Summer Homework

I sent home a piece of paper (front and back) which had listed some comprehension questions for reading, a list of spelling words from this year and words that the children will learn next year, a math review, a list of websites, and videos for practice.

READING EGGS IS AVAILABLE ALL SUMMER!!!!!

Please make sure to put your child on readingeggs.com throughout the summer to help with summer loss and keep their reading and math skills current for first grade. We will be getting math seeds over the summer and it will be active for all the students. The login information is the same and they can access math seeds from the same reading eggs page.

Here is what was included in the paper that came home:

Summer Homework

Reading & Writing

Please continue to read with your child each night. Below are a few questions to ask your child to promote comprehension after reading each story:

• What was your favorite part of the story? Why?
• Did this story make you think of anything in your life?
• Retell the story. What happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story?
• Who were the characters? Which character was your favorite? Why?
• What is the setting? (where the story takes place)
• What was the problem in the story?
• What was the solution in the story?

Spelling

Practice reading and writing the list of spelling words from the year. Here are the words we learned this year:

I           a          the        rat        sat        cat        bat        can       man      tan        pan       see       you       wet       get

set        bet        is          in          pig        wig       jig        big        to         like       hop       mop      pop       top        it

run       fun       sun       bun       he         for        at         cap       tap        map      rap       flap      my        we        pen

hen       men      den       ten        go         up         sit         fit         pit         hit         look      me        pot        got        not

hot        cot        are       of         bug       rug       jug       tug        dug       and       be         where   had       mad      rad

dad       glad      with      this       bed       red       ted        fed       wed      was       from     have     lip         sip        hip

clip       dip        here      play      mom     here      dog       log        hog       bog       frog      do         she       tub        rub

cub       club      what     little      has       she       come    by         chip      shot      phone   then      whale   thank    chin

white    photo    shark    plant     blue      flip       sled      class     tray       crunch   friend    drum     branch because

Here is a list of 1^st grade words to help prepare your child for next year!

after     again    any       as         could    every    has       her       him       his        over      put        round    some     they’re

know    let        live       take      stop      them     then      they      may      fly        think     walk     old        once     around

going    had       give      gave     those     upon     goes      does      been     before   use       pull       push      read      found

made    these     before   best      buy       read      right      left       don’t     fast       write     would   work     wish      always

fast       call       both      sleep     found    your      tell       their      first       third      cold      won’t    can’t     which    should

sing       king      swing    spring    tree      I’ll        I’ve       we’ll     it’s        isn’t      open     isn’t      just       why      second

There are lots of fun ways to work on spelling. Some fun activities are listed below:

• Cut letters out of magazines and glue them on a piece of paper to make the word
• Rainbow writing (using a different color to write each letter of the word
• Red vowels (write the spelling word and use a red crayon to trace over only the vowels)
• Make the words using Playdoh
• Buy a beach ball and write the words on the ball – then play catch and whatever word your child’s thumb lands on is the word they have to read and spell
• Write letters on water balloons and have the children throw and pop the balloons to spell the word

Math

• Work on math addition and subtraction by using the collection of flashcards from the last few months of school
• Work on subtraction (take-away)
  • Give your child crackers and make up a subtraction story problem. For example: You have 13 crackers. You eat five of them (have child eat the crackers). How many crackers do you have left? They should say, “There are 8 crackers left.”
• Review money. Have your child tell you the name of each coin and how much it is worth. Practice adding and subtracting money.
• Review telling time on analog clocks and digital. The children learned to tell time on the hour and half hour.

Websites:

Please continue to use the blog as a great source for fun educational websites! Some of my favorites are…

Abcya.com     Letsfindout.scholastic.com  Cookie.com   Starfall.com   readingeggs.com      Math Seeds

Youtube channels and videos

Channels à   Storybots       Harry Kindergarten   KidsTV123     Have Fun Teaching   ABCmouse                                            Pancake Manor         GuruParents        Maple Leaf Learning

Videos à Pirates Say AR! – Harry Kindergarten / The Sentence Song – Scratch Garden

Verb Rap Song – Have Fun Teaching / Noun Song Video – Have Fun Teaching / Doubles Doubles – Harry

Kindergarten / Big, Big, Big/Adjective Song for Kids – Maple Leaf Learning / The Digraph Song – 625EJS /

Coin song.wmv – Holly Raser / I can count to 100 – cmpotter100 / Numbers in the Teens – Harry Kindergarten

Library

Remember to check with your local library for special events they may be putting on. The library is also a great place to find leveled books at your child’s reading level!