Grade 1 · Week 22nouns
A Walk in the Rain
Students read a short story about a rainy-day walk, then practice the little words that come before nouns: a, an, the, this, and those.
On screen - your kid, alone
- 1Day 1 - Meet the story
- 2Day 2 - Word work
- 3Day 3 - What it means
- 4Day 4 - Fix & re-read
- 5Day 5 - Show what you know
Offline - with you
Print the pages for offline work together; the answer key is for you.
Read the rainy-day story together, then play the a-or-an ear game: name things around your home and let your child put the right helper word in front — a lamp, an apple, a sock, an egg. The trick is to listen, not spell: if the word starts with a vowel sound, an glides better, and your child's ear will usually catch it. Practice this and those by pointing: this cup on the table, those shoes by the door. On your next walk, take turns making sentences like the story's: "I see a bird. An ant is on the path." If your child says "a umbrella," repeat the phrase both ways out loud and let them pick the one that sounds smooth.
A Walk in the Rain
The rain taps on the roof. I grab a coat and an umbrella. Mom holds the red umbrella. We splash in a big puddle. A frog hops on the path. An ant hides under a leaf. This puddle is deep! Those clouds look dark and low. We run to the house. What a wet, fun walk!
What this lesson checks
- Grammar usage: Pick the word that fits: I see ____ ant on the leaf.
- Grammar usage: Pick the word that fits: We splash in ____ big puddle.
- Grammar usage: Look at the sentence: Those clouds look dark and low. Which word points to the clouds?
- Grammar usage: Pick the word that fits: ____ puddle right here is deep.
- Grammar usage: Write a or an to finish this: ____ umbrella.