First+Grade

Your child is in first grade, and you're wondering what you can do to help him or her be more successful in school! Here are a few videos with activities that you can do with your child at home. Check out the kindergarten and second grade pages for even more ideas of things to do at home.
 * First Grade **

**__Reading__ **

Click on the videos below to see how to do simple reading interventions with your child at home. Doing these activities regularly will help your child improve his or her reading abilities! Feel free to email the first grade teachers if you have any questions!

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Have your child choose two  __books at his or her reading level__ ! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Then, for each book, have your child complete the following activity. Children who complete two activities over the summer and bring them to school in the fall will get to participate in a celebration event!



<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Sight Words ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Practice these sight words:

<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Writing Activities ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Make a summer memory book

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Write a letter to a friend <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Start a journal and write about your daily activities <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Write a story about your favorite thing to do <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Create a word search using your computer <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">After watching a TV show or movie, write about it. Tell about the characters.

<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Math Activities ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Addition and subtraction flashcards <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Give clues for a “Mystery Number” <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Set up a play store- use real change to “buy” things <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Find patterns in things around you. Create your own patterns. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Guess (estimate) how many M&M’s, or shells, noodles, etc. are in a jar. Then count.

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