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Daily Work
Greetings Families! Please check in daily to find assignemnts you can work on from home. The assignments are meant to help you stay on track with your important foundational skills. Please email me if you habe any questions! Stay safe and healthy. See you soon!
Materials: If possible, please gather some materials you have around the house to make materials to use for these activities (directions below). If you don't have the materials, don't worry! You always use a piece of paper and a pencil to complete any activitiy.
ELA materials:
Sight word flash cards (.) If you do not wish to make cards, you can just write the sight words, view them on an ipad, or print them from a computer.
Decoding cards: Use either 2 different colored paper or 2 different colored markers (crayons, colored pencils etc). Write consonants using one color and vowels using another. In class, we have white cards for consonants and yellow for vowels, but please feel free to use whatever colors you like!
Math Materials:
Fact flash cards (you can use pre-made cards if you have them, or make your own from construction paper, looseleaf, note pads etc.)
Dice
Dominoes
Have fun reading with Raz-Kids Daily! See email with further information.
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Monday, March 30, 2020
Hello First Graders! I hope you all enjoyed a quiet weekend with your family. In my house we played a few rounds of "Uno Attack" and watched a couple of fun movies. What did you do? Feel free to help a family member email me to let me know!
Today's Objective: Practice spelling words with a CVC pattern
Directions:
1. Review vowel sounds by singing the vowel song we sing in class! You can find it on youtube (with a family member's help). Search Fun and Fast Short Vowel Phonics Song by Super English Kid. See if your family members can sing as fast as you!
2. Practice spelling CVC words. In class we use a dry erase board, but you can use anything you have at home! Have a family member give you a word to spell. Practice spelling some real words and some nonsense words. See if you can spell a total of 6 real words or nonsense words correctly.
Example of real cvc words: cat, dog, ran
Example of nonsense cvc words: nop, gub, mip
3. As always, read a story on Raz-kids and answer the questions.
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Friday, March 27, 2020
TGIF! Hope you all had a great week spending time with your family while learning from home!
For today's activity, if you didn't get a chance to do so yesterday, please log on to www.happynumbers.com and complete the first activity, which is a placement test. See directions below!
This tool will give all of us some useful data about each student's math strengths and weaknesses. My apologies to those that may have had some difficulty logging in. I think all of the wrinkles have been ironed out! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you can't log in. Thank you!
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Thursday, March 26
Hi First Graders! Hope you are all having a good week! Remember to keep trying your best. I miss all of you and hope to see you soon!
One of the things I miss most about our group is seeing you improve each and every day! It's awesome to see so many of you logging on to Raz-kids and it's great for me to see how wonderful you've been doing.
Good news! I found a new learning tool that we can use so I can still see your progress with math at home!
To use this tool, please do the following:
1. visit www.happynumbers.com
2. Type in your class code: 482450
3. Choose your name
4. Type in your password: password (*note* I can change the password once you have logged in the first time.)
4. Answer questions for a fun assessment **note:the placement assessment may take approx 20-30minutes, so this assignment can be completed over 2 days.**
This program will show me your strengths and weaknesses in math. It will design a special program for you to follow so you can sharpen your skills! This will be a valuable tool for all of us! Please let me know if you have any questions or issues signing on!
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Wednesday, March 25
Thank you to all of the students that have been logging on to Raz-kids! If you have logged in, please be on the lookout for a special mesage from me! If you haven't logged in yet, please give it a try! Contact me if you have any questions!
It's Wednesday,so we're going to work on some math skills!
Objective: Practice counting in sequence by ones and tens.
Directions: Please write the following problems and fill in the blank numbers.
1. 56,57,58, ____, _____, _____, _______, _____
2. 13, 23, 33, ______, _______, ______, ______, _______
3. 78, 79, _______, _______, _______, _______, ______
Visit ABCya.com and choose a math game to play. If you'd like, help a family member send me an email to let me know which game you chose and how you did!
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Tuesday, March 24
Objective: Practice Sight Words
Directions: Play "Gift of Reading" at home with your own flash cards. If you don't have flash cards, you can find flash cards and sight word lists if you visit www.sightwords.com
Play the game "Out of Sight Words" on ABCya.com
Read a story on Raz-Kids. Don't forget to answer the questions. :)
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Monday March 30, 2020
Hello First Graders! I hope you all enjoyed a quiet weekend with your family. In my house we played a few rounds of "Uno Attack" and watched a couple of fun movies. What did you do? Feel free to help a family member email me to let me know!
Today's Objective: Practice spelling words with a CVC pattern
Directions:
1. Review vowel sounds by singing the vowel song we sing in class! You can find it on youtube (with a family member's help). Search Fun and Fast Short Vowel Phonics Song by Super English Kid. See if your family members can sing as fast as you!
2. Practice spelling CVC words. In class we use a dry erase board, but you can use anything you have at home! Have a family member give you a word to spell. Practice spelling some real words and some nonsense words. See if you can spell a total of 6 real words or nonsense words correctly.
Example of real cvc words: cat, dog, ran
Example of nonsense cvc words: nop, gub, mip
3. As always, read a story on Raz-Kids and answer the questions.
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Friday, March 27, 2020
TGIF! Hope you all had a great week spending time with your family while learning from home!
For today's activity, if you didn't get a chance to do so yesterday, please log on to www.happynumbers.com and complete the first activity, which is a placement test. See directions below!
This tool will give all of us some useful data about each student's math strengths and weaknesses. My apologies to those that may have had some difficulty logging in. I think all of the wrinkles have been ironed out! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you can't log in. Thank you!
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Thursday, March 26
Hi First Graders! Hope you are all having a good week! Remember to keep trying your best. I miss all of you and hope to see you soon!
One of the things I miss most about our group is seeing you improve each and every day! It's awesome to see so many of you logging on to Raz-kids and it's great for me to see how wonderful you've been doing.
Good news! I found a new learning tool that we can use so I can still see your progress with math at home!
To use this tool, please do the following:
1. visit www.happynumbers.com
2. Type in your class code: 482450
3. Choose your name
4. Type in your password: password (*note: I can change the password once you have logged in for the first time. Please email me to do so.)
5. Answer questions for a fun assessment **note:the placement assessment may take approx 20-30minutes, so this assignment can be completed over 2 days.**
This program will show me your strengths and weaknesses in math. It will design a special program for you to follow so you can sharpen your skills! This will be a valuable tool for all of us! Please let me know if you have any questions or issues signing on!
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Wednesday, March 25
Hi First Graders! Thank you to all of the students that have been logging on to Raz-kids! If you have logged in, please be on the lookout for a special mesage from me! If you haven't logged in yet, please give it a try! Contact me if you have any questions!
It's Wednesday,so we're going to work on some math skills!
Objective: Practice counting in sequence by ones and tens.
Directions: Please write the following problems and fill in the blank numbers.
1. 56,57,58, ____, _____, _____, _______, _____
2. 13, 23, 33, ______, _______, ______, ______, _______
3. 78, 79, _______, _______, _______, _______, ______
Visit ABCya.com and choose a math game to play. If you'd like, help a family member send me an email to let me know which game you chose and how you did!
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Tuesday, March 24
Objective: Practice Sight Words
Directions: Play "Gift of Reading" at home with your own flash cards. If you don't have flash cards, you can find flash cards and sight word lists if you visit www.sightwords.com
Play the game "Out of Sight Words" on ABCya.com
Read a story on Raz-Kids. Don't forget to answer the questions. :)
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Monday, March 30, 2020
Hello Second Graders! I hope you all enjoyed a quiet weekend with your family. In my house we played a few rounds of "Uno Attack" and watched a couple of fun movies. What did you do? Feel free to help a family member email me to let me know!
Today's Objective: Practice spelling words with a CVC pattern
Directions:
1. Review vowel sounds by singing the vowel song we sing in class! You can find it on youtube (with a family member's help). Search Fun and Fast Short Vowel Phonics Song by Super English Kid. See if your family members can sing as fast as you!
2. Practice spelling CVC words. In class we use a dry erase board, but you can use anything you have at home! Have a family member give you a word to spell. Practice spelling some real words and some nonsense words. See if you can spell a total of 10 real words or nonsense words correctly.
Example of real cvc words: cat, dog, ran
Example of nonsense cvc words: nop, gub, mip
3. Work on Raz-kids :)
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Friday, March 27, 2020
TGIF! Hope you all had a great week spending time with your family while learning from home!
For today's activity, if you didn't get a chance to do so yesterday, please log on to www.happynumbers.com and complete the first activity, which is a placement test. See directions below!
This tool will give all of us some useful data about each student's math strengths and weaknesses. My apologies to those that may have had some difficulty logging in. I think all of the wrinkles have been ironed out! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you can't log in. Thank you!
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Thursday, March 26
Hi second graders! Hope you are all having a good week! Remember to keep trying your best. I miss all of you and hope to see you soon!
One of the things I miss most about our group is seeing you improve each and every day! It's awesome to see so many of you logging on to Raz-kids and it's great for me to see how wonderful you've been doing.
Good news! I found a new learning tool that we can use so I can still see your progress with math at home!
To use this tool, please do the following:
1. visit www.happynumbers.com
2. Type in your class code: 924122
3. Choose your name
4. type in the password: password (*note* I can change the password once you have logged in for the first time. Please email me to do so.)
5. Answer questions for a fun assessment **note:the placement assessment may take approx 20-30minutes, so this assignment can be completed over 2 days.**
This program will show me your strengths and weaknesses in math. It will design a special program for you to follow so you can sharpen your skills! This will be a valuable tool for all of us! Please let me know if you have any questions or issues signing on!
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Wednesday, March 25
Hi second graders! Thank you to all of the students that have been logging on to Raz-kids! If you have logged in, please be on the lookout for a special mesage from me! If you haven't logged in yet, please give it a try! Contact me if you have any questions!
It's Wednesday,so we're going to work on some math skills!
Objective: Practice addition with regrouping
Directions: Please write the following problems vertically and solve.
1. 56 + 19 =
2. 23 + 18 =
3. 47 + 23 =
Visit ABCya.com and choose a math game to play. If you'd like, help a family member send me an email to let me know which game you chose and how you did!
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Tuesday, March 24
Objective: Practice Sight Words
Directions: Play "Gift of Reading" at home with your own flash cards. If you don't have flash cards, you can find flash cards and sight word lists if you visit www.sightwords.com . Please use the DOLCH 2nd grade words or the DOLCH 3rd grade words. You may also review the DOLCH 1st grade words for practice!
Try to answer some questions using sight words! Go to www.joinmyquiz.com and type in the code: 227519 to play!
Read a story on Raz-Kids. Don't forget to answer the questions. :)
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Monday, March 30, 2020
--Hello Third Graders! I hope you all enjoyed a quiet weekend with your family. In my house we played a few rounds of "Uno Attack" and watched a couple of fun movies. What did you do? Feel free to help a family member email me to let me know!
Today's Objective: Practice spelling words with a CVC pattern
Directions:
1. Review vowel sounds by singing the vowel song we sing in class! You can find it on youtube (with a family member's help). Search Fun and Fast Short Vowel Phonics Song by Super English Kid. See if your family members can sing as fast as you!
2. Practice spelling CVC words. In class we use a dry erase board, but you can use anything you have at home! Have a family member give you a word to spell. Practice spelling some real words and some nonsense words. See if you can spell a total of 10 real words or nonsense words correctly. If spelling the one syllable CVC words went well, give two syllable nonsense words a try!
Example of real cvc words: cat, dog, ran, tidbit, garden, magnet
Example of nonsense cvc words: nop, gub, mip, lobgot, subned
3. Work on Raz-kids :)
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Friday, March 27
TGIF! Hope you all had a great week spending time with your family while learning from home!
For today's activity, if you didn't get a chance to do so yesterday, please log on to www.happynumbers.com and complete the first activity, which is a placement test. See directions below!
This tool will give all of us some useful data about each student's math strengths and weaknesses. My apologies to those that may have had some difficulty logging in. I think all of the wrinkles have been ironed out! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you can't log in. Thank you!
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Thursday, March 26
Hi third graders! Hope you are all having a good week! Remember to keep trying your best. I miss all of you and hope to see you soon!
One of the things I miss most about our group is seeing you improve each and every day! It's awesome to see so many of you logging on to Raz-kids and it's great for me to see how wonderful you've been doing.
Good news! I found a new learning tool that we can use so I can still see your progress with math at home!
To use this tool, please do the following:
1. visit www.happynumbers.com
2. Type in your class code: 319301
3. Choose your name
4. Type in the password: password (*note* I can change the password once you have logged in for the first time. Please email me to do so.)
5. Answer questions for a fun assessment **note:the placement assessment may take approx 20-30minutes, so this assignment can be completed over 2 days.**
This program will show me your strengths and weaknesses in math. It will design a special program for you to follow so you can sharpen your skills! This will be a valuable tool for all of us. Please let me know if you have any questions or issues signing on!
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Wednesday, March 25
Hi Third Graders! Thank you to all of the students that have been logging on to Raz-kids! If you have logged in, please be on the lookout for a special mesage from me! If you haven't logged in yet, please give it a try! Contact me if you have any questions!
It's Wednesday,so we're going to work on some math skills!
Objective: Solve 1 or 2 step word problems
Directions: Please solve the following questions. Remember to use CUBES or CUBED to solve (circle the numbers, underline the question, box the clue words, eliminate/evaluate, draw or solve)
1. Goodluck was practing his multiplication facts. He memorized 7 facts each day. If Goodluck memorized facts for 5 days, how many facts did he memorize?
2. Nyla went food shopping. She bought 3 bags of apples. Each bag had 8 apples. Nyla was really hungry, so she ate 2 apples as soon as she got home. How many apples were left? Explain how you found the answer.
If you'd like, help a family member email me to say hi and let me know how solved question #2!
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Tuesday, March 24
Objective: Practice Sight Words
Directions: Practice reading and spelling some sight words at home. Visit www.sightwords.com to find some flash cards and word lists. The cards we use in class are from the 4th 100 (#301-400) Fry Sight Word list. Fele free to move up or down depending on your mastery level.
Answer some questions using your sight words on Quizizzs! Please go to joinmyquiz.com and enter the code 507149 THANK YOU to Nyla, Daniel & Logan for signing up using the link last week . I was so happy to see you as part of my class! :)
Read a story on Raz-Kids. Don't forget to answer the questions. :)
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Monday, March 30, 2020
Hello 4th Graders! I hope you all enjoyed a quiet weekend with your family. In my house we played a few rounds of "Uno Attack" and watched a couple of fun movies. What did you do? Feel free to help a family member email me to let me know!
Today's Objective: Review multiplication facts.
DIrections:
Practice multiplication tables 2,3 & 4. Work with flash cards or write out the times table.
Please log in to www.happynumbers.com and work for 10-15 minutes. It's fun!
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Friday, March 27, 2020
TGIF! Hope you all had a great week spending time with your family while learning from home!
For today's activity, if you didn't get a chance to do so yesterday, please log on to www.happynumbers.com and complete the first activity, which is a placement test. See directions below!
This tool will give all of us some useful data about each student's math strengths and weaknesses. My apologies to those that may have had some difficulty logging in. I think all of the wrinkles have been ironed out! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you can't log in. Thank you!
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Thursday, March 26
Hi 4th Grade! Hope you are all having a good week! Remember to keep trying your best. I miss all of you and hope to see you soon!
One of the things I miss most about our group is seeing you improve each and every day! It's awesome to see so many of you logging on to Raz-kids and it's great for me to see how wonderful you've been doing.
Good news! I found a new learning tool that we can use so I can still see your progress with math at home!
To use this tool, please do the following:
1. visit www.happynumbers.com
2. Type in your class code: 381974
3. Choose your name
4. type in the password: password (*note* I can change the password once you have logged in for the first time. Please email me to do so.)
5. Answer questions for a fun assessment **note:the placement assessment may take approx 20-30minutes, so this assignment can be completed over 2 days.**
This program will show me your strengths and weaknesses in math. It will design a special program for you to follow so you can sharpen your skills! This will be a valuable tool for all of us! Please let me know if you have any questions or issues signing on!
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Wednesday, March 25
Hi 4th Graders! Thank you to all of the students that have been logging on to Raz-kids! If you have logged in, please be on the lookout for a special mesage from me! If you haven't logged in yet, please give it a try! Contact me if you have any questions!
Let's work on some math skills!
Objective: Listing multiples
Directions: Please list the first 8 multiples of the following numbers:
1. 5
2. 8
3. 11
4. 12
Visit ABCya.com and choose a math game to play. If you'd like, help a family member send me an email to let me know which game you chose and how you did!
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Tuesday, March 24
Hope you are all doing well! Here are the activities for the day!
Objective: Review division facts
Directions:Play Division Derby game on ABCya. See if you can come in first place!
Complete these word problems:
1. Josie had 56 scrunchies. She put them away in groups of 7. How many scrunchies were in each group?
2. Miranda sand 7 songs. Each song was 3 minutes long. How long was Miranda singing?
Read a story on Raz-kids and answer the comprehension questions.
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Monday, March 30, 2020
Hello 5th Graders! I hope you all enjoyed a quiet weekend with your family. In my house we played a few rounds of "Uno Attack" and watched a couple of fun movies. What did you do? Feel free to help a family member email me to let me know!
Today's Objective: Review multiplication facts.
DIrections:
Practice multiplication tables 2,3 & 4. Work with flash cards or write out the times table.
Please log in to www.happynumbers.com and work for 10-15 minutes. It's fun! See log in directions below!
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Friday, March 27, 2020
TGIF! Hope you all had a great week spending time with your family while learning from home!
For today's activity, if you didn't get a chance to do so yesterday, please log on to www.happynumbers.com and complete the first activity, which is a placement test. See directions below!
This tool will give all of us some useful data about each student's math strengths and weaknesses. My apologies to those that may have had some difficulty logging in. I think all of the wrinkles have been ironed out! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you can't log in. Thank you!
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Thursday, March 26
Hi 5th Graders! Hope you are all having a good week! Remember to keep trying your best. I miss all of you and hope to see you soon!
One of the things I miss most about our group is seeing you improve each and every day! It's awesome to see so many of you logging on to Raz-kids and it's great for me to see how wonderful you've been doing.
Good news! I found a new learning tool that we can use so I can still see your progress with math at home!
To use this tool, please do the following:
1. visit www.happynumbers.com
2. Type in your class code: 116942
3. Choose your name
4. type in the password: password (*note* I can change the password once you have logged in for the first time. Please email me to do so.)
5. Answer questions for a fun assessment **note:the placement assessment may take approx 20-30minutes, so this assignment can be completed over 2 days.**
This program will show me your strengths and weaknesses in math. It will design a special program for you to follow so you can sharpen your skills! This will be a valuable tool for all of us! Please let me know if you have any questions or issues signing on!
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Wednesday, March 25
Hi 5th Graders! I'm sure you have all been working hard on your math! Please email me if you're having any trouble with your math work and I'll do my best to help!
Objective: Review addition with regrouping
Directions:Addition with regrouping is a very important skill. Please complete the following review problems.
1. 23,657 + 67,765 =
2. 345,987 + 326,875 =
3. 784,568 + 251,952 =
Play a math game on ABCya.
If you'd like, help a family member email me to tell me about how you've been doing with your math. I'd love to hear from you!
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Tuesday, March 24
Directions: Please answerthe following word problems. Remember: don't be afraid to use a variety of strategies!
1. It is 1,325 feet from Dani's house to the pizza shop. She walked to get a slice of pizza 5 days in a row. How many feet does Dani walk to the pizza shop in the 5 days?
2. Gabi has been getting very good ay typing! She can type 265 words in one minute. How many words can she type in 25 minutes?
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Important Update!As you know, we will be using a Distance Learning approach while school is closed to the Corona Virus outbreak. The purpose of the assignments posted to this page is to maintain student progress with foundational ELA and Math skills. The activities will be similiar to what we work on during AIS sessions and will follow the same schedule we use in class. Stay healthy and safe. See you soon!
Please contact Mrs. LaRocca at clarocca@stchris-school.org for more information about the AIS program.
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About the teacher...
Mrs. Christen LaRocca is the Academic Intervention Services (AIS) teacher at St. Christopher’s School. Mrs. LaRocca presents her students with a warm, positive, and safe learning environment. Mrs. LaRocca uses a variety of strategies to help students have success. She enjoys building a positive rapport with her students and their parents year after year. Mrs. LaRocca truly adores her AIS students! In her free time, Mrs. LaRocca loves to spend time with her family. They love to take day trips to different NYS parks, visit their local library and cheer on the Yankees! Mrs. LaRocca graduated with honors from Molloy College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a concentration in Elementary Education. She earned a Master’s Degree in Special Education from Adelphi University with distinction. Mrs. LaRocca holds NYS Permanent Certification in Elementary Education and Special Education. Mrs. LaRocca is Orton-Gillingham trained. In addition, she has earned her Basic Theology certificate from the Diocese of Rockville Centre.
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