Time to Rhyme

This is a fun worksheet to practice the recognition of rhymes in their written and auditory form. I gave students a copy, but if they want another copy you can access it here. Have fun with it!

Word Endings

Standards Met: Grade 1 Standard 2 the Language of Language Arts, Rhyming Words. Educational Technology Standard 4: Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, to remediate skill deficits, and to facilitate learning throughout the curriculum.

Important People

I have created a timeline to help our class visualize  the order in which the people we talk about lived. It tells a little about the people we have discussed in class. I will add more people as we talk about them and what they have done. There may also be people we don't talk about, but who are very interesting. There is a link to a video and some ideas of books to read about each person. Watching these videos and reading these books is not required. You don't have to do all of them. It is an opportunity for you to explore the people who you find most interesting!

Important People Timeline
Standards met: Grade 1-2 Social Studies Standard 5 Historical Figures. Educational technology standard 6: Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests. 

Story Time

When we read stories and when we write stories we can ask simple questions. They are  questions that help us build reading comprehension and help us think of ideas to write our own stories. Here is a little web or mind map that introduces the questions and gives some examples to get your creative minds thinking.

Story ?s
Standards addressed: Grade 1-2 Standard 2: The language of language arts, story elements. Educational Technology Standard 5: Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

My Neighborhood, My Community, My Responsibility.

I our class we talked about being members of the community and how it is important to be responsible. There are signs we should know, places we should be able to find, and things we should do. I made an interactive brochure for the students to use as they practiced some of their skills. We did this in class. Please help your child finish what they weren't able to do in class, and feel free to talk to them about what they can do in your neighborhood (such as service projects or parks that they can visit). Your child should bring this brochure home; I will include the link so that you can still see it and use it if they lose it, or if they want another one for fun.

My Neighborhood

Standards addressed: Grade 1-2 Standard 2 The language of social studies. Objective 3 name school and neighborhood symbols. Educational Technology Standard 4: Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, to remediate skill deficits, and to facilitate learning throughout the curriculum

Practice with Pinterest

I am starting to collect ideas on Pinterest. This is mostly for my personal use in planning lessons for our classroom; however, you are more than welcome to look at my pin boards and use any of the ideas to help your child practice the concepts we are learning in class.

Here is a link to my 1st grade English board:
1st Grade English

Content Standards Met: Grade1-2 English Language Standard 2, the Language of Language Arts Educational Technology Standard 6: Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests.

Celebrate

We are each different and it is fun to learn about different traditions and cultures. We should celebrate our differences. Here are a few videos about celebrations in different countries. You can watch them, and if you want to share your culture, or another cultural celebration you are familiar with, talk to me and we will make a video or do something else so that you can share it with the class!

The videos are under presentations, or you can follow this link then scroll down to them.
Celebrate Videos

Standards met: Grade 1-2 Standard 5 Language of Social Studies, celebrations/customs. Educational Technology standard 6 Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests.

                 

                  Important Historical Figures

In our class we will learn about many historical figures including presidents and civil rights activists. I will provide either what we went over in class or some extra source about each historical figure so that your child can learn more about these amazing people. The first person we will learn about is George Washington. The link provided is a short video about him. As the year goes on, you will be able to find all of the people we learn about under the historical figure tab.

George Washington

Standards met: Grade 1-2 Standard 5 Language of Social Studies, Historical Figures
Educational Technology Standard 6: Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests.

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24    Counting by Twos   24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2

In class we are learning to recognize number patterns. We have practiced writing by twos, counting aloud, and finding these number patterns in books. Here is a fun story about an Ant who counts by twos as he takes a trip through a farm. It is a fun opportunity for you to review this concept with your child. You can also help them recognize number patterns in the things you see toget
her.

Ant's Day on the Farm

Standards met: Grade 1-2, Standard 3 Language of Math, Number Sense. Educational Technology Standard 5: Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom

         Read-a-thon

Our class is having a week long read-a-thon. 

Here is the flyer. Please review it so that you can help your student.

Let's read!

Read like an Egyptian

Standards met: Grade 1 Reading Foundational Skills standard 4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. Educational technology standard 4: Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, to remediate skill deficits, and to facilitate learning throughout the curriculum.

Structures of Art

This glog is an introduction to a fun, individual art project to be done in class. It introduces students to elements of art, each of which will be taught in further depth. It gives them an opportunity to analyze art and introduces their project. 

Standards met: Grade 6 Standard 2 Objective 1: Analyze and reflect on works of art by their elements and principles. Educational Technology Standard 5: Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom
Activities: 1)Using what they have learned students will paint whatever they want, and explain the elements of art within their own work. 2) Analyze 3D art in groups.

Link: Structures of Art

The Solar System

I have created a new presentation for you to learn more about the solar system! The image doesn't have labels, so you can practice! You need to know these by memory. You can click on the links to see the name of each planet and to visit a web page that will give you more information about each of them. You should be able to give a short physical description of each planet.

Activity: create solar model
Core Standard: Grade 6 science, Standard 3, Objective 1. Technology standard 6 Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests
The Solar System

FACT or OPIONION

The following presentation is for use in class. It will present the principle of fact and opinion and give opportunities for the students to recognize and create both.

Fact or Opinion

Activity: Divide into groups, giving each group some short text. Together they will go through and highlight fact in one color, and opinion in another color.

Core Standards: Grades 3-5, standard 2: the language of language arts. Education technology standard 5: Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

 

The Water Cycle

In our 4th grade class we learned the basic terminology and process of the water cycle. We also learned about how the water cycle applies right here in our community.

Activity: Build a water cycle model

If you would like to review the presentation, follow the link below.
The Water Cycle

Core standard: 4th grade science, standard 1, objectives 1 and 2. Educational Technology Standard 5: Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom