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Week 33
Compound Words
Compound Words
Compound words are two words put together to make a new word. For example, cup plus cake equals cupcake, and base plus ball equals baseball. Ask your child to brainstorm compound words, and keep a running list this week!
Introduce compound words by explaining that compound words are two words put together to make a new word with a new meaning. Hold up pictures of different parts of compound words and see if the class can guess the compound word. For example, cup plus cake makes cupcake.
Word Addition: Compound Words 1
Worksheet
Word Addition: Compound Words 1
Using a picture as a clue, kids put two words together to make a compound word for each item on this year three reading worksheet.
Year 3
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Compound Words: One Word from Two
Worksheet
Compound Words: One Word from Two
This worksheet will teach your child how to scrunch two words together to get one compound word.
Year 2
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Compound Word Coloring
Worksheet
Compound Word Coloring
This worksheet will help children identify compound words, by asking them to colour-code the words on the page.
Year 2
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
More Addition Strategies
More Addition Strategies
As your child starts to tackle bigger sums, such as 13+15, teach them to draw a quick tens and ones picture to help them add these numbers more easily.
As students begin to tackle bigger sums, such as 13+15, teach them to draw a quick tens and ones picture to help them add these numbers more easily.
Addition Under the Sea
Worksheet
Addition Under the Sea
Dive into addition with the single digits in this worksheet, featuring an ocean floor background.
Year one
Maths
Worksheet
Double-Digit Addition practise
Worksheet
Double-Digit Addition practise
Give your budding mathematician a fun way to practise double-digit addition. He'll be reviewing his maths facts as he solves each equation.
Year 2
Worksheet
Draw and Add Challenge #5
Worksheet
Draw and Add Challenge #5
In this draw and add challenge worksheet, children draw pictures of the items they are adding in order to visualize their work.
Year 2
Maths
Worksheet
Making Inferences about Characters and Stories
Making Inferences about Characters and Stories
Help your child organise story elements and make inferences about a character's actions and thoughts based on the text.
Whether getting to know new characters or reading familiar stories, point out a book's life lessons. Think aloud as you read: What is the character learning here? What does he or she realise?
Become a Character Detective
Worksheet
Become a Character Detective
Help students practise close reading with this character detective worksheet.
Year 2
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
What Will Happen Next?
Worksheet
What Will Happen Next?
Explore story sense with your young reader. First, read the astronaut's story. Then, let your imagination tell what will happen next!
Year 2
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Making Inferences
Worksheet
Making Inferences
Help your child read deeper into a story by having him practise making inferences about what happened.
Year 2
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Opinion Writing
Opinion Writing
Kids love to write reviews and opinion pieces! Before they put their thoughts to paper, take the time to brainstorm topics to write about. Chart your child's ideas!
Students love to write reviews and opinion pieces! Before they put their thoughts to paper, take the time to brainstorm topics to write about. Chart your students' ideas!
What’s Your Favorite Animal?
Worksheet
What’s Your Favorite Animal?
Students opine about their favorite animals and give reasons for their picks in this worksheet.
Year 2
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Pizza, Pizza…Come and Get It!
Worksheet
Pizza, Pizza…Come and Get It!
Help students grasp opinion writing and practise providing evidence with this worksheet.
Year 2
Worksheet
What's the Fact, Jack? Facts and Opinions
Lesson plan
What's the Fact, Jack? Facts and Opinions
Do your students know the difference between a fact and an opinion? In this lesson, your class gets the practise they need to sort fact from opinion.
Year 2
Maths
Lesson plan
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