflies

using the link provided or see the

attached vocabulary cards to explain to

your student the life cycle of a frog or

butterfly, and then complete one of the

activities. Links for the videos:

https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/frogs/

https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/butterflies/

Use the Following Information to access Brain Pop Jr.: Username: maglab1 Password: lab1

1. Select either a frog or a butterfly.

Illustrate and label the life cycle

for the organism you selected.

2. Write or record yourself sharing

the stages of the life cycle of a

butterfly or frog. (use vocabulary

cards on page 8)

• Please tell the order of the life

cycle using the following sentence

starters:

• First, …

• Next, …

• Then, …

• Last, …

Frog Life Cycle Vocabulary

Butterfly Life Cycle Vocabulary

Don’t forget…. Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 10th! Shower the women in your life with love this Mother’s Day with these optional fun activities:

• Fill out the survey in pencil. Trace over your writing in crayon or marker. Put the survey in a frame or inside a card and give it to the fabulous women in your life! 😊

• Color the coloring sheet in your best coloring skills. Write a bucket-filling message on the back of the coloring sheet and give it to a special lady! 😊

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