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2012-2013 First Grade Study Folder – Trimester 2
Name:_______________________
What is the Study Folder?
This study folder is another way to help your child reach academic heights. It contains first grade spelling words as
well as first grade math and literacy skills. Please work with your child on the contents in this study folder on a daily
basis! Thanks!
Common Prefixes and Suffixes
Prefixes
in- (not)
in- (not)
non- (not)
un- (not)
dis- (not)
Suffixes
-ful (full of)
-less (without)
First Grade Sight Words and Spelling Words
*During Trimester One, your child received spelling and review sight words each week.
During Trimester Two, your child will only need to study spelling words!
I mastered this
word list on…
Week
Spelling Words
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23
Week 24
gate, chase, rake, paper, game, safe, table, label, stapler, quake
age, peace, pencil, magic, ice, digit, face, gem, city, large
menu, nose, most, cure, joke, unit, vote, fuse, soda, mule
real, sleep, we, feel, east, green, team, belong, knee, clear
very, germ, cell, civil, chief, funny, thief, rigid, baby, brief
stay, rain, base, April, May, chain, trace, play, paid, fable
store, loan, grow, boat, know, toad, blow, coat, hello, show
tail, reach, queen, fear, say, gave, sweet, acorn, player, even
repeat, between, legal, seaweed, delete, complete, remove, extreme, reheat, depend
mild, care, pilot, lady, bake, time, sale, ride, able, kind
hoop, tooth, mood, igloo, soon, bloom, food, room, pooch, pool
ouch, look, hour, stood, now, shook, uncooked, loud, crowd, brook
Syllable Practice
Have your scholar practice say words with 1, 2, and 3 syllables. They can clap with each syllable to help them figure out how
many syllables there are!
1 Syllable
2 Syllables
3 Syllables
ball
butter
butterfly
jet
cherry
elephant
Long and Short Vowels
This advisory, scholars will be expected to spell many words with long and short vowels correctly. Below are some common
examples of long vowel patterns. When your scholar is writing, encourage him or her to listen to the word to figure out if
they should be writing a short vowel sound or a long vowel sound.
Aa
Ee
Ii
Oo
Uu
short vowel sound: apple
long vowel pattern: _a_e
long vowel pattern: ai
examples:
cat, man, flat, shack
examples:
lake, mane, safe, shake
examples:
main, stain, claim, mail
short vowel sound:
elephant
long vowel pattern ee
long vowel pattern ea
examples: tell, yet, neck,
shell
examples:
week, seed, feel, kneel
examples:
leak, each, sea, easy
short vowel sound: iguana
long vowel pattern _i_e
long vowel pattern igh
examples: big, hiss, pick,
trim
examples:
like, pile, smile, tire
short vowel sound: octopus
long vowel pattern: _o_e
long vowel pattern: oa
examples:
fox, sock, cot, stop
examples:
pole, role, poke, wrote
examples:
float, coal, boat, coat
short vowel sound:
umbrella
long vowel pattern: _u_e
long vowel pattern: ue
examples:
under, cut, pluck, blush
examples:
cube, rule, flute, use
examples:
blue, clue, sue, due
examples:
sigh, right, might,
flight
Activities to do during and after reading…
o Look for words with prefixes and suffixes in your books and magazines and discuss what they mean.
o Practice listening for and spelling words with long vowel sounds.
o Practice clapping out words to see how many syllables they have. Add to the current list.
Fact Practice
Your child should be able to solve simple addition and subtraction facts with numbers 0-20. Have him or her
practice solving problems on a blank sheet of paper, like the following:
5
+4
10
-2
9
+2
8
-6
15
+3
12
-7
11
+1
10
+8
9
-4
Basic Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
Your child is learning to solve addition and subtraction word problems. Below is an example of a word problem to
practice with your child. Your child can make them up as well and solve with a pencil and a paper.
Jayla has 20 silly bands. Eleven are blue. The rest are red.
How many red silly bands does Jayla have?
My Strategies:
Coins
Your child should be able to identify each of the coins below and say how many cents each is worth. You child is
also learning how to count coin combinations. Please have them practice counting coins at home!
What is it called? How
much is it worth?
What is it called? How
much is it worth?
What is it called? How
much is it worth?
What is it called? How
much is it worth?