Hello Families, Please use this guide to support your child’s learning throughout the two weeks. Each subject has activities for you to select either daily or weekly, sample daily schedules are included at the end for your family to use. You will notice we have also included virtual options for you to select, please note technology is NOT required and students may choose to complete options that do not require technology. We are committed to continued learning during this time and are thankful for this partnership. In addition to these plans, your child’s teacher will be reaching out weekly to provide ongoing support; if you have any questions, contact your child’s classroom teacher.

Grade 1 Learning Options by Subject April 13th-24th

English (about 30 minutes per day) Math (about 30 minutes per day)

BINGO Choice Board

Complete 2-3 rows horizontally, vertically, or diagonally as you read and write this week to make a BINGO

1. Math Games 2. Solving Problems 3. Eating with Family 4. Calendar 5. Working with Money 6. Virtual Activities

Science (about 30 minutes twice a week) Resource (once a day)

1. Movement 2. Light 3. Plants 4. Animals 5. Sun 6. Virtual Activities

Select up to 5 activities from the BINGO board!

Thank you, York County School Division

Note: Throughout the week, you will see the words “CVCe pattern.” This refers to words that contain the consonant, vowel, consonant, e pattern, which results in a long vowel sound; for example, the word “cake.”

B I N G O

Best and Worst Make a list of the 3 best hiding places in your house and 3 of the worst places to hide in your house to play Hide-and-Seek.

Answer Questions: Read or reread one of the passages. Answer 2 questions about the passage on the attached sheet.

Word Ladder Activity #1 Use clues to solve riddles using words with the CVCe pattern.

Stuffed Animal Day Have a stuffed animal join you while reading a book from home or a book electronically. Can you find 3 words with the CVCe pattern?

Read Hide and Seek Games After reading see how many time you can highlight the word hide. What vowel sound do you hear in this word?

Hat Day Wear your favorite hat today as you read a book from home or online. Retell the story to include the characters, setting, problem, and resolution.

Read Hide and Seek Games with Tank After reading, underline words with the CVCe pattern that you can find.

Let’s Play! Play hide and seek. After playing, write 3 sentences telling where you hid and how you were caught.

Answer Questions: Read or reread one of the passages. Answer 2 questions about the passage on the attached sheet.

Word Ladder Activity #2 Use clues to write words with the long vowel CVCe pattern.

Answer Questions: Read or reread one of the passages. Answer 2 questions about the passage on the attached sheet.

Does It Have an E? Activity #1 Apply the long vowel sound to decode words with an adult.

Free Space Read Hide and Seek Games After reading Hide and Seek Games, circle 3 words that have 2 syllables.

Games are Fun! Write 3-5 sentences. What is another game you like to play at your house? Why do you like it? Who do you play with?

Read Hide and Seek with Tank After reading, underline the word never. How many times did you find it in the story?

Interview Create a list of 3 questions you would ask an adult to learn about games he or she played in their childhood.

Answer Questions: Read or reread one of the passages. Answer 2 questions about the passage on the attached sheet.

Word Ladder Activity #3 Use clues to write words with the long vowel CVCe pattern.

Crazy Socks While wearing crazy socks, read a book from home or online. Can you find 3 words with the CVCe pattern?

Does It Have an E? Activity #2 Apply the long vowel sound to decode words with an adult.

Cool Shades Wear sunglasses as you read a book from home or online. Retell the story to include the characters and setting.

Read Hide and Seek With Tank After reading, underline the word favorite 3 times.

Animals Hide Too! Write 3 sentences about an animal that hides and why it hides.

Answer Questions: Read or reread one of the passages. Answer 2 questions about the passage on the attached sheet.

If the BINGO activity does not take 30 minutes, please consider the additional options below.

Choose another BINGO square from the board

Try an English Virtual Learning activity (listed below)

Have your child listen to a story or read to you and then tell you about what he/she has read

Read aloud to your child just for the enjoyment of books!

Virtual Learning

Scholastic https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-1-2.html

Visit the Scholastic Learning at Home site

Choose a day from Week 1 or Week 2 and complete an activity set o Activities vary but typically include reading, writing, and videos

Pebble Go

Log in through clever. Clever is a portal that allows students to log in one time, and access multiple websites without logging in again.

Spend time exploring the four PebbleGo research databases: Animals, Science, Biographies and Social Studies. Databases are easy to navigate and offer reading supports such as read-along audio and word-by-word highlighting

If there are virtual resources used by your school (RAZ kids, Tumblebooks, etc.) that are not listed here, please reach out to your child’s teacher for possible activities or login information.

Does it Have an “e”? Long Vowel Word Study Activity

Purpose: This activity will help students understand when to use a long vowel sound when reading by noticing the CVCe pattern or an e at the end of the word and using the long vowel sound to decode the word quickly.

Directions: The students will point to each word while an adult reads the questions on the right. Repeat questions for every word on the list. Students should become quicker as they become familiar with this activity.

“Does It Have an E” Activity #1 “Does It Have an E” Activity #2

Student: Points to the Word

Parent: Asks Questions (Student Response)

Student: Points to the Word

Parent: Asks Questions (Student Response)

make

blast

bike

jump

cave

hide

stick

tape

dime

As your child points to each word ask the following questions.

Is there an e at the end? (yes)

Will the vowel say its name? (yes)

What is the name of the vowel? (a)

What is the word? (Make)

Point to the next word.

Repeat these questions quickly as you look at the rest of the words on this page. If there is not an e at the end of the word only ask the 1st question and then have your child read the word.

chime

slide

snug

home

slime

trap

bone

slick

whale

As your child points to each word ask the following questions.

Is there an e at the end? (yes)

Will the vowel say its name? (yes)

What is the name of the vowel? (a)

What is the word? (Make)

Point to the next word. Repeat these questions quickly as you look at the rest of the words on this page. If there is not an e at the end of the word only ask the 1st question and then have your child read the word.

Word Ladder Activities (pg. 1)

Note: Choose 1 at a time.

Purpose: Students will apply knowledge of the long vowel CVCe pattern when writing words. Directions: Use the clues and what you know about rhyming words to make new words with the long vowel sound. As you move across each row, add, remove, or change one sound within the word to make a new word!

Word Ladders Activity #1 (Go from left to right across the row. Each word will change 1 letter in the rime or the 1st letter/blend.)

The number after 4. ____ ____ ____ ____

A Jump in the pool. ____ ____ ____ ____

Worth 10 cents. ____ ____ ____ ____

Makes a ringing sound. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Fun ooey, gooey craft. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

At the playground. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Move smoothly across. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

A game: _____ and seek ____ ____ ____ ____

I go for a bike ______. ____ ____ ____ ____

The lady in a wedding. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Word Ladders Activity #2 (Go from left to right across the row. Each word will change 1 letter in the rime or the 1st letter/blend.)

Used to pick up leaves. ____ ____ ____ ____

To cook in the oven. ____ ____ ____ ____

To get from someone without asking. ____ ____ ____ ____

Not Wild. ____ ____ ____ ____

He will ______ his sister for dropping the glass. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

In the Fire. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

A snow ________. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

A body of water. ____ ____ ____ ____

Not on time. ____ ____ ____ ____

Eat food off your _______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Word Ladder Activities (pg. 2)

Note: Choose 1 at a time.

Purpose: Students will apply knowledge of the long vowel CVCe pattern when writing words. Directions: Use the clues and what you know about rhyming words to make new words with the long vowel sound. As you move across each row, add, remove, or change one sound within the word to make a new word!

Word Ladders Activity # 3 (Go from left to right across the row. Each word will change 1 letter in the rime or the 1st letter/blend.)

A ride with 2 wheels. ____ ____ ____ ____

To _______ a cake. ____ ____ ____ ____

I ran to 1st ______ after I hit the ball. ____ ____ ____ ____

To run after. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

To pick out. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Used to water the plants and attached to a sprinkler. ____ ____ ____ ____

I fell in a _____ in the ground. ____ ____ ____ ____

I fell in a _____ in the ground. ____ ____ ____ ____

A fishing _______. ____ ____ ____ ____

To swallow food the wrong way. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Answering Questions Please read to your child if needed.

Passage 1: Hide and Seek Games Fiction or Nonfiction (Circle One)

1. What is home base? A: a safe place B: a hiding place C: a place to count

2. What is home base? A: a safe place B: a hiding place C: a place to count

3. Why do the children hide? A: They like to be at home base. B: They do not want to be tagged. C: They do not want to play.

4. There are rules for hide and see. What are rules? A: things that tell about kinds of games for children. B: things to do so others do not see you. C: things that tell what can and cannot be done

5. What does the author hope readers learn from this passage?

A: how to play hide and seek B: that children should not play hide and seek C: that you can only play hide and seek during the day

6. Where is your favorite place to play

hide and seek?

Passage 2: Hide and Seek With Tank Fiction or Nonfiction (Circle One)

1. What do the child and the parrot both do in the story? A: They both say,”Peek-a-Boo.” B: They both eat the apple. C: They both play hide and seek.

2. What is the name of the bird? A: Treat B:Tank C: Peek-A-Boo

3. What does Tank say when he finds the child? A: “Peek-A-Boo” B: ”I Found You.” C: “I am ready for my treat.”

4. How does the child help the parrot find him? A: The child hides in the same place. B: The child calls he parrot’s name. C: The child waits a long time.

5. What does it mean to seek? A: look for B: hide from C: pick out

6. Who is “it” in this story? A: The boy B: Tank

Consider selecting 1-2 of the options below daily, or if you’d prefer, aim for 3-4 activities for the week (some can be repeated). Variety is best and remember to have fun and enjoy talking about math with your child/children.

1. Math Game 2. Solving Problems 3. Eating with the Family

I Spy – This is a two-player game.

o Arrange the cards into a 10 x 5 array (or smaller if you are not using all the cards).

o Find two cards next to each other, vertically or horizontally, that add or subtract to make a number. “I spy two cards that make 10” or “I spy two cards that have a difference of 3”.

o The other player looks for two cards that add to make the answer and removes them. When the array is too small to find fact, the game ends.

(If you don’t have dice readily available in your home you can download a free dice app with parent permission.)

Fact Fluency-

With a partner- child will roll two die and find the sum. At this age, your child may mentally be able to add these or may want to count all the dots on the dice. If you think they are ready, you can roll three dice and add those.

Have your child model and solve these problems, students should use a variety of methods.

1. Mel had 9 crayons. Alex gave her 5 more crayons. How many crayons does Ray have altogether?

2. Mel had 7 pens. Alex gave her some more pens. Now Mel has 12 pens. How many pens did Alex give her?

3. Bo had 10 cookies. He gave 6 cookies to

Ray. How many cookies does Bo have now?

4. Bo had 12 apples. He gave some apples to

Ray. He has 3 apples left. How many apples did he give to Ray?

5. Max has 7 books and Lou has 2 books. How

many more books does Max have than Lou?

Your child can investigate fair shares to review fractions.

When eating, talk about sharing with another person. Talk about what fair and unfair might look like.

Investigate splitting one item of food for two people to share. Figure out what a fair share would look like. (ex: sandwich, banana, granola bar, etc.)

Discuss fair share with several items of food for two people to share and figure out what a fair share would be. (ex: 10 pieces of candy or a pile of cereal)

4. Calendar 5. Working with Money 6. Virtual Options

Ask these questions and find out what your child knows about the calendar

o What is today? (ex: Monday, March 30, 2020) o What was yesterday? (ex: if today is Monday,

March 30, 2020, yesterday was Saturday, March 29, 2020)

o What will tomorrow be? o How many days of the week are there? How

many months in a year? Sing songs to practice reviewing the days of the week and the months of the year. Jack Hartmann is a great free resource on YouTube. He incorporates movement with his songs.

Have your child collect loose change from around the house.

o Ask your child to identify the coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter).

o You can discuss what is the same and what is different about the coins you collect (value, color, size, thickness, etc.).

MobyMax

Access in Clever. Clever is a portal that allows students to log in one time, and access multiple websites without logging in again. Once in MobyMax have your child select one of the three green math icons.

Does your school have IXL or Reflex? If yes, this is a great option for daily fluency and grade level practice reach out to your teacher to find out more

The Science SOLs state that students use their senses to make observations of the characteristics and interactions of objects in their world. These

activities will focus on students conducting these observations. Students should not conduct any scientific labs or investigations in the home environment

due to the lack of safety and lab equipment. Each nature topics should take about 30 minutes and can be completed daily or over several days.

1. Movement

2. Light

3. Plants 4. Animals

5. Sun 6. Virtual

Activities

Record your observations in your science journal about movement.

Get two toy cars and use one to move the second one.

What do you notice happens?

Record your observations in your science journal about light.

Use a flashlight or other light.

What colors block out the light?

Which colors do not?

Record your observations in your science journal about plants.

Look at a plant outside or inside your house.

What does the plant need to grow?

Look out your window or go outside (with permission) to see a bird or squirrel. What are they eating? Are they in a tree or on the ground?

What part of your yard had sunlight in the morning? Which part had sunlight in the afternoon? Record your observations in your science journal.

Additional examples of natural phenomena students can observe can be found in nonfiction science stories and books, animal nature shows on TV, or online at the NSTA phenomena website, https://www.ngssphenomena.com/.

Note: This chart does not have to be printed. You may choose to record your answers on a blank piece of paper.

Observation- Draw or write about what you hear, see, smell, taste, or touch.

Movement

Light

Plants

Animals

Sun

Sing a song you know to a fluffy friend or

someone else in the house!

Use rocks, grass, sticks and leaves to make a

nature kid. Take a picture of your

kid, if you can.

Count the number of steps it takes to walk around the outside of your home. If you add 10 to your steps what do you get now?

Choose three different stretches and hold them each while you count to 30. Can you think of three more stretches?

Go on a walk outside. Can you find a leaf and use a crayon to make a leaf rubbing?

Do each of these for 1 minute: Run in place. Jump up and down. Squat down like you’re picking something up.

Act out or retell a really funny family story, something that makes you laugh every time you think about it.

Write a song using these rhyming words. Happy/snappy Sunny/funny Real/deal Me/be Today/okay

Hum the tune to your favorite song. See if you can make up a new tune to hum!

Find two small sticks… Use them as drum sticks to create a beat. If you are allowed use plastic bowl as your drum.

Ask if you can make a kitchen tool mosaic. Nothing sharp! Use different tools to make a picture.

Listen to a song and see if you can clap on beat. Can you create a pattern to the beat? Clap, snap, clap, snap.

Free Space Count how many times you can hop on one foot without switching. Then see how many times you can hop on the opposite foot!

Move around and pretend you are different animals, and ask your grownup or someone else in your house to guess what you are.

Write a story or draw a picture about being locked in the library. What did you read? How long were you there?

Sing a song while you clean up your room. Is it a slow song? A funny song?

Practice your favorite dance move… so that when school gets back in session, you will be ready to show your friends!

Practice your balancing. Can you stand on one foot? Can you use two body parts to balance? (elbow, knee, hand, foot)

Make up a pattern that uses parts of your body. Clap, snap, touch your toes, jump. Use songs and movement!

How could you recite the A,B,C’s in a different way? Could you sound like a cowboy, an opera singer, or a frog?

Toss a stuffed animal or another soft toy in the air. See how many times you can catch it without dropping it!

Use things from your recycling bin to make Upcycle Art. Make sure you clean up after!

Practice thinking about your breathing. Find a quiet place and count to 10 as you breath in and out.

Draw a picture to give to someone special. It could be a family member, a teacher, or a friend!

Families are encouraged to pick from the list below if they would like additional activities to complete as an extension of what has been provided in the previous sections.

English Math/STEM

Seesaw Storytelling: Share a Favorite Family Memory https://app.seesaw.me/activities/ykyz52/share-a-favorite-family-memory

1) Talk to a family member about one of their favorite childhood memories. Ask them to tell you the story and to share lots of details.

2) Draw a picture of the story. 3) Retell the story aloud to your family member for practice. 4) Write down the story or your favorite part of the story.

Word Ladder Create your own word ladder. Create a word and then try to change only 1 letter to create a new word. Role Play Create puppets or dress in characters from a book you read. Reenact a scene from the story and record it on video. Send it to your teacher. Interview If you love nonfiction, have someone in your house be the interviewer and create a list of questions for them to ask you. Then record your interview to show how you became an expert after reading your book. Create a Model Use recyclable materials around your house to create the setting, character, or special object from a book you read. Either write up a description of why it is important to the book or record yourself on video explaining your creation.

SeeSaw Number Fun with Chalk https://app.seesaw.me/activities/u6grb1/math-out-and-about-outside-number-fun-with-chalk

1) Use chalk to draw a large number line. Write numbers 0-10 on the number line.

2) Take turns thinking of addition or subtraction equations to solve (ex. 3+4= or 10-6=). Use rocks or other items as counters if needed to help you solve the equation. If you have older kids, practice coming up with multiplication or division equations (ex: 2X4= or 10/2=).

3) Start at one number of the equation and hop the other number. You will end up on the sum. (For 3 + 4, you start at 3 and hop 4 spaces.) Mix it up - skip, walk, bear crawl, or make up your own movement.

4) You can keep track of your equations in a journal or on a piece of paper. Toy Cars (Rich Math Tasks VDOE)

Rich Mathematical Tasks from Virginia Department of Education Website Link: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/ standards_docs/mathematics/2016/rich/index.shtml Task Sam and Ellie were playing with toy cars.

Sam has some toy cars.

Ellie has two more cars than Sam.

How many cars could they each have? How do you know your answer makes sense? What other answers can you find?

During the school year students are provided a daily agenda posted on the board. The daily agenda provides an opportunity for shared ownership of learning between teacher, class, and individual students. Please see a sample of a daily agenda below. Every family is unique and this is just one of many ways to organize your day.

Sample Daily Schedule

Morning

Language Arts Option: _______________________________

Free Time

Science Option: ____________________________________

Afternoon

Math Option: ______________________________________

Free Time

Resource Bingo Option: _____________________________

Students are able to access a variety of resources provided by York County School Division. Individual teachers may have additional resources and can provide username and password information.

is a portal that allows students to log in one time, and access multiple websites without logging in again.

Go to Clever.com

User name is the student’s full e-mail address 123456@ystu.ycsd.york.va.us

Password is the same password the students use to log on to the computer at school. By logging into Clever, students will have access to the following: Benchmark Education, BrainPop, BrainPop Jr., eMedia VA, MobyMax

Students can access more resources by logging into , the YCSD virtual desktop. By logging into Citrix, students will have the same experience as

they would logging in at school. o Go to https://go.ycsd.york.va.us o Username: Student ID# o Password: same password students use at school

This also allows them access to more programs such as the following: Tumble Books, PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, Science Fusion, Discovery Education, Prodigy

*additional information can be found at

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/health_medical/office/covid-19-parent-guide.shtml#learn The York County School Division agrees with the VDOE and is encouraging parents and families to support students’ thinking and learning during extended school closures by focusing on these activities: Collaborate with your child to organize the day to include time for learning, activities and exercise. Read to and with your child and have conversations about what you have read together. Take a walk and ask about what your child is seeing and about being a good citizen. Encourage critical thinking through cooking together or planting a garden. Encourage conversations about mathematics in your child’s day. Explore your child’s creativity by creating art, music, or dance. Write a letter to a family member or friend or community hero. Be mindful of screen time and have alternatives for children to play outside. Listen to your child about his or her feelings and fears and offer comfort, honesty, and reassurance.