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.  

It's been a pleasure working with you this year! I am so proud of you for all of the hard work you have done and all of the progress you have made. 

Please be sure to continue working on your reading, writing and math skills over the summer. Feel free to email me if you would like some ideas  for review activities. 

I hope to see you in September! Please keep in touch over the summer! 
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Good morning! Happy Friday! Log on to Raz-kids or IXL to sharpen your skills! Have a good weekend! 
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It's Thursday- let's review our facts! Practice your addition and subtraction facts. Use flash cards, a worksheet or an online learning game to test your skills! Try your best! 
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Good morning! Today you get to be the teacher and write a word problem! Choose to write an addition problem or a subtraction problem. Be sure to include clue words. Send it to me to solve! :) 
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Hello!  Read all of the first grade sight words. Next, try to read the second grade sight words. See how many words you get correct! You will find a list of sightwords on sightwords.com
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Good Morning!  Sharpen your skills on IXL or Raz-kids. 
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I was SO HAPPY to see you at our Zoom meeting yesterday! I miss your smiling faces and loved working on our sight words together. You did an awesome job! I hope to see you again for another round of sight word practice soon!

For today's activity, please review your addition and subtraction facts. See how many facts you know as fast as you can say your name! Use flash cards or a game like this one to test your skill knowledge! https://www.softschools.com/math/games/mad_minute_math/
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Please join me for a Zoom meeting today at 3:00. We will go over our sight words, just like we did when we were in school. I hope to see you there! 
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Let's apply all of the sight words we've learned to some leveled reading! Choose a story on Raz-kids. Read the story and answer the comprehension questions. Hope to see you tomorrow for some sight word practice! Parents, please check your email for the link later on today. 
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It's June! I can't believe it! Let's practice our sight words today so we really know them before the end of the year! Use flash cards, play a game, write the words in colorful chalk or  markers, anything you would like to do to review your words! I would like to set up a Zoom meeting for later on this week to practice our words together. I will email meeting information. Hope to see you there! 
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It's Friday and the last school work day of May! Congratulations on all of your hard work this month. For today's practice, please log on to Raz-kids and IXL to sharpen those skills! I hope to check in with you next week on Zoom! 
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Happy Thursday! Today I would like you to review your basic facts. Use flash cards, playing cards, practice examples or anything you'd like! Play a game on arcademics or log on to IXL for even more fact practice. 
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Good  Morning! It's Wednesday, let's work on some word problems!

1)There are 6 fish in a pond. 14 more fish are added. How many fish are there altogether?

2) I catch 12 butterflies in my net. The next day I catch 6 butterflies in my net. How  many butterflies did I catch in all? 

3) Mrs. Shea has 13 books. Mrs. LaRocca has 5 books. How many more books does Mrs. Shea have than Mrs. Larocca? 
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Hope you enjoyed the long weekend! Play an online  word game to practice your sight words. Check out Arcademics or ABCya for some fun games! Log on the Raz-kids, read a story and answer the questions. 
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Sharpen your skills! Log in to IXL or Raz-kids. Try your best. Have a great weekend! 
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It's Thursday! Let's work on our facts! Practice your addition and subtraction facts. Use flash cards or play a game on ABCya or Arcademics. 
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Happy Wednesday! Let's solve some word problems.

There are 6 children on bikes. Then 5 more children arrive on bikes. 3 children ride away. How many bikes are there now?

I have 7 soccer balls. I am given 5 more. How many soccer balls do I have now?

A cake shop sells 8 chocolate cakes on Monday and 5 on Tuesday. They also sold 3 strawberry shortcakes. How many cakes did the bakery sell in all?


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Good Morning! Let's continue to work on spelling. Today, practice spelling words that follow a phonics rule. It can be a cvc word, magic e word or a vowel team word. Ask a family member for help. Your family member can give you a word to spell. The words can be real words or nonsense words. Write the words or spell them out loud. Make sure you think of the rule the word follows. 
examples: cvc: dog, cat, mop, hut
magic e : lake, line
vowel team: boat, pie
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Good Morning first graders! Hope you enjoyed the sunshine this weekend. 
Let's work on some spelling. Grab a list of sightwords, dice, a pencil, some crayons and a piece of paper.
How to play: 
*Choose 1 word
*Roll the dice
If you roll: 
1: write a word 3x each
2: write the word in a sentence
3: write the word in rainbow colors
4: color code the word (write vowels with one color, consonants a different color)
5: write the word in block or bubble letters
6: spell the word out loud
*Choose another word and try again and again until you rolled each number. Have fun spelling! 
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TGIF! Log on IXL or Raz-kids to work on your ELA or math skills. Have a wonderful weekend! 
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Happy Thursday! Today is a good day to practice those basic math facts! Use flash cards, playing cards or your favorite game site like abcya or arcademics to sharpen those skills! 
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Good morning! It's Wednesday, let's solve some word problems! 
Zuri has 13 flowers in her garden. Sofia has 8. How many more flowers does Zuri have than Sofia?

Nia plants 5 seeds in her garden. Julian plants 6. Lena plants 7. How many seeds did they plant in all?
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Tuesday
Hello readers! Let's work on our phonics. Make a word ladder. It will can be made of real words and nonsense words. Choose a sound chunk to start (at, in, op etc). Draw a ladder. Put the chunk you chose at the bottom. Add letters to the beginning or the end of the chunk and change the word as you go up the ladder. Try another chunk!
Example: chunk: at
at
bat
rat
chat


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Hi 1st Graders! Remember when we used to practice our sight words together around the table? I miss doing that so much! Today I want you to try to do the same at home! Write some sight words on small pieces of paper. Take turns reading the words, just like we did in class. See if you and your family can read all of the words - I bet you can! Have fun! 

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TGIF! Sharpen those ELA and Math skills by working on Raz-kids and IXL. Do your best! Have a good weekend! 
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Good morning! It's a great day to practice some math facts! Use flash cards, a deck of playing cards, or a game on Arcademics or ABCya to sharped those skills! Have fun! 
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Good morning. It's Wednesday! Let's solve some word problems! 
Try your best to answer these questions:
Shaun sees 9 ants.
Beau sees 11 ants. How many ants do they see?
How did you know how to solve this problem?

12 fish were swimming in the lake. 3  fish swam away. How many fish are swimming in the lake now?
How did you know how to solve this problem?

Now it's your turn! Make up your own word problem. Be sure to include clue words. Have a family member solve the problem. 


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Tuesday
Good Morning! Hope you are doing well! I miss you!

Today I want you to be a kid author and create your own rhyming book!  Choose 4 sound chunks - for example: at, og, ip, and en.  Make 1 page for each chunk. Write a rhyming sentence and draw a picture that goes along with it. Be as silly as you'd like! Send me a picture of your book so I can read it! Have fun. 
Page 1 sample: Once I saw big black bat! I couldn't believe it, I've never seen anything like that! 
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Monday
Good Morning! I hope you had a nice weekend and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine! For today's activity, get outside and practice your sight words! Bring out a word list and choose 10 words. Write these words in colorful chalk. If you don't have chalk, make a colorful poster with 10 words! 
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TGIF! For your assignment today, I'd like you to log on to Raz-kids, IXL or happynumbers to sharpen your skills. Have fun and try your best! Have a nice weekend with your family! 
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April 30,  2020
Good morning! Can you believe it's the last day of April?

Let's end the month by being math fact pros! Practice your addition or subtraction facts by playing a card game with a family member. Find a deck of cards. Put down one card, ask a family member to put down one card. Add or subtract the numbers! If you can say the answer in 3 seconds or less, you get to keep the cards. If not, your family member get to hold them! Who ever has the most cards at the end of the game wins!

*You can give the face cards a number value. For example: Jack = 11, Queen= 12, King = 13 and ace = 1. 
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Good Morning 1st Grade! It's Wednesday! Let's do some math! 

Solve the following problems:
There were 15 kids at the birthday party on ZOOM. 7 kids ate cake. The rest ate ice cream. How many kids ate ice cream?

Zuri earned 9 stickers this week. 4 of them were stars and the rest were smiley faces. How many of the stickers were smiley faces? 
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
It's supposed to be a beautiful day! Let's get outside and play a phonice game!
Objective: Practice vowel sounds.
Activities: Play vowel race! 
How to play: Go outside with a family member. Use chalk to write the vowels on one end of your driveway or sidewalk. If you don't have chalk, just write the vowels on paper and place the paper on one end of the drive way or sidewalk. Have your family member say a word (it can be a real word or a nonsense word). Once you hear the word, run as fast as you can toward the vowel sound in the word! Keep going until you have found the vowel sound in 10 words. Have fun! 

When you get back inside, log on to Raz-kids, read a story, answer the questions and have a sip of water! 
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Welcome back from the weekend! Hope it was a good one! 

Review your sight words by making a sight word parking lot. Write some sight words down on on a sheet of paper(you can find lists on sightwords.com). Draw a long line next to each word. Make it look like a word parking lot! Find a small toy - a car, LOL doll, My Little Pony etc. Have a family member say a word. Find the word on your sheet and "park" your toy on the spot! 

Log on to Raz-kids. Read a story and answer the questions. :) 
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 Hi 1st Grade! Happy Friday! Please log on to Raz-Kids or Happy Numbers to work on your skills. I check daily to see who has logged on and how much progress you've been making. Keep up the good work! Have a nice weekend with your family! 
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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Hi 1st Graders! Hope you are having a good week. Let's review our math facts!

Play an addition/subtraction fact game. Write the digits 0-9 on small pieces of paper (do this twice). Spread out the cards on the floor or a table. Toss a penny, eraser, wrapped piece of candy (whatever you'd like-you get the idea) onto a card. Remember that number and toss again. Add or subtract the two numbers! Use a board or sheet of paper to write the facts that you figured out.

Have fun and try your best! 
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Good Morning 1st Grade! Happy Earth Day! It's Wednesday, let's do some math!

Objective: Practice one step word problems.

Activities: Please solve the word problem:

Meg planted 15 seeds in the garden and 3 seeds in the front of her house. How many seeds did Meg plant in all? How do you know?

Now it's your turn! Write your own math problem about Earth Day. Ask a family member to solve it.  You can email it to me and I'll solve it too! 

Have fun and try your best! 
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Hi 1st Graders! Hope you are all doing well. I miss you! 
Let's work on our sight words. Play a round of sight word bingo! Print out BINGO cards and word list from sightwords.com or make your own. Ask a family member to play along. I bet your family member will be so impressed to see how many words you know!

Log on to Raz-Kids, read a story and answer the questions. Some of you have been logging on very often and are almost ready to level up! Keep up the good work! 
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Monday, April 20, 2020
Good Morning, First Graders! Hope you enjoyed the week home with your family!
Let's review our phonics!

Objective: Practice reading decodable words

Directions: Review the vowel sounds. Watch "Fun and Fast Short Vowel Phonics Song" Video by Super English Kid on Youtube. Use your letter cards to sound out CVC words. If you do well with the short vowels, add in the magic e! Try your best! 




 

It's been a pleasure working with you this year! I am so proud of you for all of the hard work you have done and all of the progress you have made. 

Please be sure to continue working on your reading, writing and math skills over the summer. Feel free to email me if you would like some ideas  for review activities. 

I hope to see you in September! Please keep in touch over the summer! 
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Good morning! Happy Friday! Log on to Raz-kids or IXL to sharpen your skills! Have a good weekend! 
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It's Thursday- let's review our facts! Practice your addition and subtraction facts. Use flash cards, a worksheet or an online learning game to test your skills! Try your best! 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Good morning! Today you get to be the teacher and write a word problem! Choose to write an addition problem or a subtraction problem. Be sure to include clue words. Send it to me to solve! :) 
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Hello!  Read all of the first grade sight words. Next, try to read the second grade sight words. See how many words you get correct! You will find a list of sightwords on sightwords.com
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Good Morning! Today, sharpen your skills on IXL or Raz-kids. 
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I was SO HAPPY to see you at our Zoom meeting yesterday! I miss your smiling faces and loved working on our sight words together. You did an awesome job! I hope to see you again for another round of sight word practice soon!

For today's activity, please review your addition and subtraction facts. See how many facts you know as fast as you can say your name! Use flash cards or a game like this one to test your skill knowledge! https://www.softschools.com/math/games/mad_minute_math/
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Please join me for a Zoom meeting today at 3:00. We will go over our sight words, just like we did when we were in school. I hope to see you there! 
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Let's apply all of the sight words we've learned to some leveled reading! Choose a story on Raz-kids. Read the story and answer the comprehension questions. Hope to see you tomorrow for some sight word practice! Parents, please check your email for the link later on today. 
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It's June! I can't believe it! Let's practice our sight words today so we really know them before the end of the year! Use flash cards, play a game, write the words in colorful chalk or  markers, anything you would like to do to review your words! I would like to set up a Zoom meeting for later on this week to practice our words together. I will email meeting information. Hope to see you there! 
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Friday and the last school work day of May! Congratulations on all of your hard work this month. For today's practice, please log on to Raz-kids and IXL to sharpen those skills! I hope to check in with you next week on Zoom! 
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Happy Thursday! Today I would like you to review your basic facts. Use flash cards, playing cards, practice examples or anything you'd like! Play a game on arcademics or log on to IXL for even more fact practice. 
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Good  Morning! It's Wednesday, let's work on some word problems!

1)There are 6 fish in a pond. 14 more fish are added. How many fish are there altogether?

2) I catch 12 butterflies in my net. The next day I catch 6 butterflies in my net. How  many butterflies did I catch in all? 

3) Mrs. Shea has 13 books. Mrs. LaRocca has 5 books. How many more books does Mrs. Shea have than Mrs. Larocca? 
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Hope you enjoyed the long weekend! Play an online  word game to practice your sight words. Check out Arcademics or ABCya for some fun games! Log on the Raz-kids, read a story and answer the questions. 
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Sharpen your skills! Log in to IXL or Raz-kids. Try your best. Have a great weekend! 
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It's Thursday! Let's work on our facts! Practice your addition and subtraction facts. Use flash cards or play a game on ABCya or Arcademics. 
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Happy Wednesday! Let's solve some word problems.

There are 6 children on bikes. Then 5 more children arrive on bikes. 3 children ride away. How many bikes are there now?

I have 7 soccer balls. I am given 5 more. How many soccer balls do I have now?

A cake shop sells 8 chocolate cakes on Monday and 5 on Tuesday. They also sold 3 strawberry shortcakes. How many cakes did the bakery sell in all?
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Good Morning! Let's continue to work on spelling. Today, practice spelling words that follow a phonics rule. It can be a cvc word, magic e word or a vowel team word. Ask a family member for help. Your family member can give you a word to spell. The words can be real words or nonsense words. Write the words or spell them out loud. Make sure you think of the rule the word follows. 
examples: cvc: dog, cat, mop, hut
magic e : lake, line
vowel team: boat, pie
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Good Morning first graders! Hope you enjoyed the sunshine this weekend. 
Let's work on some spelling. Grab a list of sightwords, dice, a pencil, some crayons and a piece of paper.
How to play: 
*Choose 1 word
*Roll the dice
If you roll: 
1: write a word 3x each
2: write the word in a sentence
3: write the word in rainbow colors
4: color code the word (write vowels with one color, consonants a different color)
5: write the word in block or bubble letters
6: spell the word out loud
*Choose another word and try again and again until you rolled each number. Have fun spelling! 
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TGIF! Log on IXL or Raz-kids to work on your ELA or math skills. Have a wonderful weekend!
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Happy Thursday! Today is a good day to practice those basic math facts! Use flash cards, playing cards or your favorite game site like abcya or arcademics to sharpen those skills! 
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Good morning! It's Wednesday, let's solve some word problems! 
Zuri has 13 flowers in her garden. Sofia has 8. How many more flowers does Zuri have than Sofia?

Nia plants 5 seeds in her garden. Julian plants 6. Lena plants 7. How many seeds did they plant in all?
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Hello readers! Let's work on our phonics. Make a word ladder. It will can be made of real words and nonsense words. Choose a sound chunk to start (at, in, op etc). Draw a ladder. Put the chunk you chose at the bottom. Add letters to the beginning or the end of the chunk and change the word as you go up the ladder. Try another chunk!
Example: chunk: at
at
bat
rat
chat
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Hi 1st Graders! Remember when we used to practice our sight words together around the table? I miss doing that so much! Today I want you to try to do the same at home! Write some sight words on small pieces of paper. Take turns reading the words, just like we did in class. See if you and your family can read all of the words - I bet you can! Have fun! 
*words can be found on sightwords.com
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TGIF! Sharpen those ELA and Math skills by working on Raz-kids and IXL. Do your best! Have a good weekend! 
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Good morning! It's a great day to practice some math facts! Use flash cards, a deck of playing cards, or a game on Arcademics or ABCya to sharped those skills! Have fun! 
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Good morning. It's Wednesday! Let's solve some word problems! 
Try your best to answer these questions:
Shaun sees 9 ants.
Beau sees 11 ants. How many ants do they see?
How did you know how to solve this problem?

12 fish were swimming in the lake. 3  fish swam away. How many fish are swimming in the lake now?
How did you know how to solve this problem?

Now it's your turn! Make up your own word problem. Be sure to include clue words. Have a family member solve the problem. 
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Tuesday
Good Morning! Hope you are doing well! I miss you!

Today I want you to be a kid author and create your own rhyming book!  Choose 4 sound chunks - for example: at, og, ip, and en.  Make 1 page for each chunk. Write a rhyming sentence and draw a picture that goes along with it. Be as silly as you'd like! Send me a picture of your book so I can read it! Have fun. 
Page 1 sample: Once I saw big black bat! I couldn't believe it, I've never seen anything like that! 
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Monday 
Good Morning! I hope you had a nice weekend and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine! For today's activity, get outside and practice your sight words! Bring out a word list and choose 10 words. Write these words in colorful chalk. If you don't have chalk, make a colorful poster with 10 words! 
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TGIF! For your assignment today, I'd like you to log on to Raz-kids, IXL or happynumbers to sharpen your skills. Have fun and try your best! Have a nice weekend with your family! 

Thursday,  April 30, 2020
Good morning! Can you believe it's the last day of April?

Let's end the month by being math fact pros! Practice your addition or subtraction facts by playing a card game with a family member. Find a deck of cards. Put down one card, ask a family member to put down one card. Add or subtract the numbers! If you can say the answer in 3 seconds or less, you get to keep the cards. If not, your family member get to hold them! Who ever has the most cards at the end of the game wins!

*You can give the face cards a number value. For example: Jack = 11, Queen= 12, King = 13 and ace = 1. 
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Good Morning 1st Grade! It's Wednesday! Let's do some math! 

Solve the following problems:
There were 15 kids at the birthday party on ZOOM. 7 kids ate cake. The rest ate ice cream. How many kids ate ice cream?

Zuri earned 9 stickers this week. 4 of them were stars and the rest were smiley faces. How many of the stickers were smiley faces? 
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
It's supposed to be a beautiful day! Let's get outside and play a phonics game!
Objective: Practice vowel sounds.
Activities: Play vowel race! 
How to play: Go outside with a family member. Use chalk to write the vowels on one end of your driveway or sidewalk. If you don't have chalk, just write the vowels on paper and place the paper on one end of the drive way or sidewalk. Have your family member say a word (it can be a real word or a nonsense word). Once you hear the word, run as fast as you can toward the vowel sound in the word! Keep going until you have found the vowel sound in 10 words. Have fun! 

When you get back inside, log on to Raz-kids, read a story, answer the questions and have a sip of water! 
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Welcome back from the weekend! Hope it was a good one! 

Review your sight words by making a sight word parking lot. Write some sight words down on on a sheet of paper(you can find lists on sightwords.com). Draw a long line next to each word. Make it look like a word parking lot! Find a small toy - a car, LOL doll, My Little Pony etc. Have a family member say a word. Find the word on your sheet and "park" your toy on the spot! 

Log on to Raz-kids. Read a story and answer the questions. :) 
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Hi 1st Grade! Happy Friday! Please log on to Raz-Kids or Happy Numbers to work on your skills. I check daily to see who has logged on and how much progress you've been making. Keep up the good work! Have a nice weekend with your family! 
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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Hi 1st Graders! Hope you are having a good week. Let's review our math facts!

Play an addition/subtraction fact game. Write the digits 0-9 on small pieces of paper (do this twice). Spread out the cards on the floor or a table. Toss a penny, eraser, wrapped piece of candy (whatever you'd like-you get the idea) onto a card. Remember that number and toss again. Add or subtract the two numbers! Use a board or sheet of paper to write the facts that you figured out.

Have fun and try your best! 
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Good Morning 1st Grade! Happy Earth Day! It's Wednesday, let's do some math!

Objective: Practice one step word problems.

Activities: Please solve the word problem:

Meg planted 15 seeds in the garden and 3 seeds in the front of her house. How many seeds did Meg plant in all? How do you know?

Now it's your turn! Write your own math problem about Earth Day. Ask a family member to solve it.  You can email it to me and I'll solve it too! 

Have fun and try your best! 

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Hi 1st Graders! Hope you are all doing well. I miss you! 
Let's work on our sight words. Play a round of sight word bingo! Print out BINGO cards and word list from sightwords.com or make your own. Ask a family member to play along. I bet your family member will be so impressed to see how many words you know!

Log on to Raz-Kids, read a story and answer the questions. Some of you have been logging on very often and are almost ready to level up! Keep up the good work! 
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Monday, April 20, 2020
Good Morning, First Graders! Hope you enjoyed the week home with your family!
Let's review our phonics!

Objective: Practice reading decodable words

Directions: Review the vowel sounds. Watch " Fun and Fast Short Vowel Phonics Song" Video by Super English Kid on Youtube. Use your letter cards to sound out CVC words. If you do well with the short vowels, add in the magic e!
Choose a story to read on Raz-Kids. Remember to answer the questions! 
Try your best! 








 

It's been a pleasure working with you this year! I am so proud of you for all of the hard work you have done and all of the progress you have made. 

Please be sure to continue working on your reading, writing and math skills over the summer. Feel free to email me if you would like some ideas  for review activities. 

I hope to see you in September! Please keep in touch over the summer! 
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Good morning! Happy Friday! Log on to Raz-kids or IXL to sharpen your skills! Have a good weekend! 
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It's Thursday- let's review our facts! Practice your addition and subtraction facts. Use flash cards, a worksheet or an online learning game to test your skills! Try your best! 
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Good morning! Today you get to be the teacher and write a word problem! Choose to write an addition problem or a subtraction problem. Be sure to include clue words. Send it to me to solve! :) 
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Hello!  Read all of the second grade sight words. Next, try to read the third grade sight words. See how many words you get correct! You will find a list of sightwords on sightwords.com
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Good Morning!  Today, sharpen your skills on IXL or Raz-kids. 
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For today's activity, please review your addition and subtraction facts. See how many facts you know as fast as you can say your name! Use flash cards or a game like this one to test your skill knowledge! https://www.softschools.com/math/games/mad_minute_math/
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I already gave you a lot of work today! Instead of working on a pencil and paper activity, play a learning game of your choice on abcya or arcademics.
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Let's apply all of the sight words we've learned to some leveled reading! Choose a story on Raz-kids. Read the story and answer the comprehension questions. 
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It's June! I can't believe it! Let's practice our sight words today so we really know them before the end of the year! Use flash cards, play a game, write the words in colorful chalk or  markers, anything you would like to do to review your words! 
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It's Friday and the last school work day of May! Congratulations on all of your hard work this month. For today's practice, please log on to Raz-kids and IXL to sharpen those skills! 
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Happy Thursday! Today I would like you to review your basic facts. Use flash cards, playing cards, practice examples or anything you'd like! Play a game on arcademics or log on to IXL for even more fact practice. 
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It's Wednesday! Let's work on some word problems! Try your best! 

Ariely had 2 dimes, 4 nickels and 2 pennies. Travis had 2 quarters and 3 pennies. How much money did Ariely have? How much money did Travis have? Who had more money, Ariely or Travis? 

Dorian went shopping. He found some cottom candy for 87 cents. He had 2 quarters, 3 dimes and 6 pennies. Did he have enough money to buy the cotton candy? Explain how you know. 
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Hope you enjoyed the long weekend! Play an online  word game to practice your sight words. Check out Arcademics or ABCya for some fun games! Log on the Raz-kids, read a story and answer the questions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sharpen your skills! Log in to IXL or Raz-kids. Try your best. Have a great weekend! 
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It's Thursday! Let's work on our facts! Practice your addition and subtraction facts. Use flash cards or play a game on ABCya or Arcademics. 
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Happy Wednesday! Let's solve some word problems.

There are 46 children on bikes. Then 55 more children arrive on bikes. 13 children ride away. How many bikes are there now?

I have 37 soccer balls. I am given 25 more. How many soccer balls do I have now?

A cake shop sells 48 chocolate cakes on Monday 

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Good Morning! Let's continue to work on spelling. Today, practice spelling words that follow a phonics rule. It can be a cvc word, magic e word or a vowel team word. Ask a family member for help. Your family member can give you a word to spell. The words can be real words or nonsense words. Write the words or spell them out loud. Make sure you think of the rule the word follows. 
examples: cvc: dog, cat, mop, hut
magic e : lake, line
vowel team: boat, pie
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Let's work on some spelling. Grab a list of sightwords, dice, a pencil, some crayons and a piece of paper.
How to play: 
*Choose 1 word
*Roll the dice
If you roll: 
1: write a word 3x each
2: write the word in a sentence
3: write the word in rainbow colors
4: color code the word (write vowels with one color, consonants a different color)
5: write the word in block or bubble letters
6: spell the word out loud
*Choose another word and try again and again until you rolled each number. Have fun spelling! 
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TGIF! Log on IXL or Raz-kids to work on your ELA or math skills. Have a wonderful weekend! -
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Happy Thursday! Today is a good day to practice those basic math facts! Use flash cards, playing cards or your favorite game site like abcya or arcademics to sharpen those skills! 
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There are 17 students in second grade and 24 students in third grade. How  many students are in both grades combined?

The baker baked 201 cakes. If 120 cakes were sold, how many cakes are left in the bakery?
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Hello readers! Let's work on our phonics. Make a word ladder. It will can be made of real words and nonsense words. Choose a sound chunk to start (at, in, op etc). Draw a ladder. Put the chunk you chose at the bottom. Add letters to the beginning or the end of the chunk and change the word as you go up the ladder. Try another chunk!
Example: chunk: at
at
bat
rat
chat
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Monday
Remember when we used to practice our sight words together around the table? I miss doing that so much! Today I want you to try to do the same at home! Write some sight words on small pieces of paper. Take turns reading the words, just like we did in class. See if you and your family can read all of the words - I bet you can! Have fun! 
*words can be found on sightwords.com
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TGIF! Sharpen those ELA and Math skills by working on Raz-kids and IXL. Do your best! Have a good weekend! 
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Thursday:
Good morning! It's a great day to practice some math facts! Use flash cards, a deck of playing cards, or a game on Arcademics or ABCya to sharped those skills! Have fun! 
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Have you had enough word problems for the day? I hope not! Here are a couple more to try. :)

Ariely baked 365 cookies for the nurses and doctors. She gave 183 to the doctors and nurses at South Nassau. How many cookies does she have left?

Gia walked 593 steps on Monday and 371 steps on Tuesday. How many more steps did she walk on Monday than Tuesday?
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Good Morning! Hope you are doing well! I miss you!

Today I want you to be a kid author and create your own rhyming book!  Choose 4 sound chunks - for example: at, og, ip, and en.  Make 1 page for each chunk. Write a rhyming sentence and draw a picture that goes along with it. Be as silly as you'd like! Send me a picture of your book so I can read it! Have fun. 
Page 1 sample: Once I saw big black bat! I couldn't believe it, I've never seen anything like that! 
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Monday
Good Morning! I hope you had a nice weekend and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine! For today's activity, get outside and practice your sight words! Bring out a word list and choose 10 words. Write these words in colorful chalk. If you don't have chalk, make a colorful poster with 10 words! 
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TGIF! For your assignment today, I'd like you to log on to Raz-kids, IXL or happynumbers to sharpen your skills. Have fun and try your best! Have a nice weekend with your family! 
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Thursday,  April 30, 2020
Let's end the month by being math fact pros! Practice your addition or subtraction facts by playing a card game with a family member. Find a deck of cards. Put down one card, ask a family member to put down one card. Add or subtract the numbers! If you can say the answer in 3 seconds or less, you get to keep the cards. If not, your family member get to hold them! Who ever has the most cards at the end of the game wins!

*You can give the face cards a number value. For example: Jack = 11, Queen= 12, King = 13 and ace = 1. 
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
You've been doing a great job with your math. For today's activity, please practice your subtraction facts! Make your own math minute sheet and see how many questions you can get correct in 3 minutes! On your mark, get set, go! 
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
It's supposed to be a beautiful day! Let's get outside and play a phonics game!
Objective: Practice vowel sounds.
Activities: Play vowel race! 
How to play: Go outside with a family member. Use chalk to write the vowels on one end of your driveway or sidewalk. If you don't have chalk, just write the vowels on paper and place the paper on one end of the drive way or sidewalk. Have your family member say a word (it can be a real word or a nonsense word). Once you hear the word, run as fast as you can toward the vowel sound in the word! Keep going until you have found the vowel sound in 10 words. Have fun! 

When you get back inside, log on to Raz-kids, read a story, answer the questions and have a sip of water! 
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Welcome back from the weekend! Hope it was a good one! 

Review your sight words by making a sight word parking lot. Write some sight words down on on a sheet of paper(you can find lists on sightwords.com). Draw a long line next to each word. Make it look like a word parking lot! Find a small toy - a car, LOL doll, My Little Pony etc. Have a family member say a word. Find the word on your sheet and "park" your toy on the spot! 

Log on to Raz-kids. Read a story and answer the questions. :) 
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Hi 2nd Grade! It's me again! Please log on to Raz-Kids or Happy Numbers to work on your skills. I check daily to see who has logged on and how much progress you've been making. Keep up the good work! Have a nice weekend with your family! 
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Hello again 2nd graders!  Let's review our math facts!

Play an addition/subtraction fact game. Write the digits 0-9 on small pieces of paper (do this twice). Spread out the cards on the floor or a table. Toss a penny, eraser, wrapped piece of candy (whatever you'd like-you get the idea) onto a card. Remember that number and toss again. Add or subtract the two numbers! Use a board or sheet of paper to write the facts that you figured out.

Have fun and try your best! 
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Good Morning 2nd  Graders!  It's Wednesday, let's do some math!

Objective: Practice one step word problems.

Activities: Please solve the word problem:

Meg planted 15 seeds in the garden and 19 seeds in the front of her house. How many seeds did Meg plant in all? How do you know?

Now it's your turn! Write your own math problem about Earth Day. Ask a family member to solve it.  You can email it to me and I'll solve it too! 

Have fun and try your best! 
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Tuesday, April 22, 2020
Hello again 2nd  Graders! I know you already have plenty to do today, but if you'd like to review some sight words, give this activity a try! 

Play a round of sight word bingo! Print out BINGO cards and word list from sightwords.com or make your own. Ask a family member to play along. I bet your family member will be so impressed to see how many words you know! 

Log on to Raz-Kids, read a story and answer the questions. Some of you have been logging on very often and are almost ready to level up! Keep up the good work! 
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Monday, April 20, 2020
Good Morning, second graders! Hope you enjoyed the week home with your family!
Let's review our phonics!

Objective: Practice reading decodable words

Directions: Review the vowel sounds. Watch "Fun and Fast Short Vowel Phonics Song" Video by Super English Kid on Youtube. Use your letter cards to sound out CVC words. If you do well with the short vowels, add in the magic e!

Choose a story on Raz-Kids. Remember to answer the  questions. Try your best! 

It's been a pleasure working with you this year! I am so proud of you for all of the hard work you have done and all of the progress you have made. 

Please be sure to continue working on your reading, writing and math skills over the summer. Feel free to email me if you would like some ideas  for review activities. 

I hope to see you in September! Please keep in touch over the summer! 
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Good morning! Happy Friday! Log on to Raz-kids or IXL to sharpen your skills! Have a good weekend! 
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It's Thursday and you know what that means! Flahs Card Challenge! See how many facts you know in 3 seconds or less! Ready, set, go! 
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Good morning! Today you get to be the teacher and write a word problem! Choose to write an addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division problem. Be sure to include clue words. Send it to me to solve! :) 
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Good morning! Read all of the third grade sight words. Then, try to spell them! See how many words you can read and spell correctly! 

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Good Morning! Good job with all of your work this week. Today, sharpen your skills on IXL or Raz-kids. 
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It's Thursday, time for Flash Card Challenge! Please join me at 3:00 for a Zoom Flash Card Challenge! I sent an email with the link for the meeting. See you there! :) 
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It's Wednesday! Let's WRITE some word problems! Today I would like YOU to write the word problems! See if you can write 2 really good word problems. Write one 1-step problem and one 2-step problem. You can send them to me to solve! 

Join me on Thursday for a Flash Card Challenge Zoom at 3:00! Daniel, Nyla and I had a lot of fun last week and would love for you to join us! 

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Let's apply all of the sight words we've learned to some leveled reading! Choose a story on Raz-kids. Read the story and answer the comprehension questions.  

Let's have another Flash Card Challenge on Thursday at 3:00. I will send a link with log in information. See you there! 
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It's June! I can't believe it! Let's practice our sight words today so we really know them before the end of the year! Use flash cards, play a game, write the words in colorful chalk or  markers, anything you would like to do to review your words! 
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It's Friday and the last school work day of May! Congratulations on all of your hard work this month. For today's practice, please log on to Raz-kids and IXL to sharpen those skills! I hope to check in with you next week on Zoom! 
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Hi third grade! It's Thursday! Let's play Flash Card Challenge! If anybody would like to play Flash Card Challenge over Zoom, I'm going to set up a  meeting for today at 3:00. I'd love to see how fast you've gotten with your facts! Hope to see you there! 
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Happy Wednesday! Let's work on some word problems! 
Logan had 98  baseball cards. He kept 10 and shared the rest evenly among his 8 friends. How many baseball cards did each friend get? 

A teacher bought 12 boxes of crayons. Seven of the boxes had 9 crayons and the other five boxes had 10 crayons. How many crayons did the teacher buy in all?
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Hope you enjoyed the long weekend! Play an online  word game to practice your sight words. Check out Arcademics or ABCya for some fun games! Log on the Raz-kids, read a story and answer the questions. 
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Sharpen your skills! Log in to IXL or Raz-kids. Try your best. Have a great weekend! 
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It's Thursday! Flash Card Challenge! You know what to do! Have fun and try your best! I miss you all and hope you are doing well. Hope to play Flash Card Challenge with you again one day soon. 
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Happy Wednesday! Let's solve some word problems.
These problems go together. You may have to look back at a different problem to seek information. 

There are 6 children on line at the store. Each child has $12. How much money do the children have?

One child wanted to buy 4 candy bars. Each candy bar costs $2. Will the child have enough money? Explain.

A different child wanted to by 3 candy bars and 2 books. Each book costs $3. Will that child have enough money? Explain. 


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Good Morning! Let's continue to work on spelling. Today, practice spelling words that follow a phonics rule. It can be a cvc word, magic e word or a vowel team word. Ask a family member for help. Your family member can give you a word to spell. The words can be real words or nonsense words. Mix it up with some one syllable words and 2 syllable words. Write the words or spell them out loud. Make sure you think of the rule the word follows. 
examples: cvc: dog, cat, mop, hut
magic e : lake, line
vowel team: boat, pie
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Good Morning 3rd graders! Hope you enjoyed the sunshine this weekend. 
Let's work on some spelling. Grab a list of sightwords, dice, a pencil, some crayons and a piece of paper.
How to play: 
*Choose 1 word
*Roll the dice
If you roll: 
1: write a word 3x each
2: write the word in a sentence
3: write the word in rainbow colors
4: color code the word (write vowels with one color, consonants a different color)
5: write the word in block or bubble letters
6: spell the word out loud
*Choose another word and try again and again until you rolled each number. Have fun spelling! 
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-TGIF! Log on IXL or Raz-kids to work on your ELA or math skills. Have a wonderful weekend! 
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It's Thursday! Time for FLASH CARD CHALLENGE! Send me those scores so I know how you're doing! 
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Good Morning! It's Wednesday, let's work on some word problems! 
Chloe helped her grandma pick up some paperclips that spilled out of a box. She was able to collect 81 paper clips. If she wants to put the paper clips in 9 boxes, write an equation to show how many paper clips each box will contain. 

Logan spent 2 hours gathering all of his Star Wars drawings. He thought of placing an equal number of drawings in 4 rooms of his house. If Logan has 32 drawings, how many drawings will be places in each of the four rooms?
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Hello readers! Let's work on our phonics. Make a word ladder. It will can be made of real words and nonsense words. Choose a sound chunk to start (at, in, op etc). Draw a ladder. Put the chunk you chose at the bottom. Add letters to the beginning or the end of the chunk and change the word as you go up the ladder. Try another chunk!
Example: chunk: at
at
bat
rat
chat
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Hi 3rd Graders! Remember when we used to practice our sight words together around the table? I miss doing that so much! Today I want you to try to do the same at home! Write some sight words on small pieces of paper. Take turns reading the words, just like we did in class. See if you and your family can read all of the words - I bet you can! Have fun! 
*words can be found on sightwords.com-
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TGIF! Sharpen those ELA and Math skills by working on Raz-kids and IXL. Do your best! Have a good weekend! 
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It's that time again...Flash Card Challenge! You know what to do! Share your scores with me. I miss our flash card challenges in class very much! 
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Happy Wednesday! Let's work on some math! You know I love word problems, do you? love them or not, try your best! 

Daniel made a bird house with wood, glue and paint. The bird house had 6 windows. If he wanted to use 4 different colors of paint for each window, how many different colors would be need?

Nyla did her schoolwork for 6 hours. She drinks some water 3 times each hour. How many times did Nyla drink water? 

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Good Morning! Hope you are doing well! I miss you!

Today I want you to be a kid author and create your own rhyming book!  Choose 4 sound chunks - for example: at, og, ip, and en.  Make 1 page for each chunk. Write a rhyming sentence and draw a picture that goes along with it. Be as silly as you'd like! Send me a picture of your book so I can read it! Have fun. 
Page 1 sample: Once I saw big black bat! I couldn't believe it, I've never seen anything like that! 
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Monday
Good Morning! I hope you had a nice weekend and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine! For today's activity, get outside and practice your sight words! Bring out a word list and choose 10 words. Write these words in colorful chalk. If you don't have chalk, make a colorful poster with 10 words! 
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TGIF! For your assignment today, I'd like you to log on to Raz-kids, IXL or happynumbers to sharpen your skills. Have fun and try your best! Have a nice weekend with your family! 
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Thursday,  April 30, 2020
Happy Thursday and you know what that means....It's time for Flash Card Challenge! You know the drill! Play Flash Card Challenge at home. 
Email me with your results! Good luck and have fun! 
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Wednesday,  April 29, 2020
Good morning 3rd Grade! It's Wednesday, let's work on some math word problems!
Please solve this problem:
Matthew ans his brother TJ played basketball. Each basket was worth 3 points. Matthew scored 9 points. TJ scored 6 points. What is the total number of baskets made during the game?

Now it's your turn! Make up your own word problem. Ask a family member to solve it. Email it to me so I can solve it too! 
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
It's supposed to be a beautiful day! Let's get outside and play a phonice game!
Objective: Practice vowel sounds.
Activities: Play vowel race! 
How to play: Go outside with a family member. Use chalk to write the vowels on one end of your driveway or sidewalk. If you don't have chalk, just write the vowels on paper and place the paper on one end of the drive way or sidewalk. Have your family member say a word (it can be a real word or a nonsense word). Once you hear the word, run as fast as you can toward the vowel sound in the word! Keep going until you have found the vowel sound in 10 words. Have fun! 

When you get back inside, log on to Raz-kids, read a story, answer the questions and have a sip of water! 
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, April 27, 2020
Welcome back from the weekend! Hope it was a good one! 

Review your sight words by making a sight word parking lot. Have a family member say a sight words. Spell the word and write it down on on a sheet of paper(you can find lists on sightwords.com). Draw a long line next to each word. Make it look like a word parking lot! Find a small toy - a car, LOL doll, My Little Pony etc. Have a family member say a word. Find the word on your sheet and "park" your toy on the spot! 

Log on to Raz-kids. Read a story and answer the questions. :) 
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Hi 3rd Grade! Happy Friday! Please log on to Raz-Kids or Happy Numbers to work on your skills. I check daily to see who has logged on and how much progress you've been making. Keep up the good work! Have a nice weekend with your family! 
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Thursday, April 23, 2020
Hi 3rd Graders! I miss you! 
You know what day it is-it's Thursday and that means Flash Card Challenge ! I miss our group Flash Card Challenges, but hope you're continuing our tradition at home with your families. Please let me know how many facts you got correct! I bet you're getting so many right now! Have fun and try your best! 
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Good Morning 3rd Grade! Happy Earth Day! It's Wednesday, let's do some math!

Objective: Practice 2 step word problems.

Activities: Please solve the word problem:

Meg planted 3 rows of 6 seeds and 5 rows of 9 seeds in her garden. How many seeds did Meg plant? How did you find your answer?

Now it's your turn! Write your own math problem about Earth Day. Ask a family member to solve it.  You can email it to me and I'll solve it too! 

Have fun and try your best! 
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Hi 3rd Graders! Hope you are all doing well. I miss you! 
Let's work on our sight words. Play a round of sight word bingo! Print out BINGO cards and word list from sightwords.com or make your own. Ask a family member to play along. I bet your family member will be so impressed to see how many words you know!

Log on to Raz-Kids, read a story and answer the questions. Some of you have been logging on very often and are almost ready to level up! Keep up the good work! 
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Good Morning Third Graders! Hope you had a relaxing week at home with your families!
Let's review our phonics! 

Objective: Practice reading decodable words

Directions: Review the vowel sounds. Watch "Fun and Fast Short Vowel Phonics Song" Video by Super English Kid on Youtube. Use your letter cards to sound out words. Try the following patterns:
cvc
magic e
vowel team oa
vowel team oe

Choose a story on Raz-Kids. Remember to answer the questions. :) Try your best! 

It's been a pleasure working with you this year! I am so proud of you for all of the hard work you have done and all of the progress you have made. 

Please be sure to continue working on your reading, writing and math skills over the summer. Feel free to email me if you would like some ideas  for review activities. 

I hope to see you in September! Please keep in touch over the summer! 
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Good morning! Happy Friday! Log on to Raz-kids or IXL to sharpen your skills! Have a good weekend! 
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It's Thursday- let's review our facts! Practice your addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. Use flash cards, a worksheet or an online learning game to test your skills! Try your best! 
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Good Morning! Today, sharpen your skills on IXL or Raz-kids. 
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Good Morning! For today's activity, please work on your basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. Use flash cards or learning games to help you test you fact knowledge! 
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Log on to IXL to work on your skills. Please email me with any problems you've been having trouble with! 
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Please practice your skills on IXL. Log on to  flipgrid and work together to solve problems! 
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It's Friday and the last school work day of May! Congratulations on all of your hard work this month. For today's practice, please log on to IXL to sharpen those skills! 
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Please work on your basic facts. Log in to IXL or play a different math game to sharpen your skills! 
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Log in to our Flipgrid and check out the problem of the week. Josie, you're up! Use Flipcode 81c2d2df
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Log on to IXL to practice your skills! 
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Sharpen your skills! Log in to IXL. Try your best. Have a great weekend! 
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It was so nice seeing you yesterday on ZOOM! Good luck on your quiz today! 
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Join me for extra help tomorrow at 3:00! An email with the Zoom meeting information has been sent. Hope to see you there! 
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Log on to Flipgrid and check it out! We will have an extra help session on Wednesday at 3:00. Be prepared with page and question numbers. See you then! 
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Our Flipgrid is ready to go! Our new flipcode is 81c2d2df. If you forgot your log-in information, let me know and I can resend! 

Josie posted our first video, so she is up first for the problem of the week. Once she posts, it's up to the rest of the group to help her out! Have fun! 
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TGIF! Log on IXL  to work on your ELA or math skills. We will start with math problems on Fliprid next week. Have a wonderful weekend! 
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There's still time to sign in on Flipgrid! 
Work on those basic math facts. It will help you tremendously with your math work if you know your facts! 
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Join Josie and I on Flipgrid! I sent an email with  more information. :) 
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Try out Flipgrid! Kindly ask your parents check their email later on today for our Flipcode and more information about this app. Log in, check it out and submit your video snippet if you'd like to participate. 
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This week we're going to use Flipgrid to help each other with our math skills. To get ready, please find 1 example that you had difficulty solving recently. Write down the topic, the page number and the example number. We will help you solve this problem by talking it out in short videoes on Flipgrid! 
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TGIF! Sharpen those Math skills by working on IXL. Do your best! Have a good weekend! 

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Good morning! It's a great day to practice some math facts! Use flash cards, a deck of playing cards, or a game on Arcademics or ABCya to sharped those skills! Have fun! 
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Happy Wednesday! Let's solve some word problems! 
Josie had 2 boxes of pencils with 14 pencils in each box. She gave six pencils to Bella. How many pencils does Josie have left?

Faith and Hope went to the movies. Faith bought the two movie tickets for $7.35 each. Hope bought two buckets of popcorn for $5.60 each. How much more money did Faith spend than Hope?
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Tuesday
Work on those basic facts! They are the foundation of everything you do with math! Use flash cards or play a game on ABCya to work on your addition, subtraction, multiplication or division facts. 
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Monday
Hi 4th Grade! Hope you had a good weekend! 
I know we checked in with each other last week, but how have things been going since then? Are there any topics you're having trouble with? Help a parent email me  and we can work on a couple of problems together on zoom or email! 

Log on to Happy Numbers or IXL and work on your skills! 

Try your best! 
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TGIF! For your assignment today, I'd like you to log on  IXL or happynumbers to sharpen your skills. Have fun and try your best! Have a nice weekend with your family! 
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Thursday,  April 30, 2020
Hi 4th graders! Let's end the month as math fact pros! Review all of your basic facts! Use flash cards, a deck of cards, IXL or abcya to sharpen your skills! 
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
It was so great seeing you yesterday! Let's work a little more on changing a mixed number into an improper fraction! 
Change these mixed numbers into an improper fraction.
5 3/7  (five and three sevenths)    6 4/5  (six and four fifths)   3 7/8 (three and seven eights). 
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
ZOOM meeting today at 3:00. Please have some questions ready! I'm looking forward to seeing you! 
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Welcome back from the weekend!
Please start writing down examples that you would like to review during our ZOOM meeting.

Practice your multiplication facts!

Work on happynumbers.com
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Hi 4th Grade! Happy Friday! Please log on to Raz-Kids or Happy Numbers to work on your skills. I check daily to see who has logged on and how much progress you've been making. Keep up the good work! Have a nice weekend with your family! 

*Please note* We will have an extra help Zoom meeting on Tuesday afternoon at 3:00. I'll send log in information next week. Hope to "see" you there so we cna go over any math topics you'd like some help with! 
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Thursday, April 23, 2020
Hi 4th Graders! 
For today's activity, I'd like you to review your multiplication and division facts or any other skill you would like to review on IXL or by playing a learning game on ABCya. Please help a family member email me if you'd like extra help with your math and we can set  up a zoom meeting to go over your work! 
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Good Morning 4th Grade! Happy Earth Day! 

Objective: Practice 2 step word problems.

Activities: Please solve the word problem:

Meg has a green thumb and loves to have a beautiful garden. She planted 23 rows of 36 seeds and 15 rows of 79 seeds in her garden. How many seeds did Meg plant? How did you find your answer?

Now it's your turn! Write your own math problem about Earth Day. Ask a family member to solve it.  You can email it to me and I'll solve it too! 

Have fun and try your best! 
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Hello 4th graders! 
Please log on to IXL or happy numbers and work on your  math skills. Remember, please help a family member email me if you're having any trouble with your math work from class. I'd be  happy to help! 
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Monday, April 21, 2020
Good Morning 4th Graders! Hope you had a relaxing week at home with your family!

I miss working with all of you! How have you been doing with your math?