1st and 2nd Grades

Reading

Reading Tips for Parents of First GradersGive your child lots of opportunities to read aloud. Inspire your young reader to practice every day! The tips below offer some fun ways you can help your child become a happy and confident reader. Try a new tip each week. See what works best for your child.

Reading Tips for Parents of Second GradersFind ways to read, write, and tell stories together with your child.Always applaud your young reader and beginning story writer! Thetips below offer some fun ways you can help your child become ahappy and confident reader. Try a new tip each week. See whatworks best for your child.

Math

How to Help a First-Grader Who's Struggling With MathIf your child is having trouble with math in first grade, adding some fun and games can help. Here is what you can do to make math more manageable.

Math Games for 1st Graders Online - SplashLearnLooking for fun math games for 1st graders for your kids? Explore online math games for Grade 1 to make your child's math learning fun. Get Started for Free!

10 tips to boost 1st grade math skillsHelp your child practice 1st grade math skills — and gain confidence in math — with these easy, at-home ideas and activities.

Mastering the Math Facts - Kate Snow - Homeschool Math HelpWhat are the math facts? Math has lots of “facts” for children to learn. But when we talk about the math facts, we’re talking about the basic single-digit number relationships for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Addition facts: 1 + 1 ... Read more

Science

Reinforce concepts learned in class and spark even more curiosity by reading with your 1st or 2nd grade about plants, animals, the human body, or the world around them!

1st Grade Books to Read At Home

2nd Grade Books to Read at Home

Questions We're Asking!

As our students read, learn new concepts, observe, explore, experiement and share...these are the questions we can constantly be asking them in order to heighten and strengthen their comprehension process!

adapted from Strategies That Work, 3rd Ed. by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis.

What do you see?

What do you notice?

What do you wonder?

What does this look or sound like?

What does this remind you of?

What makes you think that?

And now we're beginning to ask...

How do you know?

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