Grade 1 · Lesson 1 — Words you HEAR

U0 · Square One · What a word is · student sheet is G1_L01_Worksheet.html
Listen. Clap it with the class. Then draw one dot for each word.

How we did it together — keep looking at this

Thedogran.1clap233 wordsOne clap. One dot. One word. — the dots are how I know.
Before you mark: Read each one twice. Class claps together. Only then do they draw.
  1. Cats run.
    2
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  2. Boys play.
    2
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  3. The ball fell.
    3
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
Secure looks like: Given a four-word sentence containing ONE multisyllabic word and ONE one-letter word, the child counts it correctly both by ear and on the page, and can answer “how do you know?” with the spot test rather than by guessing.
As-Suffah Academy · Language Arts Lesson 1 · TEACHER EDITION