First Grade Reading Program

First Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 1, Week 1, “Sam, Come Back!”

Below are the skills and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days.  (*Please note: our literacy lessons are based on 5-day plans that may or may not align with a M-F schedule. In an effort to teach the entire grade level core, I will post the “weekly study skills” on the day that we begin a new 5-day instructional sequence.) Just so you are aware we started practicing these skills on Friday and will continue through this coming week.  You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Animals: How are people and animals important to one another?	What do pets need?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Short a (ă) Consonant pattern -ck	Short a words: am     at    back    bat    can    cat    dad    mad    ran    sack
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
my    come    way    on    in	Jack     Sam
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
cuddle    faithful    fetch    heel    needs  responsibility  shelter tickle	Aa Letter size