Ideas for foundational skills practice at home:
*rote oral counting by 1s to 100, by 5s to 50, by 10s to 100.
*number recognition (Using a set of number flashcards or a number grid, see how quickly and automatically your child can name the numbers. Developing fluency with number recognition/naming in math is just as important as fluency with sight words and letter sound correspondence in reading.
*1:1 correspondence (Give your child a number and have them count that many number of objects (ex: cheerios). After they are done counting be sure they say: There are 23 cheerios.
*quick coin/value recognition for: penny, nickel, dime.
*adding mixed combinations of pennies and nickels.
Go to Kindergarten Downloads for trick word flashcards.
Ideas: Look in my ideas for Sight Word Practice.
Go to Kindergarten Downloads for number flashcards.
Use these flashcards to strengthen your child's automatic number recognition and build number sense. Have your child say the name of the number (expressive language) and then find/identify the number you say (receptive language).
Ideas: Select a number card and have your child identify the number before and after the number you selected. Work with a small group of numbers at a time (0-5, 5-10, 0-10, 0-15, 0-20 etc.)
Go to Kindergarten Downloads for alphabet flash cards.
Download and print these flash cards as a tool to help strengthen your child's letter naming fluency. Start practicing the names of the lowercase letters in alphabetical order. Then practice naming the lowercase letters out of order or play a game. Sample Game: Lay out a few cards on the table and play letter detective: Can you find the letter F? Allow your child to be "the teacher" and have you find the letter...make a "mistake" and see if your child can "help you fix it".
First Grade Parents...
*There are no new flashcards for Unit 12.
Fundations Unit 12 Unit Concept(s): Suffix -es added to basewords with closed syllables (ex: boxes, slashes), Plural words, two types of suffixes vowel suffixes and consonant suffixes. Suffix -es is added to words that end in -ch, -sh, -s, -x, and -z. (ex: bench-benches, dish-dishes, glass-glasses, box-boxes)
Trick Words: see, work, both, being, under, between
Use the flashcards from previous units that end with the target sounds listed above to practice.
Say a baseword (ex: inch). Have your child repeat the baseword (ex: inch). Have your child tap the baseword (ex: /i/ /n/ /ch/). *Remind them that you do NOT tap a suffix. Then ask them which suffix they would add to make the baseword more than one: suffix -s or -es.
First Grade Resources:
Math Fact TRIANGLE FLASHCARDS...
http://www.amazon.com/Addition-Subtraction-Three-Corner-Flash-Cards/dp/B0006HXTY6
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