supporting home learning

Resources and classroom references will be posted here to help you with supporting your child in math, stations work, reading and writing.

Please reach out to me if you have any questions or need any support at home!

Reading is a great way to learn about different ideas and to connect with yourself and others!

Todd Parr is a great children's author!

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How to help your child with writing:

These charts are used throughout the first grade classroom to help support independent and adult-guided writing.

This chart reminds students to add more details in their illustrations.

This chart reminds students to draw realistic people with realistic body parts.

What is a sentence?

When do you use a capital letter?

What is punctuation?

How do you end a story?

Types of Writing Genres:

Letter Writing

Personal Recount

(Animal) Report

This is the structure of a letter.

We created this letter together as a class!

This chart refers to the structure of Personal Recount Writing. The class used this to write true stories about themselves.

When students write personal recounts, they should start each page with a Phrase of Time.

Orientation = Beginning

This chart refers to the structure of Report Writing. The class used this to write animal reports.

Nonfiction Writing = True Facts

How to help your child with Fundations work:


This chart shows the correct way for students to form their letters in first grade.

This chart shows students how to Mark Up their Fundations words in Stations.

How to help your child with Stations:


This chart shows some of the information we have talked about in Unit 3: Resources in Our Communities.

This chart shows some of the information we have talked about in Unit 3: Resources in Our Communities.

How to help your child with math:


This chart shows different math strategies I teach in school.

This chart shows some expectations for student work.