32 Using Everyday Words

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Start-Up Activity

Pages 136–139 feature important sight words that first graders should become familiar with. Introduce this list by writing a few of the longer words on the board: "because," "brother," "children," "father," "friend," "mother," "people," "question," "something," and "sometimes." Point to a word and ask students to raise their hands if they know what it is. Help the whole class sound out each word.

Next, ask the students what they notice about all of these words. They are long and a little difficult, true. They also name some of the most important things in our lives: family members and friends. Students need to learn these words, and all of the other ones on pages 136–139 so that they can write about the most important parts of their lives.

Enrichment Activity: Refer to “Using Theme Words” starting on page 168 for other words that are connected with inviting illustrations.

Think About It

“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.”

—Blaise Pascal

State Standards Covered in This Chapter

LAFS Covered in This Chapter

TEKS Covered in This Chapter

110.3.b.2.B

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TEKS Covered in This Chapter

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Page 136-139 from Write One Student Handbook

Lesson Plan

The list of “everyday words” includes many that are most frequently used by writers (and readers). The words appear in alphabetical order as a ready spelling reference for children, although this list is not meant to be used as the core of a spelling program. Close to the beginning of the yellow-edged section of the handbook, these handy pages are easy to find.

Classroom Applications

A B C Words

Have children open their handbooks to page 136. Read and discuss the sentence about everyday words on this page. Then ask the children to go through the list with you, identifying and spelling the a words they know, then b, c, and so on. When you get to x, point out that there are many words that end with x, but only a few that begin with that letter.
Use "ABC Order" on pages 50-51 in the Write One SkillsBook to help students practice alphebetical order.

Show Me

Ask children to open their books to page 136 for a game. Begin the game by saying, “I’m thinking of a word that begins with e and ends with t.” Have children write the word on little chalkboards or on slips of paper. Tell them to hold their words up when you say, “Show me.” Ask for volunteers to use the word in a sentence. Continue with other listed words. Encourage children to play “Show Me” (during their free time) with partners and in small groups.

Opposites

Write the following everyday words on the board: "after," "come," "big," "man," "new," "take," "down." Ask the children to open their books to “Using Everyday Words” beginning on page 136. Explain what “opposite” means, using after and before as examples. Then have children find the opposites for the rest of the words. Write them on the board as the children find them. As a follow-up, ask the children to use one pair of opposites in a sentence.

Everyday A B C’s

Make a class alphabet book using everyday words. First let each child select a letter and a corresponding word from the list on pages 136-139 in the handbook. Next have the children write and illustrate sentences that use their chosen words. Finally, put the pages together in ABC order to make a class book. (There aren’t many nouns in the list, so this ABC book will be quite different from ones made for thematic units.)
Use "Everyday Word Sort" on pages 52-53 to give students more practice with writing words in ABC order.

State Standard Reference:

LAFS Standard:

LAFS.1.RF.3.3

TEKS Standard:

110.3.b.2.B

NE ELA Standard:

LA 1.1.3, LA 1.1.3.c