Activities You Can Do At Home Together!
Updated on 12/4/2009
Language Arts:
NEW! Read with your child various stories while asking questions about the characters, setting and plot. Have your son/daughter recall the sequence of events in the story as well as share with you any problem and the solutions that the characters may have as well. Doing these things with the stories that you read together will help to strengthen your child's comprehensin skills and will help in building your child's confidence as they emerge in reading this year.
Please have your child practice his/her handwriting by writing his/her first name as often as possible.
NEW! Work with the letter recognition and letter sounds of Oo, Aa, Dd, Tt, Cc, Mm, Gg, Ll, Hh, Pp, Nn, 'Th' sound and Ii. Feel free to work on other letters as well. Practice writing these letters too! Have your son/daughter begin blending the sounds of the letters together to create simple words such as c-a-t, d-o-g, d-o-t, m-a-t , etc.
Practice rhyming with your child. Silly made up rhymes are ok BUT please practice pairs of real words that rhyme such as hat/cat, dog/log, me/be, coat/goat just to name a few examples.
Feel Free To Work Ahead!
Math:
Social Studies:
Language Arts:
NEW! Read with your child various stories while asking questions about the characters, setting and plot. Have your son/daughter recall the sequence of events in the story as well as share with you any problem and the solutions that the characters may have as well. Doing these things with the stories that you read together will help to strengthen your child's comprehensin skills and will help in building your child's confidence as they emerge in reading this year.
Please have your child practice his/her handwriting by writing his/her first name as often as possible.
NEW! Work with the letter recognition and letter sounds of Oo, Aa, Dd, Tt, Cc, Mm, Gg, Ll, Hh, Pp, Nn, 'Th' sound and Ii. Feel free to work on other letters as well. Practice writing these letters too! Have your son/daughter begin blending the sounds of the letters together to create simple words such as c-a-t, d-o-g, d-o-t, m-a-t , etc.
Practice rhyming with your child. Silly made up rhymes are ok BUT please practice pairs of real words that rhyme such as hat/cat, dog/log, me/be, coat/goat just to name a few examples.
To practice our sight words (Red Words) I have given you the full list for the school year.
Feel Free To Work Ahead! Be sure to practice our classroom's sight words/Red Words each day! Use them in oral and written sentences. Talk about the words and find them in magazines, newspapers and stories you read together at home!
First grading period words were: I, me, my, like, a & the
Second grading period words include: for, has, to, and, of, we, is, was, on, see, he, can, yes, no & am
Third grading period words will be: his, go, here, she, by, do, from, put, how, it, is, in & you
Fourth grading period words will be: saw, come, what, want, does, have, who, they & little
Each Grading Period we have and continue to work on:
Color Words: red, green, blue, yellow. orange, brown, white, black, pink and purple.
Number Words: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten.
Practicing the number words higher than ten (once your child has mastered the numbers 1 through 10) is a great idea!
For a challenge (after your child has mastered the color and number words) your child could practice the words for the various shapes we have learned which include: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, diamond, star, heart and octagon
First grading period words were: I, me, my, like, a & the
Second grading period words include: for, has, to, and, of, we, is, was, on, see, he, can, yes, no & am
Third grading period words will be: his, go, here, she, by, do, from, put, how, it, is, in & you
Fourth grading period words will be: saw, come, what, want, does, have, who, they & little
Each Grading Period we have and continue to work on:
Color Words: red, green, blue, yellow. orange, brown, white, black, pink and purple.
Number Words: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten.
Practicing the number words higher than ten (once your child has mastered the numbers 1 through 10) is a great idea!
For a challenge (after your child has mastered the color and number words) your child could practice the words for the various shapes we have learned which include: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, diamond, star, heart and octagon
Take time this week to review various ways to count. Count objects throughout your house. Count as high as you can with your child but focus the skill of counting objects with a one to one correspondence by showing that number with objects (the number four being represented with four blocks, five with pieces of candy, etc. )
Discuss the days of the week. Recall each day by discussing what day it is and what day was yesterday and what day will be tomorrow.
Practice identifying the shapes all around us. Have your child tell you about the number of sides and corners (points) each shape has. help them find and sort the shapes from around our house.
NEW! Help your child create a survey about something at your house that compares two or more things. (ex: Do you like chicken or ham?) Collect the data about this (and other types of questions you can think of) and have your son/daughter tell you about the information he/she has collected. Focus on the words such as more. less. most. least ams equal.
NEW! Help your child create a survey about something at your house that compares two or more things. (ex: Do you like chicken or ham?) Collect the data about this (and other types of questions you can think of) and have your son/daughter tell you about the information he/she has collected. Focus on the words such as more. less. most. least ams equal.
Social Studies:
Discuss the different groups you and your family belong to. Help your child recall the import rules that need to be followed in various places that these groups spend time (church, a football game, school, family, etc.). Discuss the leaders and helpers in these groups as well (pastor, coach, mom and dad, teacher, principal, etc.)
Practice with your child his/her address including the city, state and zip code. Also, practice the phone number (including area code) that he/she would use to contact you.
NEW! Focus on the six Pillars Of Character which include Caring, Respect, Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship and Fairness. Discuss how each one of these traits is displayed in and around your home each day.
NEW! Focus on the six Pillars Of Character which include Caring, Respect, Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship and Fairness. Discuss how each one of these traits is displayed in and around your home each day.
Science:
Have your child identify the fives senses and the sense organ associated with that specific sense. Play a game by placing different textures items in a bag and have them try and guess the item by touch or do the same type of game using a blind fold and tasting or smelling different things. Go on a "seeing tour" of your neighborhood and take a clip board. Draw and write the things you see as you go on your walk together.
NEW! Have your child identify various foods in your pantry and what food group it comes from. Have a discussion about the importance of eating healthy, exercising and geting plenty of rest. Use magazines to create a collage of the different foods that are unhealthy to eat like "Sweet Tooth Sue" and those which are healthy for you like "Healthy Harry" would enjoy.
NEW! Have your child identify various foods in your pantry and what food group it comes from. Have a discussion about the importance of eating healthy, exercising and geting plenty of rest. Use magazines to create a collage of the different foods that are unhealthy to eat like "Sweet Tooth Sue" and those which are healthy for you like "Healthy Harry" would enjoy.