Canadian Daily Language Activities - Grade 1 (Enhanced E-book)
This enhanced e-book is divided into 32 weekly sections of short and quick opportunities for students to review and reinforce skills in punctuation, grammar, spelling, language, and reading comprehension. Each weekly section provides daily skill review and assessment activities. The Bonus Activities that follow each week of skills are fun tasks such as word and vocabulary puzzles, figurative language, and reading exercises. A short interesting fact about Canada is the finishing touch! The enhanced e-book saves teachers from having to print off pages and allows students to enter their answers right from their computers or other devices.
Subject: Language
Sub Topic: Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension
Grade(s): 1
Description: This enhanced e-book is divided into 32 weekly sections of short and quick opportunities for students to review and reinforce skills in punctuation, grammar, spelling, language, and reading comprehension. Each weekly section provides daily skill review and assessment activities. The Bonus Activities that follow each week of skills are fun tasks such as word and vocabulary puzzles, figurative language, and reading exercises. A short interesting fact about Canada is the finishing touch! The enhanced e-book saves teachers from having to print off pages and allows students to enter their answers right from their computers or other devices.
Activities 1 – 4 focus on:
punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling
language and reading comprehension skills
Activity 5 focuses on:
a single language or reading skill
Bonus Activities include:
word puzzles, vocabulary development
spelling
reading skills
includes a short, interesting fact about Canada
Student Progress Chart
Students may require a modelled example or individual assistance to complete their Progress Chart. Students record their daily scores for each Language Activity. At the end of the week, they calculate their Total Score. At the end of four weeks, students evaluate their performance.
Number of Pages: 120
Answer Key: Yes
Topics Covered: This book provides many opportunities for practice of the following skills:
Vocabulary and Word Skills
- vowel sounds/ consonant sounds- spelling
- syllabication
- synonyms/antonyms/homonyms
- contractions
- rhyming words
- compound words
- word families
Capitalization
- I- beginning of sentences
- proper names/titles of people
- names of places
- titles of books, songs, poems
- names of days, months, holidays
- abbreviations
Punctuation
- punctuation at the end of a sentence
- commas in a series
- commas in dates and addresses
- periods in abbreviations
- apostrophes in contractions
- apostrophes in possessives
- punctuation in a friendly letter
Grammar and Word Usage / Parts of Speech
- nouns, pronouns
- singular/plural nouns
- possessive nouns
- adjectives: comparative, superlative
- verb forms
- adverbs
- double negatives
- subject-verb agreement
- identifying sentences: sentence vs not a sentence
Reading Comprehension
- answering questions
- categorization
- predicting
- real or make-believe
- sequencing
Reference Skills
- alphabetical order
- dictionary skills
Delivery: Enhanced E-book
Author/Creators Name: Eleanor M. Summers
Authors/Creators Education: N/A
About the Creator: Eleanor M. Summers is a retired teacher who is still actively involved in education. She has created many resources in language, science and history. As a writer, she enjoys creating practical and thought-provoking resources for teachers and parents.
