RISING

FIRST

GRADE

Summer activity guide

Mrs. meara mrs. neumanMrs. quinlan

Dear Rising First Graders and Parents,

We are thrilled that you will be joining us this fall for an exciting year in first grade! You’ve learned so much in kindergarten this year, so we’ve put together this activity guide to help you keep your skills sharp. Please bring it with you to school on your first day. Enjoy your summer, and we will see you soon!

Mrs. Meara, Mrs. Neuman, and Mrs. Quinlan

Sight Word Practice

Please practice the following sight words.

allamandareatbebutcamecandiddoeatforgetgogood

hashavehehereIintoislikelittlelookmemustmynewnonow

onouroutplayranridesaidsawsayseeshesosoonthatthethere

theythistoounderwantwaswewellwentwhatwherewhowillwithyesyou

Parents, helping your child make flashcards may be helpful. Some other fun ideas to practice sight words include: shape each word in playdough (also great for fine motor skill practice), write the words on the sidewalk with chalk, “finger paint” them with pudding on wax paper, or “rainbow” write them in different colored pencils. There is also a sight word app available from iTunes for electronic devices for those summer road trips!

Journaling

Writing in complete sentences is an important skill. Use the following journal pages to draw a picture in the box, and write two to three sentences about what you drew. Sentences should start with capital letters and end with the proper end punctuation. Sight words should be spelled properly.

Describe one place you visited this summer.

Describe your best friend.

Describe your favorite thing to eat.

Describe your favorite toy.

Write about your favorite kindergarten memory.

Write about anything you’d like!

Write about anything you’d like!

Write about anything you’d like!

Reading

Consistent time spent reading, whether done independently or with the aide of a parent or sibling,is extremely important to developing lifelong readers. The saying, “Readers are born on the laps of their parents,” is true, whether you read a story every night before bed or once in awhile between swim team practices. Encourage children to read to their stuffed animals or dolls, even if they aren’t as much reading as describing what they see. The more word exposure your emerging reader gets, the better reader he or she will become!

Please keep a reading log of the books your child has read on the attached log. At this point in the year, allof our kindergarteners are reading beginning reading series like the Bob Books, Read Set Read series, and the I Can Read series. These books are available at a local book store, The School Box, Lakeshore Learning, and the public library. You can also trade among your friends!

We’ve also compiled a list of books you can read with your child. Let your reader take the lead as often as he or she can, even if it’s just sight word recognition. Older siblings are wonderful readers, and it’s good practice for them as well!

Reading Log

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________Name of Book # of pages

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________Name of Book # of pages

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________Name of Book # of pages

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________Name of Book # of pages

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________Name of Book # of pages

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________Name of Book # of pages

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________Name of Book # of pages

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________Name of Book # of pages

Attach additional pages to the end of the packet if necessary

Book Titles for Family Reading

Madeline by Ludwig BemelmansFranklin in the Dark by Paulette BourgeoisStone Soup: An Old Tale by Marcia BrownMike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee BurtonThe Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric CarleThe Story about Pint by Marjorie FlackMillions of Cats by Wanda GagLittle Toot by Hardie GramatkySammy, the Seal by Syd HoffThe Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsThe Carrot Seed by Ruth KraussBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? by Bill MartinBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyLittle Bear by Else Holmelund MinarikThe Rainbow Fish by Marcus PfisterThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakHorton Hatches the Egg by Dr. SeussNoah’s Ark by Peter SpierCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteHarry, the Dirty Dog by Gene ZionCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judith BarrettLittle Rabbit’s Loose Tooth by Lucy BatesGoodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise BrownBabar series by Laurent de. BrunoffThe Little House by Virginia Lee BurtonAre You My Mother? by Philip O. EastmanAsk Mr. Bear and Angus and the Cat by Marjorie FlackCorduroy, A Pocket for Corduroy, and Dandelion by Don FreemanLittle Red Hen by Paul GaldoneFrances series by Lillian HobanDanny and the Dinosaur by Syd HoffOver in the Meadow, Peter’s Chair, and A Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack KeatsLeo the Late Bloomer by Ruth KraussStory of Ferdinand by Munro LeafInch by Inch, Frederick and Swimmy by Leo LionniFrog and Toad series by Arnold LobelGeorge and Martha by James MarshallMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyIf You Give a Moose series by Laura Numeroff

Math

Number sense is an important skill we built in kindergarten, so filling in this number chart will help keep you on track! It’s also important to practice skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. In addition to the number chart below, we encourage you to use your toys to practice adding and subtracting, sort and count change, play card games like War to enhance number sense, and check out some of the websites we’ve listed here for those rainy day blues! There are a number of math fact apps for downloading to a device as well.

Websites

There are a number of websites you can visit to help reinforce all of your skills! Check out some of these:

www.abcya.com

www.starfall.com

www.funbrain.com

www.aplusmath.com

www.mathfactcafe.com

www.kidzone.ws

www.ixl.com

www.rifreadingplanet.org

www.pbskids.org

0 6

12 18

24

Skip Count by 2s

0 10

30 50

70 85

Skip Count by 5s

0 20

60 100

Skip Count by 10s