1st Grade

Optional Extension Activity  

• With your child, read* or watch the book of Ada’s Violin by Susan Hood.  This nonfiction story of Paraquay’s Recycled Orchestra is well done but it is a stretch for first grade QUESTer's to watch in a class setting due to its length, language level and the quantity of unfamiliar topics. The students will be introduced to the recycled orchestra in our class and will spend time comparing those recycled instruments with new ones. As you read, consider stopping the story at various parts to check for understanding. Your child will benefit from your expanded explanations. 

• Talk to your child about the sounds they hear around them everyday.  How would they describe those sounds in words? How do the sounds change in different locations - the woods versus a city street?  Brainstorm words to describe pleasant and unpleasant sounds.