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1st grade homeschool plan, week 25

ou and ow · Telling time to the half hour · Bones and muscles

Week 25 of 36 in 1st grade, in quarter 3. Five days, about 110 minutes each.

Reading: ou and ow, ou and ow can both say /ow/, the sound you make when you are hurt: out, cow. Words to read and spell: out, cloud, house, mouth, cow, now, town and brown. Sight words: “buy” and “call”. The new story is “Where Is Ned's Hat?”, and the reread is “Dot and the Log”.

Writing: A report from a question. Start with a question about the topic. Your child finds three facts that answer it and writes them as a paragraph.

Math: Telling time to the half hour. Reading half past the hour on both kinds of clock.

Science: Bones and muscles. Bones hold the body up and keep it safe, and muscles pull on them to move.

Social studies, a shorter piece each day: Clues from the past. Old photos, objects and stories are clues to how people lived before, and history is the story they tell.

Read-alouds: “Tavi and the Bones Under Her Skin”, “Tom Thumb”, “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”, “Paul Bunyan and Babe” and “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”.

For the whole family: Feel for bones in hands, arms and legs, then do a few exercises and feel which muscles work.

The five days

  1. Day 1day 121

    • ReadingNew: ou and ow
    • WritingMy question
    • MathHalf past
    • ScienceYour skeleton
    • Social studiesPhoto detective
    • Read-aloudTavi and the Bones Under Her Skin

  2. Day 2day 122

    • ReadingSpell words with ou and ow
    • WritingThe first fact
    • MathThirty minutes
    • ScienceBones that protect
    • Social studiesThe oldest thing
    • Read-aloudTom Thumb

  3. Day 3day 123

    • Readingou and ow in sentences
    • WritingTwo more facts
    • MathHour or half hour?
    • ScienceJoints bend
    • Social studiesAsk a grown-up
    • Read-aloudThe Steadfast Tin Soldier

  4. Day 4day 124

    • ReadingRead: Where Is Ned's Hat?
    • WritingJoining the facts
    • MathHalf an hour later
    • ScienceMuscles pull
    • Social studiesA time capsule
    • Read-aloudPaul Bunyan and Babe

  5. Day 5day 125

    • ReadingReread: Dot and the Log
    • WritingThe ending
    • MathReading the clock all day
    • ScienceKeeping bones strong
    • Social studiesOld or new
    • Read-aloudThe Three Billy Goats Gruff