Get Ready For First Grade!
Summer Activities
It's Almost Time!!
Creating a bedtime routine can ease bedtime for everyone. It should take around 2 weeks to adjust to the back-to-school bedtime. Kids need an average of 10-12 hours of sleep a night. Click here for a Bedtime Schedule Printable.
Creating a morning routine can also make the morning enjoyable and get everyone out the door faster. Click here for a Morning Routine Printable.
By creating a picture schedule for your child, you are giving the child control and predictability of what will occur each morning. Additionally, kids are less likely to argue with a picture schedule than a parent giving directions.
If you're interested in more Back-To-School organizing ideas, click here.
First Grade Supply List
1 school box
24 sharpened pencils (no mechanical pencils)
2 large pink erasers
1 pair of scissors
6 glue sticks
1 box of 24 count crayons
1 box of 8 thin markers
2 marble composition books
3 pocket folders
Creating a morning routine can also make the morning enjoyable and get everyone out the door faster. Click here for a Morning Routine Printable.
By creating a picture schedule for your child, you are giving the child control and predictability of what will occur each morning. Additionally, kids are less likely to argue with a picture schedule than a parent giving directions.
If you're interested in more Back-To-School organizing ideas, click here.
First Grade Supply List
1 school box
24 sharpened pencils (no mechanical pencils)
2 large pink erasers
1 pair of scissors
6 glue sticks
1 box of 24 count crayons
1 box of 8 thin markers
2 marble composition books
3 pocket folders
Language Arts Activities
Environmental Print Word Making!
Find a box or a wrapper that has a word that you can read. For example, "Honey Nut Cheerios." - Cut apart the letters in the word. - Use the letters to make "CVC" words. (CVC stands for Consonant, Vowel, Consonant). For example - res, hon, ris. (words can be nonsense, as long as the student can read them. ** challenge- Make words CVCe - by putting a E at the end of the word, makes the middle vowel a long vowel sound. (think of pet vs. pete) Capture The Words! Click the link below to download a game board and directions. Capture the Words Game Board - Write your first AND last name - After reading a story, be able to identify some characters, the setting, the problem and the solution. - Try and write everyday - Keep a journal this summer and try write what you do everyday. - When writing remember to use 1 finger space between words, an uppercase letter for the first word in the sentence, and ending punctuation. - When writing try and spell correctly sight words, all other words may be spelled as the child hears them - Know 30 of the sight words from the Early 1 list. (look below for a copy of the words) - Spelling starts in 1st grade so start practicing spelling words correctly, maybe with sidewalk chalk on the driveway!! - 1st graders write stories frequently in class and for homework, so try writing short stories over the summer. "There once was a magic shirt..." Try to include who the story is about, what happened, where it happened, why it happened, and when it happened. READ, READ, READ, READ, READ, READ EVERYDAY!!!!! - if you don't do anything else, PLEASE have your kindergartner read and you read to them. |
Math Activities
$10 Grocery List
Using the grocery store ads, cut out and create a grocery list that totals to $10. How many different ways can you get $10? For example, $2 for apples, $5 for granola bars, $3 for milk. 2+5+3=10. Another way is $4 for cherries, $1 for tuna, $1 for paper plates, $4 for pretzels. 4+1+1+4=10. ** challenge - what are the ways to make 20? ** - Write numbers up to 100 - Count a set of objects up to 100 - Add two groups of objects together - Count backwards from 10 Visit this AESOME site from a first grade teacher in Howard County. It has TONS of games to play online that focus on the various 1st grade math concepts. CLICK HERE |