FUNdations

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Unit 11 Parent Letter

Unit 11 Gr 1.pdf

Spelling City

Students have daily access to the following site. We have NOT used this in the classroom yet this year, but we encourage you to incorporate this into your child's daily routines as you see fit.

We currently have www.spellingcity.com/cswigert set up with practice words and trick words from each of our Fundations Units. Students can play games to practice spelling and reading these words.

Lessons for May 18th - May 22nd

This week, you will find several quick review videos that you can work through as you choose. These videos each review a key piece of learning from our 1st grade Fundations curriculum. You've learned so much this year and we couldn't be more proud of you and all your hard work! Keep practicing and revisiting these review clips over the summer too.

Drill Sound Warm Ups

Drill Sound Warm Ups.mp4

Digraphs

Final Digraphs.mp4

Suffixes

Review Suffixes.mp4

Trick Words

Practice reading, writing, and spelling your first grade trick words. Use them in sentences, write them in chalk or with fancy pens, build them using playdoh...anything to keep them fresh in your head!

1st Grade Fundations Trick Words.pptx

2 Types of Syllables

Final Syllables.mp4

Sentence Structure

Final Sentence Structure.mp4

Lessons for May 12th - May 16th

There are NO assignments this week for Fundations. Please use this time to focus on Science.

Lessons for May 4th - May 8th

This week's lessons are all about 5 minutes each and meant to review the skills taught the last few weeks. We are hoping that with the shorter Fundations lessons, you'll be able to spend sometime exploring our Science lessons.

Monday, May 4th: Writing Sentences

Watch Mrs. Swigert's Fundations review!

You will need paper and pencil.

Monday 5/4.mp4

Tuesday, May 5th: Tapping Words

Watch Mrs. Swigert's Fundations review!

May 5th - tapping words.mp4

Wednesday, May 6th: Word Hunt

Watch Mrs. Swigert's Fundations review!

Wednesday- 5/6.mp4

Thursday, May 7th: v-e syllables +s

Watch Mrs. Swigert's Fundations review!

May 7th - suffix v-e.mp4

Friday, May 8th: Phonics Dance Friday

Phonics Dance Review from last Friday!

Phonics Dance Friday 2.mp4

SPECIAL CHALLENGE!

Send Mrs. Swigert a video of you doing your very favorite phonics dance move...I'm going to use it for a special surprise for next week's Phonics Dance Friday!

cswigert@ldsd.org

Lessons for April 27th - May 1st

Monday, April 27th: Unit 11: W2: D1-2

Watch Mrs. Swigert's Fundations lesson!

NEW TRICK WORDS: none, nothing

4/27.mp4

Tuesday, April 28th: Unit 11: W2: D3

Watch Mrs. Swigert's Fundations lesson!

You will need something to write with.

4/28.mp4

Wednesday, April 29th: Unit 11: W2: D4

Watch Mrs. Swigert's Fundations lesson! Then practice reading Jake the Whale.

4-30.mp4

Thursday, April 30th:

Watch Mrs. Edwards' Phonics Lesson!

Primary-Week 14 Thursday.webm

Friday, May 1st: Phonics Dance Friday

Do the Phonics Dance with Mrs. Swigert, Camryn and Kaylee!

5/1 Phonics Dance and ice ace.mp4

Spend some time practicing your trick words for Trimester 3. You can do this anyway you choose!

Spelling City
Playdoh
Sidewalk Chalk, Markers, Pens
Make flashcards

3rd Trimester Trick Words

Lessons for April 20th - 24th

Monday, April 20th: Unit 10 Review

We are warming up with some nonsense words today.

Then you will need a piece of paper and pencil to practice writing sounds, words, and sentences with Mrs. Swigert.

Printable Fundations Paper

SE_Dictation_Worksheet_1 (1).pdf

Unit 10 Review: Apr 13, 2020 10:54 PM.webm

Tuesday, April 21st: Unit 10 Test

You will need a piece of paper and pencil to complete today's Fundations activity. Do your best and then take a picture of your work to send to your teacher on ClassDojo.

Printable Fundations Paper

SE_Dictation_Worksheet_1 (1).pdf

Fundations Unit 10 Test.mp4

Wednesday, April 22nd: Trick Word Practice

Do the Phonics Dance with Mrs. Swigert and her daughter Camryn. Then spend 10-15 minutes on Spelling City Click on Fundations Trick Words Unit 3 to practice all of our new trick words.

Phonics Dance.mp4

Thursday, April 23rd: Unit 11: W1: D1

Watch Mrs. Swigert's Fundations lesson!

Unit 11 Week 1 Day 1.mp4

Friday, April 24th Unit 11: W1: D2-3

Watch Mrs. Swigert's Fundations lesson!

Unit 11 Week 1 Day 2-3.mp4

Lessons for April 6th - April 17th

Monday, April 6th : Fundations Drill Sounds Warm Up

Do these drills everyday BEFORE doing our lesson activity or watching our lesson video!

1) Stretch out your vowel sounds .

A – aaaaaaaaaaaaaapple - /ă/

2) Say the vowel teams, key words, and sounds. Watch YouTube Clip for guidance.

3) Read and spell these Unit 10 trick words

Tuesday, April 7th: Fundations Unit 10 Storytime and Fluency Practice

Below is Unit 10's story: The Skunk. Practice your fluency by reading aloud to someone at home. Practice talking about the setting, characters, and events.

Tuesday, April 14th: Unit 10 Week 2 Day 2

Grab a white board or piece of paper, then watch and participate in both video clips for today.

Review r-controlled sounds

Mrs. Swigert's Lesson

Unit 10 Week 2 Day 2 : Apr 9, 2020 2:48 PM.webm

Wednesday, April 15th: Unit 10 Week 2 Day 3

Watch Mrs. Swigert's lesson. Then go on a vowel hunt for our new vowel teams: ue and ew

Mrs. Swigert's Lesson

Unit 10 Week 2 Day 3 Apr 9, 2020 3:46 PM.webm

Word Hunt

Look for words in books or around your house with our two new vowel teams ue and ew.

Thursday, April 16th: Unit 10 Week 3 Day 1

Watch Mrs. Swigert's lesson for today.

Unit 10 Week 3 Day 1: Apr 13, 2020 9:34 PM.webm

Friday, April 17th: Unit 10 Week 3 Day 2 and 3

Do drill sound warm ups using the Vowel Teams video. Then watch Mrs. Swigert's lesson for today and practice your Phonics Dance. Finally, practice writing our new trick words a few times each.

Unit 10 Week 3 Day 2-3: Apr 13, 2020 10:13 PM.webm

Lessons for March 30th - April 3rd

Monday, March 30th

Practicing reading, writing or spelling your trick words today! Trick words lists are below, our current focus would be on Trimester 3.

Suggested Ways to Practice:

1) Write the words using fancy pens/markers, sidewalk chalk or whiteboards.

2) Build them using playdoh or go outside to use stones, sticks, or pine cones to build the words.

3) Nerf Guns! put a sticky note up on a wall with every letter of the alphabet. Spell your words by shooting darts at the correct letters. Or have someone else shoot the darts at the correct letters and you guess what word they are spelling.

Send your teacher a picture on DOJO!

Copy of Copy of First Grade Trick Words

Tuesday, March 31st

1) Watch these YouTube clips below to review the 'ee' and 'ea' vowel teams.

2) Go on an 'ee' and 'ea' vowel team hunt!

Look through books, magazines, newspapers, or other household items for words that have the vowel teams 'ee' or 'ea' in them. Pick at least 10 words to write down using your best handwriting.

3) Send us a picture of your work and your best chEEse smile :)

Vowel Teams 'ea' and 'ee'

Watch this YouTube clip that will review our ee and ea vowel teams.

Silly 'ea' Song

Watch this YouTube clip with lots of ea words!

Vowel Teams 'ea' and 'ee'

Watch this YouTube clip and practicing adding some blends and diagraphs to the 'ee' and 'ea' vowel teams.

Wednesday, April 1st

We all finished Unit 9 FUNdations before this break. So before we move on, spend some time today reviewing some Unit 9 words.

1) Go to https://www.spellingcity.com/users/cswigert

2) Click on Fundations Unit 9 - Games.

3) Pick a game and practice. Try to get at least 15 minutes of practice in!

Fluency Graph to 210.pdf

Thursday, April 2nd

Let's practice some fluency today! Using the Fundations Unit 9 story below, practice reading aloud to a family member. Don't forget to practice that scooping too!

Want a challenge...

1) Do a cold read first! Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Count up your correct words per minute.

2) Practice, Practice, Practice - even for a few days!

3) Do a hot read! Time yourself for 1 minute again. Count up your correct words per minute.

4) Compare your cold read number to your hot read number...did you get better?!?!

Friday, April 2nd

PHONICS DANCE FRIDAY!

Watch, chant, and dance along to The Phonics Dance!

**Warning: It may not be in the same order that your teacher taught you this year...that's okay just join in on the parts that you know!*

Want a challenge?

Send your teacher a video of you doing the phonics dance your classroom's way.

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