1st Grade
1st Grade Reading Choice Board: Encourage your child to choose at least one per day.
Read a story (fiction text) and...
write what you think would happen next if the story kept going
compare two stories
watch the movie version.
compare/contrast two characters
think about what the main characters are like, how they are feeling, and why
Read a non-fiction text and ...
describe the main idea and details of the text
Watch a read-aloud on youtube
How many different genres of text do you have in your book collection at home?
Reading Sites
HeadSprout: Sign up for a free trial.
Reading A-Z: Sign up for a free trial.
Epic!: Sign up for a free trial.
1st Grade Writing Choice Board: Encourage your child to choose at least one per day.
Write a paragraph about something fun you did while you’ve been off of school.
Write back and forth with a family member in a journal or notebook.
Write a letter to a relative, address an envelope, and mail your letter!
Write a paragraph explaining “how to” do something of your choice!
Watch a Directed Draw video and follow the directions. Write to explain the steps of how to draw what you just created.
Have a parent write sentences incorrectly and “correct” their errors (spacing, punctuation, capital letters, pronouns, etc.)
Write a personal narrative about something fun you have done. Edit and add more detail to you story. Then, illustrate and publish your story!
YOUNG AUTHORS CONTEST:
Write and illustrate a Young Authors story of any genre. See the links below for more information. The checklist must be turned in with your child’s book!
1st Grade Math Choice Board: Encourage your child to choose at least one per day.
Addition/Subtraction:
Solve two-digit addition and subtraction problems and explain your strategy to a family member.
Complete a “number talk” with your family.
Count on and back by tens starting at any given number.
Make your own 100s chart
Be the teacher. Make your parents a practice page of math facts. Grab a marker or pen and “check” their work!
Online Math Games
How Much? How Many? Greg Tang practice comparing numbers
Num Tanga (levels 1-3) matching representations of numbers
Greg Tang - Math Limbo practice with decomposing
Greg Tang - Kakooma practice with recognizing parts and wholes
Mystery Doug! (Mystery Doug is highly enjoyed in the classroom!)
Choose an animal and see how many facts you can come up with about the animal.
Compare a baby animal to its mother.
Gather up some recyclables and build something! (you can write about it, too!)
With a parent, find ten things in your house that are different today, compared to when your parents were your age. Talk about how they are different and what they looked like “long ago.”
The following link provides numerous activities you and your child can do at home to stay active!
Create a spring-themed collage by ripping or cutting shapes of paper and flying them together.
Teach a family member how to draw a radial pattern (a pattern that goes in a circle). Find three circles (big, medium, and small) to trace on to your paper first. Repeat lines and shapes around the circles in a consistent way. We drew suns in class. What else could you turn a radial pattern into?
Use crayons or markers to create a color wheel. Start by tracing a circle onto your paper. Pretend it is a pizza and cut it into 6 slices. When you add your 6 colors, remember to keep them in “rainbow order” (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple).
Work on Program music by listening to the songs using this link.
Listen to your favorite song on the radio and draw a picture that you hear during the recording.
Stretch to Music: Create a dance to your favorite song and teach it to your family.
Stretch to Music: Create a dance to ONE of our program songs and teach it to your parents.
Coding: Log-in to code.org and continue working on your assigned lessons. Students have assigned picture passwords to access their account. Below is the link to the class accounts:
http://wclab.weebly.com/student-resources.html
Here is the link to the only2clicks account to find more activities and typing practice games