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for K-5 Students

teach@homeDaily Lessons & Activities

for K-5 Students

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Literacy ActivitiesGrade 1, Week 6

Long Vowels, Silent e, & Connecting Text and Illustrations

Day Topic Pages

Day 1 Long Vowel Sounds 2–3

Day 2 Building Words with Silent e 4–5

Day 3 Building Words with Silent e 6–7

Day 4 Connecting Text and Illustrations (Literature) 8–10

Day 5 Connecting Text and Illustrations (Literature) 11–12

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Watch the Day 1 LessonDay 1

Circle the short vowel sounds.Draw a box around the long vowel sounds.

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Day 1 (continued)Color in the boxes below to make a picture

(not all the boxes will be colored in).

Long a words = blue; Long e words = green; Long i words = yellow Short e words = red; Short a words = brown

red sudsstem sip eightleg rugpug cane rain

not

pin

cubestick

pig

deep ripnose

pick

teamleaf mud sip

set rudedeck huge manenet hopeslug gate nail

sit clapsat map rosecot snaprat cat pit

pot tagtoss pan nipword fancap win tug

pet cubejet June lifebike tubestep pail grape

stop sandham mat logrow handram hat rope

kit napox sad wigtop dadant lick slot

test dude

fun

bee flute

steam

tea

tick

pest cute

word

dug

meat

run

sea

sick

lip

kid bagdot bat pithose hattack dot tip

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Watch the Day 2 Lessonhand2mind-link.com/L1W6D2Day 2

Build new words by adding a silent e to the end of the word. Then, draw a picture of your new word.

can

tap

plan

slim

dim

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Day 2 (continued)Look at each picture. Determine which vowel the word needs and if the

word needs a silent e. Then, write the correct word for each picture.

l m

r k

c p

d g

c t

p n

k t

c k

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Watch the Day 3 Lessonhand2mind-link.com/L1W6D3Day 3

Build new words by adding a silent e to the end of the word.Then, draw a picture of your new word.

cub

tub

not

hop

cut

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Day 3 (continued)Look at each picture. Determine which vowel the word needs and if the

word needs a silent e. Then, write the correct word for each picture.

r s

d g

h m

b g

h g

c b

b n

t b

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Watch the Day 4 Lessonhand2mind-link.com/L1W6D4Day 4

Read the story. Then, fill in the chart on the next page.

Violet looked out the window. The world was covered in snow like a blanket.

“I’m going outside, Mom,” Violet said.

The air felt like ice. Violet knelt on the ground. She rolled 3 different-sized snowballs.

She stacked the snowballs. She made a nose with a carrot. She used rocks for the eyes and mouth. She used sticks for arms.

“You must stay warm,” she told her new snow friend. She gave him a scarf and hat. Violet loved making a snowman in winter.

Stay Warm, Snowman!

Cold Air

Building with Snow

A New Friend

Violet's Snow Day

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From the Text From the Pictures

Day 4 (continued)Readers learn information from the text or the words they read.

They also learn information from the pictures they see.

Write or draw pictures to show what you learned from the text and from the pictures. Some things may be in both columns.

Violet looked out the window.

The world was covered in snow like a blanket.

The air felt like ice.

She rolled 3 different-sized snowballs.

She made a nose with a carrot.

She used rocks for the eyes and mouth.

She used sticks for arms.

She gave him a scarf and hat.

Violet loved making a snowman in winter.

The air felt like ice.

Violet smiled looking at the snow falling.

She rolled 3 different-sized snowballs.

She made a nose with a carrot.

She used rocks for the eyes and mouth.

She used sticks for arms.

Violet gave the snowman some hot chocolate.

She gave him a scarf and hat.

Violet loved making a snowman in winter.

Violet smiled with the snowman she made.

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Day 4 (continued)Use words and pictures to write a story that has a beginning,

a middle, and an end. Then, use the words and pictures to tell your friend about the story.

Beginning:

Middle:

End:

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Watch the Day 5 Lessonhand2mind-link.com/L1W6D5Day 5

Read the story. Then, answer the questions. Use the pictures to help you answer some of the questions.

Erin loves to garden. She grows vegetables in her garden. Her favorite vegetable to grow is corn. But she also grows broccoli, asparagus, onions, and carrots. Some of her vegetables grow above ground. Some of her vegetables grow below ground. She makes sure to water her vegetables, so they will grow to be big and strong.

Who is the story about?

a. Erin b. Pablo c. Sara

What is Erin’s favorite vegetable to grow?

a. broccoli b. corn c. asparagus

Does corn grow above ground or below ground?

a. above ground b. below ground

Do onions grow above ground or below ground?

a. above ground b. below ground

Do carrots grow above ground or below ground?

a. above ground b. below ground

Corn growing Onions growing Carrots growing

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Day 5 (continued)Use words and pictures to write a story in the boxes below.

Then, tell a friend your story.

Beginning:

Middle:

End:

Characters: Setting:The characters are Taylor and Lisa. The setting is the bowling alley.

Taylor and Lisa went to the bowling alley. They rented shoes and picked a lane. Lisa bowled a

strike! Taylor asked how she did it and Lisa gave her some tips.

Taylor got better and better as the day went on. Lisa was proud of her friend and how quickly

she learned. Taylor and Lisa had a lot of fun at the bowling alley.

Taylor and Lisa decided to go bowling. Lisa was a very good bowler. Taylor was not as good

as Lisa. Lisa said that she would help Taylor on her skills.