Grade 1 ELA Weeks 29–30: Student Practice
Complete work in a notebook or on paper. Do not post personal student work online.
Week 29: Poetry: imagery and rhythm
Day 141: Understand
Read: Return to the Week 29 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Answer: Which words rhyme? Underline the words in the reading that helped you answer.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 142: Vocabulary
Read: Return to the Week 29 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 143: Read fluently
Read: Return to the Week 29 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 144: Write and revise
Read: Return to the Week 29 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Write four lines with two clear rhyming pairs. Reread and improve one word choice.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 145: Independent check
Read: Return to the Week 29 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: Which words rhyme? Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Week 30: Poetry: comparing language
Day 146: Understand
Read: Return to the Week 30 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Answer: What is compared to a plate? Underline the words in the reading that helped you answer.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 147: Vocabulary
Read: Return to the Week 30 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 148: Read fluently
Read: Return to the Week 30 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 149: Write and revise
Read: Return to the Week 30 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Write a simile using like and describe two senses. Reread and improve one word choice.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 150: Independent check
Read: Return to the Week 30 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: What is compared to a plate? Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________