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Reading Resources

• Raz-Kids: Books on line that are just right for reading

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Unit 1: Building Good Reading Habits (September)

In this unit, we work to build good reading habits and encourage a love of reading that will carry kids through their first-grade year.  We also begin focusing on building stamina, tackling hard words and talking about our reading lives with friends.

What your kids should be doing:

• Reading books and texts that they are excited about!  

• Finding good quiet places where they can focus

• Looking for "just right" books that are not too hard or too easy

• Pausing after a section or chapter to check their comprehension

• Stopping to tackle hard words and think about what they mean instead of skipping over them

Reading Charts:

• Readers Build Good Habits

• Reading Partners Work Together

• Do Something at the End

• Good Habits for Solving Hard Words

• Readers Talk About Books

Unit 2:  Word Detective (October-Early November)

In this Unit, students will begin the challenge of becoming Word Detectives!  We will focus on noticing when we do not know a word and strategies to solve words.  This unit is designed to give students the tools they need to tackle difficult words and the confidence to never give up.

What your kids should be doing:

• Stop when they come to a word they do not know and try something.

• Look closely at the word to solve it.

• Break the word into parts.

• NEVER give up on a word.

• Check to make sure the word looks right and sounds right in the sentence.

Reading Charts:

• How to Be a Word Detective

• Word Detectives Use Snap Words to Read

• Word Detectives Take an Even Closer Look

• Good Habits for Solving Hard Words

Unit 3:  Learning  About The World (November-December)

Unit 4:  Readers Get to Know Characters (January)

Unit 5:  Readers Have Big Jobs to Do (February-March)

Unit 6:  Reading Nonfiction Cover to Cover (March-April)

Unit 7:  Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons (May)

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Web Resources~

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1st grade Sight Word List

Sight word and reading site/app:  www.starfall.com

Spelling City:  Practice spelling sight words:  https://www.spellingcity.com/

​Free flash card maker for sight words:  http://www.kitzkikz.com/flashcards/

RAZ kids: https://www.raz-kids.com/
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Sight Words Learning Games- Free lite version on Google Play and App Store.  Full version is $1.99 in Play Store.

Phonics Spelling and Sight Words- Free App

Kids Reading Sight Words-  (Lite Version is free) app by Intellijoy

Free Digital Books:  http://www.wegivebooks.org/

Sight word Practice:  Sight Word Ninja (Free App for Iphone and IPad only)

Great site for all subjects!  http://www.abcya.com

Math Resources

• Zearn - math lessons and practice that are aligned with the lessons we teach in class

• LearnZillion - math instructional videos built by a world-class team of teachers

• IXL- practice math problems online

• MathGames - build up your fluency with engaging math games

Modules: (Sept.-Oct.)

Module 1:  In this first module of Grade 1, students make significant progress towards fluency with addition and subtraction of numbers to 10 (1.OA.6) as they are presented with opportunities intended to advance them from counting all to counting on, which leads many students then to decomposing and composing addends and total amounts. In Kindergarten, students achieved fluency with addition and subtraction facts to 5. This means they can decompose 5 into 4 and 1, 3 and 2, and 5 and 0. They can do this without counting all. They perceive the 3 and 2 embedded within the 5.

• Topic A Parent Letter

• Topic B Parent letter

• Topic C Parent Letter

• Topic D Parent Letter

• Topic E Parent Letter

• Topic F Parent Letter

• Topic G Parent Letter

• Topic H Parent Letter

• Topic I Parent Letter

• Topic J Parent Letter

Lesson Videos

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Web Resources~

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Math Games: 
Eureka Math Curriculum link:
https://greatminds.org/store/products/eureka-basic-curriculum

http://www.coolmath-games.com/

http://www.mathplayground.com/

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

http://www.funbrain.com/

www.learnzillion.com

http://mrnussbaum.com/grade_1_standards/

http://www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

https://www.georgiastandards.org/Common-Core/Pages/Math-K-5.aspx

http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/index.html

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Grade 1 Common Core Strands (Copy and Paste link to browser)
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
• Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
http://www.mathplayground.com/NewThinkingBlocks/thinking_blocks_addition_subtraction.html
http://mrnussbaum.com/mathemorphosis-2/
http://mrnussbaum.com/best-math-friends-instructions/

• Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
http://www.mathplayground.com/NewThinkingBlocks/thinking_blocks_addition_subtraction.html
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/complete-the-addition-sentence
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/poddle-weigh-in/

• Add and subtract within 20.
http://www.ictgames.com/save_the_whale_v4.html
http://www.ictgames.com/flight_for_fuel.html
http://akidsheart.com/math/mathgames/addtoten.htm
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=198
http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_JetSkiAddition.html
http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_IslandChaseSubtraction.html

• Work with addition and subtraction equations.
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/addition-word-problems-sums-to-18
http://media.emgames.com/emgames/demosite/playdemo.html?activity=M2A077&activity
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/mission/mission.html
http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=CalcBalancev5
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/numbers/chi.shtml
http://www.ictgames.com/flight_for_fuel.html

Number and Operations in Base Ten
• Extend the counting sequence.
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Higher%20And%20Lower%20-%20Reveal%20and%20Order%20v6.swf
http://mrnussbaum.com/number-chart-2
http://www.abcya.com/one_hundred_number_chart_game.htm

• Understand place value.
http://www.ictgames.com/sharknumbers.html
http://www.ictgames.com/dinoplacevalue.html
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_152_g_1_t_1.html
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=496&engine=5
http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/assets/asset_view.html?s=CJ_2_12A

• Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/fruit_shoot_place_value.htm
http://members.learningplanet.com/act/count/free.asp
http://www.learningbox.com/base10/baseTen.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/scooterQuestJunior.htm
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/counting-tens-and-ones-up-to-20

Measurement and Data
• Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/meas.cgi?A1=s&A2=1&A3=0&INSTRUCTS=1
http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/games/hoptoit.swf
http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/games/hoptoit.swf
http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/support-files/measuringshoes.pdf

• Tell and write time.
http://mrnussbaum.com/clockmaker/
http://mrnussbaum.com/bedtime-2/
http://www.mathsisfun.com/time-clocks-analog-digital.html
http://www.teachingtimeclock.com/analogue-clock-teaching-time-iwb-resource.php

• Represent and interpret data.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/data/interpreting_data/play/popup.shtml

Geometry
• Reason with shapes and their attributes.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=27
http://www.counton.org/games/map-fractions/spring/
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_270_g_1_t_3.html
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/buttons/
http://www.mathplayground.com/patternblocks.html
http://mrnussbaum.com/shape-maker-ipad.html