Grade 1 ELA Weeks 25–26: Student Practice
Complete work in a notebook or on paper. Do not post personal student work online.
Week 25: Word study: r-controlled vowels
Day 121: Understand
Read: Return to the Week 25 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Answer: Find words with ar, er, ir, or or sounds. Underline the words in the reading that helped you answer.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 122: Vocabulary
Read: Return to the Week 25 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Choose two interesting words from the passage. Explain each in your own words and use one in a new sentence.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 123: Read fluently
Read: Return to the Week 25 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Read the passage aloud twice. Mark one place where punctuation tells you to pause. Retell the passage without looking.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 124: Write and revise
Read: Return to the Week 25 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Sort six words by their r-controlled spelling. Reread and improve one word choice.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 125: Independent check
Read: Return to the Week 25 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: Find words with ar, er, ir, or or sounds. Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Week 26: Word study: syllables
Day 126: Understand
Read: Return to the Week 26 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Answer: Name two two-syllable words. Underline the words in the reading that helped you answer.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 127: Vocabulary
Read: Return to the Week 26 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Choose two interesting words from the passage. Explain each in your own words and use one in a new sentence.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 128: Read fluently
Read: Return to the Week 26 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Read the passage aloud twice. Mark one place where punctuation tells you to pause. Retell the passage without looking.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 129: Write and revise
Read: Return to the Week 26 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Divide five words into syllables and write one sentence. Reread and improve one word choice.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 130: Independent check
Read: Return to the Week 26 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: Name two two-syllable words. Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________