You are your child s first and best teacher! Here are ways to help your child practice skills while having fun! Write these words: brush, city, chicken, half, fence, fox, peach, wife. Have your child write the plural form of each word by adding -s, -es, changing the y to i and adding -es, or changing the f or fe to -ves. Your child is learning about cause and effect. Read a story with your child. Choose several events in the story and ask your child what happened and why. Have your child write and read each of these words: bought, people, pleasant, probably, scared, shall, sign. Have your child write these spelling words on index cards: baby, lunch, note, story, switch, tune. On the opposite side of each card, have your child write the plural form of the word (babies, lunches, notes, stories, switches, tunes). This week your child learned about cause and effect. Discuss safety around the house and ask your child to write a paragraph about what could happen if people aren t careful and don t take precautions. This week we re Reading The Talking About How can we work together to make things better Learning About Plurals Cause and Effect
Materials paper, markers or crayons, scissors, bag, tape, 4 small bowls, buttons Game Directions 1. Copy or cut out the words shown here. Put the words in a bag. Copy or cut out the plural endings. Tape each ending to a bowl. Place the bowls on the floor. 2. Players sit and take turns drawing a word from the bag and tossing a button into the bowl labeled with the correct plural ending for the word, such as -ies for cherry. 3. If the button lands in the right bowl, the player spells the plural word and gets one point. 4. Play continues until all the words in the bag are used.
Home Activity Your child identified words that contain the vowel sound in shirt. Think of a letter. Challenge your child to name a word that begins with that letter and has the same vowel sound as shirt spelled with er, ir, or ur. Phonics r-controlled er, ir, ur Review
Home Activity Your child compared two characters in a realistic story. Discuss why this story is fiction, but has story events that could happen in real life. Help your child to compare and contrast the achievements and feelings of the two characters. Invite your child to compare and contrast his or her feelings in different situations. Comprehension Compare and Contrast Review
Plurals Spelling Words Words to Read Home Activity Your child is learning to make words plural by adding -s or -es or by changing y to i and adding -es. To practice at home, have your child say the word, write it, and then check it. Spelling Plurals
Plurals Spelling Words Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell plurals by adding -s or -es or by changing y to i and adding -es. Spell a singular spelling word and have your child spell the plural form. Then spell a plural word and have your child spell the singular form. Spelling Plurals
Plural Nouns That Change Spelling Write 1. 2. 3. Write Home Activity Your child learned how to use plural nouns that change spelling in writing. Look back at the list of singular and plural nouns. Say a singular noun and have your child say and write its plural form. Conventions Plural Nouns That Change Spelling
Plural Nouns That Change Spelling Circle 1. 2. 3. Change Write 4. 5. 6. Home Activity Your child reviewed plural nouns that change spelling. Write the words child, woman, leaf, and mouse on paper. Have your child write the plural forms of the words. Conventions Plural Nouns That Change Spelling
Home Activity Your child identified causes and effects in a fairy tale. Look for another fairy tale to read to your child. Guide your child in finding the causes and effects of the story characters actions in the fairy tale. Comprehension Cause and Effect