Language Arts

The sound this week is the vowel combination /aw/ as in straw.
Emphasize the /aw/ sound often throughout the day.  Have your child repeat the sound with you.

Put up your sound wall poster.

The main theme for the week is:  Strawberries

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood
The First Strawberries retold by Joseph Bruchac
Sweet Strawberries by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Strawberries by Maj Lindman
Saving Strawberry Farm by Deborah Hopkinson
Arianna and the Strawberry Tea by Maria Fasal Faulconer
Jamberry by Bruce Degen
Any Strawberry Shortcake book...

Poems that support the theme:

"Strawberry Basket"
written by Katrina Lybbert

I carried my yellow straw basket
To our strawberry patch out back,
Mom wants me to fill it completely full,
With nice red juicy ones for a snack.

But strawberries are so yummy,
I picked and ate each one,
So now my yellow straw basket,
Is completely full of none.

"Curly Locks"

Songs that support the theme:

Songs about Strawberries
 

Handwriting Assignments:

Day 1:  Practice writing the letter "a" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 2:  Practice writing the letter "w" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 3:  Practice writing the vowel combination "aw" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 4:  Practice writing the word "straw" one or two times.

Day 5:  Practice writing any of the other theme words one or two times.
 

Activities and/or Art Projects

Make a snack or dessert with strawberries... yum!

Strawberry crafts to make and do.

Make a strawberry ornament.

Fill the strawberry patch worksheet.

Colour some strawberries.

Other Theme Words and Ideas

Other theme words - draw, saw, law, seesaw, yawn, lawn, thaw, paw, flaw, dawn, awful and so on...

Books to read aloud that support the other theme words or the vowel combination /aw/:

I See, You Saw (My First I Can Read) by Nurit Karlin
What The Dinosaurs Saw: Animals Living Then And Now (Hello Reader) by Miriam Schlein
What Shall I Draw? by Ray Gibson
Chickens May Not Cross the Road: and Other Crazy But True Laws by Kathi Linz
The Yawn Heard 'Round the World by Scott Thomas
Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Books) by Melvin Berger
Dawn by Uri Shulevitz
Dawn by Molly Bang
Awful Ogre's Awful Day by Jack Prelutsky

Poems that support the other theme words or the vowel combination /aw/:

"The Dawn Wind"

Songs that support the other theme words or the vowel combination /aw/:

"See-Saw, Margery Daw"
"Pawpaw Patch"
 

More Related Sounds to Explore (Optional)

The following sound also makes the same sound as the vowel combination /aw/.  You can spend time now exploring this sound if you wish.  Follow the outline above to create a lesson plan of your own for one or more of the following words.

/au/ as in sauce, autumn, laundry, August, daughter, caught, pauper, automobile etc.