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Grade 1 GTE, Second Term

Week 3

Because you loved the songs so much, here's a video of our song - the 1E Parade! youtube.com/shorts/vnSpdXK7btI?si=xgsyBSy0jf7MHQIp


Week 2

Homework: GTE p.6-7     Presentation from the lesson

​This week we finished learning about the short-U sound and then started to wrap-up learning about short vowels. We read Mel Did Not Say "Yum!" and Ben Bat is Sad. Now that we're finished with all of the short vowel phonics books, you can keep the red box of books at home! We will use the blue box for the rest of the school year now!
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Remember, short vowels are the sounds that some letters make when we say them quickly. Like this:
  • A as in "cat"
  • E as in "bed"
  • I as in "sit"
  • O as in "hot"
  • U as in "cup"
When you see these letters in a word, and they sound like this, that’s a short vowel!
What About Long Vowels?Now that we've learned all about short vowels, we're going to start learning about long vowel sounds next! Long vowel sounds are when the vowel says its own name. For example:
  • A as in "cake"
  • E as in "see"
  • I as in "bike"
  • O as in "home"
  • U as in "use"
In these words, the vowel sounds like the letter’s name. Short vowels are quick, and long vowels sound like the letter!

And for those who stuck around, here's the Blooket that we played in class on Friday: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=69321f17873d088110063f78

Week 1

Friday     Homework: GTE p.2-5 (due Monday)     Presentation from the lesson

This week we leatned all about the short-U sound.
The short-U sound is like the sound you hear in words such as "up," "cup," and "fun." It sounds a bit like "uh."
Let's try saying it together:
  • When you say "up," the "u" makes a short sound—like "uh."
  • In "cup," it sounds the same.
  • And in "fun," the "u" is also a short sound.

You can think of it as a quick, little sound, not like the long "u" in "unicorn." Can you think of some more words with the short-U sound?
Try to sing the short-U sound from the song below!!