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1st grade, week 15, day 1

Day 71 of 180 · Science: Ramps and rolling · about 85 minutes

Reading25 min

New: ai and ay

  1. This week: ai and ay. Two vowels together saying long a: ai in the middle (rain), ay at the end (day).
  2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: rain, mail, tail and paint.
  3. Your child finds a ai and ay word in a book or on a box at home.
Math25 min

Compare the tens first

  1. 43 and 38: 4 tens is more than 3 tens, so 43 is greater.
  2. Build both with blocks to check.
Science20 min

Ramp heights

  1. Roll a car down a ramp one book high, then two, then three.
  2. Measure how far it goes each time and make a chart.
Read-aloud15 min

Read-aloud: Coo Catches Gumdrop

  1. Read “Coo Catches Gumdrop” aloud. It is above what your child reads alone, on purpose: hearing longer stories builds words and understanding.
  2. Before reading, look at the title and the first page and ask: what do you think this story is about?
  3. On the read-along you can show the pages on a big screen, or let it read the words aloud while each one lights up.

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