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School-Home Links: Reading Common Words 2
In this reading words worksheet, students practice reading the common words from the list from top to bottom and bottom to top. Students then make flashcards of the words and practice again. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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School-Home Links: Reading Common Words 4
In this reading words activity, students practice reading the word list of common words from top to bottom and bottom to top. Students then create flashcards to practice reading the words again. Parents or guardians must sign the activity.
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School-Home Links: Reading
In this favorite book activity, students write the titles of five books they have read or someone has read to them. Students then tell their family which of the books is their favorite and why. Parents or guardians must sign the activity.
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School-Home Links: Reading with Expression
In this reading aloud activity, students ask their family to read the activity story to them. Students then practice reading the story by themselves. Students read the story to their family and finally read it to their teacher. Parents...
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School-Home Links: Reading Common Words
In this reading words worksheet, students practice reading the word list of common words from top to bottom and bottom to top. Students then create flashcards to practice reading the words again. Parents or guardians must sign the...
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School-Home Links: Writing Letters
In this formal letter writing worksheet, students write a letter to their teacher to thank him or her for helping them learn. Students then have their family member reread the letter and make any necessary changes. Parents or guardians...
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School-Home Links: Writing Paragraphs
In this multi-paragraph writing worksheet, students write a story about their kitchen. In the first paragraph they write about the way the kitchen looks. The second paragraph students write about what they do in the kitchen. The third...
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School-Home Links: Writing a Story
In this story writing worksheet, students write a story about a birthday party they went to and incorporate a clear beginning, middle, and end. Students must read the story aloud to family. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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School-Home Links: Long Vowel/Same Endings
In this long vowel sound activity, students read the words in the box that have long vowel sounds and the same endings. Students then divide the words according to their vowel sounds. They write words that rhyme with hay and cake on the...
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School-Home Links: Syllables and Long Words
In this multi-syllable word worksheet, students preview five words that use prefixes and are multi-syllabic. Students then match these words up with the given definitions. Parents or guardians sign the worksheet.
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School-Home Links 17
In this beginning sounds worksheet, students listen as a family member says each word to them. Students must tell the sound that each word begins with.
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School-Home Links 34
In this middle sounds in words worksheet, 1st graders circle the words that have the same middle sound as the first word in each row.
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School-Home Links: Three and Four Letter Words
In this phonics activity, learners follow directions and practice saying a list of 6 three and four letter words. Students first say the word, then say each sound each letter makes. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent and child...
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School-Home Links: Long e and Long o
In this vowel worksheet, students trace the word beside a picture. All words have either the long e or long o sound. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent and child when completed.
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School-Home Links: Three and Four Letter Words
In this phonics worksheet, students practice saying each sound in a word, that blend the sounds and pronounce each word. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent and child when completed.
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Home-School Links: Reading Sight Words
In this sight word worksheet, students practice reading 10 sight words. Students are instructed to cut out both word lists [5 words each] and practice reading. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent and child when completed.
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School-Home Links: Spell Sight Words
For this sight words worksheet, 1st graders read each word on the list and say each letter of the word. Students then cover the word and spell it. Students uncover the word and check their spelling.
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School-Home Links: Learning to Read New Words
In this phonics worksheet, students answer 2 questions related to learning new words: what new words were read or heard and how kids found out the word meanings. Students then use one of the words to "write and talk about something."...
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School-Home Links: Spelling Sight Words
For this sight word worksheet, students read 7 sight words, say each letter, cover and spell, then uncover and check spelling. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent and student upon completion.
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School-Home Links: Spelling Sight Words 2
In this sight word worksheet, students first read a word, then say each letter, cover and spell, then uncover and check spelling. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent and student upon completion.
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School-Home Links: Describing Events
In this writing worksheet, learners are instructed to write a story about a favorite trip with their family. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent and student upon completion.
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School-Home Links: Use New Words in Talking and Writing
In this vocabulary worksheet, 1st graders think of some new words they saw or heard during the week. Students then get their family to help them write the words down and understand their meaning.
Teach With Movies
Title: "The Yearling" - Topics: Literature/U.S.; U.S./1865-1913 & Florida
Life in the Florida swamps after the Civil War comes alive in the 1946 film adaptation of Majorie Kinnan Rawlings’s The Yearling. The film of this powerful coming-of-age story, filled with love and loss, can be used with or without a...
Virginia Department of Education
Educator’s Guide to Planning a Field Day Event
Plan an environmentally friendly field day for your young conservationists with this collection of activities and resources. Whether it's bowling with plastic bags full of crumpled up newspaper and empty plastic...