Practice Reading and Writing Sight Words

• Choose up to five sight words that your child struggles with, and choose one or more activities from the choice boards.

• Watch and practice with this video

• Listen to Sight Word Song video

Read from Our Favorite Book List

• Mrs. Breidenbaugh- Swimmy and  Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni

• Mrs. Garza- Always in Trouble by Corinne Demas and Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein

• Mrs. Gilbert- Frog and Toad Series

• Mrs. Jarratt-Kevin Henkes books (Owen, Chrysanthemum, etc.)

• Ms. Mildren-  King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood, The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Steven Kellogg

• Ms. Schuering-  Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

• Mrs. Willinsky- Box Car Children by Gertrude Warner 

• Mrs. Wright- Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt

Read or Listen to a Story

• Check out a book from the Montgomery County Library 

• Available online book options:

  • Storyline Online

  • Vooks

Reading Comprehension

• Read or have your child read a story and choose a few questions to answer. 

Decodable Readers

• Use this parent guide to help support your child using decodable readers. 

Practice Letter Formation

• Use the letter formation guide to practice forming upper and lower case letters.

Write a Story

• Use this paper and write a story about something fun you did this week.

Retell a Story

• Have your child tell what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

 Write About the Problem and Solution

• Have your child retell the problem of the story in oral and written form.

  • Sentence stem to use: The problem of the story_______________

• Have your child retell the solution of the story in oral and written form.

  • Sentence stem to use: The solution of the story_______________

Write About the Character Traits 

• Draw the character from a book and label the character traits.

  • Example- In the story The Little Red Hen, the Hen was hard working and kind

Share Facts from a Nonfiction Book

• Read a nonfiction book. After you have finished reading, choose three facts and use these sentence stems to share what you learned. Draw and label a picture to match.

  • I already know/knew __________

  • I learned __________

  • I wonder __________

Tell Time to the Hour and Half Hour

• Analog clock online practice site

• Telling time to the half hour super hero game

• Telling time song

• At different points in the day have your child tell you the time (this can be analog or digital).

Count a Collection of Coins up to $1.20

• Watch The Money Song

• Digital coin identification and sorting game

• Give your child a collection of real coins and have them count them for you.  

• Ask your child the name of each coin and it's value.  Practice skip counting by each type of coin.

• Pay with cash at a store and ask your child to count the change received. 

Addition and Subtraction Strategies to 10

• Fact strategies are less about memorization and more about a strategy to get there.  In order for a child to be fluent in math facts they should be able to access a fact in 5 seconds or less. Below are the strategies your child should focus on:

  • +1/-1

  • +2/-2

  • Doubles

  • Near Doubles

  • Ten Buddies (2 numbers when added equal 10)

  • Use this addition and subtraction graphic organizer to represent and solve addition and subtraction facts in a variety of ways.

• Addition games with cards, dominos, objects, etc. (Examples: play war using 2 cards or 1 domino, count the number of dots on each side of the domino and add them together.

• Using sidewalk chalk, draw numbers 0-10 in a straight line like a number line.  Give your child a fact such as 3 + 4.  Your child will stand on 3 and jump up 4 numbers to find the sum is 7.  Practice with addition and subtraction facts within 10.  If you want to challenge your child, you can stay within 20.

• Ask your child an addition or subtraction problem.  Have your child explain how they got the answer.  If your child is using their fingers that is ok.  Encourage them to use one of the mental math fact strategies listed above. 

Writing numbers 1-100

• This is a fun game to encourage your child to write their numbers 1-100.  Use this blank 100's chart so they can have organized numbers.

• Trace a number 1-100 with your finger on a parent or sibling's back and have them guess which number you wrote.