1st Grade

Writing

Learning Activities

• Summer Journal

• Letters

• Story Retell Tree Map

Sight Words

Phone Apps:

• • Sight Words Reading Games ABC

  • Sight Words Plus K-2

  • Sight Words & Phonics Reading

  • Sight Words 2

  • Secret Sight Words

Phonics & Reading

Phone Apps:

• • Khan Academy Kids

Identify & Write Numbers

Learning Activities: 

• • Provide child with written number and ask them what number it is

  • Orally provide a number and have them write it correctly

  • Visit local library and read books with numbers

Counting

Learning Activities:

• • Count numbers 1-20 using snacks, toys, or other household items

  • Practice 1-to-1 matching

  • Count up to 100

Addition with Objects

Learning Activities:

• Use snacks, toys, or other items to add up to 10 (Ex: If you have 3 legos on this pile and 2 legos on this pile, how many legos do I have together?)

Compare Amounts

Learning Activities:

• • Compare two amounts using math vocabulary: more, less, fewer, or greater (Ex: Make two piles of a snack and ask child which pile they want and why)

Parts & Wholes

Learning Activities:

• • Number Bonds

  • Provide child with a number of objects and ask them how they can break them into two parts (Ex: Give them 10 objects and ask them to break them into parts, 7 and 3, 5 and 5, etc.)

Shapes

Learning Activities:

• • Name the Shape Game

  • Walk around the house and identify different shapes

  • Use a piece of paper to practice drawing and coloring shapes

Citizenship & Community Helpers

Vocabulary Words:

• • Rules, Respect, Laws, Expectations, Volunteer, Community, Neighborhood, Services

Read:

• • No Rules for Rex by Daisy Alberto

  • Lacey Walker Nonstop Talker by Chrisieanne C. Jones

Discussion Question:

• How do these books relate to citizenship?

Learning Activity:

• Visit a local business

Geography

Vocabulary Words:

• • Compass Rose, Directions, Map Key, Legend, Globe, Map, Landforms, Water

Learning Activities:

• • Practice cardinal directions

  • Make a map of your town

  • Use Google Earth

Customs & Holidays

Vocabulary Words:

• • Custom, Holiday, Tradition, Celebrate

Learning Activities:

• • Discuss what holidays your family celebrates and the traditions you have during each one 

American Patriotic Symbols & Holidays

Vocabulary Words:

• • Flag, Eagle, Statue of Liberty, Money, Presidents, President's Day, Independence Day, Memorial Day

Learning Activities:

• • Attend Lititz Spring Park 4th of July Celebration

  • Look at money and talk about all the symbols of our country

  • Visit the Lititz Historical Foundation

Economics

Vocabulary Words:

• • Needs/Wants, Goods, Services

Learning Activities:

• • Visit the Information Center at the entrance to a park and check out the brochures and maps of local businesses

  • Create a chore list, complete chores, and use the money earned to make a purchase (establish wants vs. needs)

Health & Wellness: Safety

Vocabulary Words:

• • Emotions, Problems, Community Helpers, Safety

Learning Activities:

• Make varying facial expressions throughout the day and ask child to identify (Ex: Happy, sad, mad, etc)

• Walk around town and identify homes, businesses, and places where people gather

Plant Life Cycles & The Earth

Vocabulary Words:

• • Living/Non-Living, Plants, Seeds, Soil

Learning Activities:

• Plant seeds and watch them change and grow

• Visit a local plant nursery (Ex: Stauffers, Esbenshades)

• Explore different soil types (Ex: Sand, Soil)

Energy

Vocabulary Words:

• • Light, Shadows, Sound

Learning Activities:

• Play Shadow Tag

• Compare the length of the child's shadow at different times of the day

Matter

Vocabulary Words:

• • Solids, Liquids, Gases

Learning Activities:

• Watch an ice cube melt and discuss the different types of matter observed

• Make popsicles and discuss what happens to the liquid

• Write with water on the sidewalk and discuss what happens to the water

Changes in Motion

Vocabulary Words:

• • Push, Pull, Magnets, Force, Motion

Learning Activities:

• • Visit the Lancaster Science Factory

  • Using a magnet, walk around the house and find out what is/isn't magnetic

Healthy Living

Vocabulary Words:

• • Food Plate, Body (Skeleton and Heart)

Learning Activities:

• • Become familiar with My Plate

  • Visit a local farmer's market

  • Try a new food/recipe

  • Exercise as a family

Weather

Vocabulary Words:

• • Weather, Precipitation, Water Cycle, Seasons

Learning Activities:

• • Fly a kite on a windy day

  • Keep a weather log

  • Collect rainwater using a Rain Gauge

Phone Apps:

• • Kid Weather App

Animal Life

Vocabulary Words:

• • Life Cycles and Stages, Habitats, Food Chains, Basic Needs and Characteristics

Learning Activities:

• • Go on a hike and look for different animal tracks and animal life

  • Visit Middlecreek Wildlife Management Area

  • Visit Lake Tobias Wildlife Park

  • Visit Zoo America

  • Visit an animal exhibit (Ex: The Pretzel Hut, Oregon Dairy)