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E.C.I.S.D. Distance Learning Instructional Packet First Grade ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 1
E.C.I.S.D.
Distance Learning
Instructional Packet
First Grade
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 1
March 19, 2020 Dear East Central ISD Families,
While our school district is closed to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our students, staff, and community, we are providing you with some materials to engage students in learning from home. All students will have choice boards that include activities to reinforce learning. Student choice boards will be posted on the ECISD website under the Our Families link which is located off of the main page of www.ecisd.net. Our staff has created two options for your child to access learning at home. The first option is Google Classroom. Your child’s teacher will be reaching out to you/your child to share how they will access Google Classroom. The second option is a version of the same material just in a paper format. We will begin with learning activities that will reinforce previously learned content. Students can submit their completed work online through Google Classroom or they can keep evidence of their work in a notebook (spiral, composition) or on paper. Evidence can be presented in many ways to include things like pictures/videos, notebook entries and/or more traditional written responses. Students who utilize the paper format can bring evidence of their work once we return to school.
During this time, our gradebook will be frozen. This means students will not receive any new grades for learning that occurs while we are out. Teachers will communicate with students/families regularly to provide feedback and assist with student learning. Once students return, teachers will evaluate student work and make adjustments to grades that represent student learning that occurred during this period of time.
We appreciate your patience and look forward to working together in an effort to best support you and your family. We miss all of our students and look forward to seeing them again once school resumes.
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 2
19 de marzo de 2020
Estimadas familias de East Central ISD:
Mientras nuestro distrito escolar está cerrado para asegurar la seguridad y el bienestar de nuestros estudiantes, el personal y la comunidad, les estamos proporcionando algunos materiales para que los estudiantes aprendan desde su hogar. Todos los estudiantes tendrán acceso a una plataforma de aprendizaje en línea (choice boards) que incluye actividades para reforzar el aprendizaje. La plataforma se publicará en el sitio web de ECISD en el enlace Nuestras familias que se encuentra en la página principal de www.ecisd.net. Nuestro personal ha creado dos opciones para que su hijo/a tenga acceso al aprendizaje en casa. La primera opción es Google Classroom. El maestro de su hijo/a se comunicará con usted / su hijo/a para compartir cómo accederán a Google Classroom. La segunda opción es una versión del mismo material solo en formato papel. Comenzaremos con actividades de aprendizaje que reforzarán el contenido ya aprendido. Los estudiantes pueden enviar su trabajo completado en línea a través de Google Classroom o pueden guardar evidencia de su trabajo en un cuaderno (espiral, composición) o en papel. La evidencia se puede presentar de muchas maneras para incluir cosas como imágenes / videos, entradas de cuaderno y / o respuestas escritas más tradicionales. Los estudiantes que utilizan el formato de papel pueden traer evidencia de su trabajo una vez que regresemos a la escuela.
Durante este tiempo, nuestro sistema de calificaciones estará suspendido. Esto significa que los estudiantes no recibirán nuevas calificaciones por el aprendizaje que ocurra mientras estamos fuera de la escuela. Los maestros se comunicarán con los estudiantes / familias regularmente para proporcionar comentarios y ayudar con el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Una vez que los estudiantes regresen, los maestros evaluarán el trabajo de los estudiantes y harán ajustes a las calificaciones que representan el aprendizaje de los estudiantes que ocurrió durante este período de tiempo.
Agradecemos su paciencia y trabajaremos juntos en el mejor esfuerzo para apoyar a usted y a su familia. Extrañamos a todos nuestros estudiantes y esperamos a verlos cuando regresemos a la escuela.
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 3
Suggested Daily Schedule for PreK-5th Grade
Before 9:00am Morning Routine Wake up, make your bed, eat breakfast and get ready for
an awesome day! And yes, change out of PJs :)
9:00-9:30 Free Play/Creative Legos, magnatiles, drawing, crafts, make a fort, dramatic play, Playdough, doll house, Collage, cardboard box creation,
9:30-11:00 Academic Time Math and Science (See Choice Boards)
11:00-12:00 Lunch and Physical Activity Take this opportunity to teach your child about recipes Play outside, walk the dog, ride a bike
12:00-12:30 Quiet time/Story Time Reading, retell stories, puzzles, naps, Puppet show
12:30-2:00 Academic Time Reading/Writing and Social Studies (See Choice Boards)
2:00-2:30 Chore Time Wipe down table and chairs, handles, pick up toys and academic materials
2:30-4:00 Family and Outdoor Play Board games, Simon Says, Ispy, Hide and Seek, Nature walk, SideWalk Chalk, Bubbles, Tag, Jump Rope,
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 4
Week 1 Choice Board Students should complete the reading column daily. Select at least 3 additional activities per column per week to complete. Each activity should not take more than 20-30 minutes. The expected learning time per day is 2-3 hours.
Reading Writing Math Science Social Studies Other
Read 20 minutes everyday (you can read to yourself, to someone else, to a
stuffed animal, etc.). 1.Choose a text to read or listen to (Epic, Reading A-Z, storylineonline.net) 2. Set a timer for 20 minutes. READ! 3. Choose a BINGO square from the Reading Response Bingo Prompts 4. Read Sight Words 5. Read the CVCe & CVVC WORD LIST
Write about a fun day you had with your family.
Go on a walk with an adult and collect sticks, rocks, and leaves. Choose 4 numbers between 1 and 120. Represent them using rocks as 1’s, sticks as 10’s, and leaves as 100’s.
Record the weather outside.
Explain the purpose for having rules
home school community
Drawing Challenge: Draw yourself as a superhero
Write 5 words that describe you. Ask your family to write 2 words about you, do they have the same words? PicCollage
Using characters from a story you recently read, create 3 story problems about the following equation: 8+6 = 14
Collect 2 to 3 metal items and 2 to 3 wood items. Sort the items 2 different ways.
Read any article from Studies Weekly 3 -Students have a login from their teacher. The site will read to students
Set a timer to see how long you can balance on one foot.
Write your sight words using bubble letters or rainbow colors.
Draw, color, and cut out 8 different shapes. Write their name and how many sides and vertices they have.
Get an object (such as a small toy, pencil, marble, cup of water, etc.), illustrate, label and record it’s physical properties both before and after being placed in the freezer. Share your observations and discuss any changes that occurred in your item.
What If Everybody did That by Ellen Javernick Discuss the importance of following rules with an adult or older sibling
Create something using recycled materials
Write a note to your friend.
Choose 2 pieces of clothing. Lay them down
Shadows Exploration Go outside to the exact same spot in the
You are in charge! Write a list of rules to keep
Make a card for a family member or friend
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side by side. Which one is longer? Do the same thing with 2 different items.
morning, noon and afternoon. Measure the length of your shadow. What do you notice? Can you run away from your shadow? How are you and your shadow the same? How are you and your shadow different?
everyone safe in the classroom
Write a story. Make sure to include characters, setting, problem and solution. Story Starters Princess Fairy Tales Maker Super Hero Comic Maker
Cut out the coins on the attached page. Sort by coin. Label each coin by name and the value of the coin.
Make the tallest structure you can with paper/plastic cups. What do you notice you need to get the most height? How High Can You Stack?
Play Be Safety Smart -available in English and Spanish http://texaslregames.org/games_web_eng/be_safety_smart/be_safety_smart.html
Choose a song and make up a dance to go along with it
Enrichment/GT: Texas Performance Standards Project (https://www.texaspsp.org/)- Stories and Telling through Time and Cultures - Read/Listen to the book That’s Good! That’s Bad! by Margery Cuyler. How would the story feel if the narrator read the book with
no change in the voice (monotone) or read the book really fast?
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 6
Week 2 Choice Board Students should complete the reading column daily. Select at least 3 additional activities per column per week to complete. Each activity should not take more than 20-30 minutes. The expected learning time per day is 2-3 hours.
Reading Writing Math Science Social Studies Other
Read 20 minutes everyday (you can read to yourself, to someone else, to a
stuffed animal, etc.). 1.Choose a text to read or listen to (Epic, Reading A-Z, storylineonline.net) 2. Set a timer for 20 minutes. READ! 3. Choose a BINGO square from the Reading Response Bingo Prompts 4. Read Sight Words 5. Read the CVCe & CVVC WORD LIST
Write a how-to book about something you can do or make.
Play with a family member: Choose a number between 1-120. Have your family member guess. You give clues (my number is greater than or less than your guess)
Explain to an adult, how you know that air is all around us. Also, tell them how you know wind is moving air.
Identify a rule/law in the community and explain how that rule keeps us safe.
Rule:_______________ Purpose:___________
Create a mask out of paper, paper plate, or other materials
Choose two animals and write about how they are different and how they are alike.Use magazines or clip art for photos to illustrate your book.
Create a math story problem that involves adding. Write the number sentence and solve the problem.
Using a ramp, test various objects (a wooden block, toy car, balls of various sizes, etc.) and record their movements, using illustrations and labels.
Using the rules and laws handout provided: circle the rules in our school and cross out the laws in our community
Set a timer to see how many sit ups you can do in 1 minute. Do it again later and try to beat your score!
Use some of your sight words to write 3 sentences.
Using the shapes provided at the end of this packet, cut them out. Then, grab some of them and sort them. Explain how you sorted the shapes. Draw them and write how you sorted.
Brainstorm a list of water sources (river, sink faucet, lake, refrigerator, etc.). Organize your list to identify which sources are natural and which are not
Write about a rule at school that you feel keeps students the most safe.
Draw/Paint while listening to music. Use color to show how the song makes you feel.
Create your own comic strips or graphic novels. Write in journal or explore these digital resource:
Fill in numbers between 0-20 to the blanks and solve. ____-____= Try to get your answer to
Students will respond to the question Is a dead tree living or nonliving? Support your answer with facts.
Read Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BLCJX-Ky3
Organize the clothes in your closet/dresser
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 7
Pixton makebeliefscomix
be 6. How many ways can you get 6?
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Write about your best friend. How did you meet? What makes them a special friend?
Using the coins attached, choose 5 coins. Write the value of the collection of coins. Then choose a different amount of coins and write the value.
Plant seeds and observe their growth. In your journals, use illustrations and labels to record changes in the plant life cycle throughout the unit.
The President is the leading authority figure in the United States. What rules and laws would you create in order to keep all citizens safe? Create a list.
Drawing Challenge: Draw your favorite animal
Enrichment/GT: Texas Performance Standards Project (https://www.texaspsp.org/)- Stories and Telling through Time and Cultures - Complete the That’s Good! That’s Bad! T-Chart below.
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 8
Week 3 Choice Board Students should complete the reading column daily. Select at least 3 additional activities per column per week to complete. Each activity should not take more than 20-30 minutes. The expected learning time per day is 2-3 hours.
Reading Writing Math Science Social Studies Other
Read 20 minutes everyday (you can read to yourself, to someone else, to a
stuffed animal, etc.). 1.Choose a text to read or listen to (Epic, Reading A-Z, storylineonline.net) 2. Set a timer for 20 minutes. READ! 3. Choose a BINGO square from the Reading Response Bingo Prompts 4. Read Sight Words 5. Read the CVCe & CVVC WORD LIST
Practice your sight words by tracing them on rice, flour, sand or shaving cream.
Grab 2 handfuls of cereal or other small items (buttons, coins, rice). Count all the items. Write the amount in standard and expanded form. Draw a representation using base 10 blocks.
Make a list of 3 to 4 objects we use around the house for making something hot.
Characteristics of good citizenship include truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, participation in government and voting. Talk with a parent or older sibling about how you are a good citizen.
Make a paper airplane and see how far it will fly. Make changes to it to see if you can make it go farther.
Create a comic strip. Pixton Makebeliefscomix Super Hero Comic
Grab some items around your home. Put them on a chair. Take some away. Write an equation and draw a picture to represent.
Given a collection of objects, make a prediction of where you think the object will move when a small and large amount of force is applied. In your notebook, record your predictions, as well as observations once your predictions are tested.
Using the handout provided, match the characteristics of good citizenship with their descriptions. Pre-work: students will need to cut the descriptors/characteristics
Set a timer to see how many push ups you can do in 1 minute. Do it again later and try to beat your score!
Write a note to your teacher. Be sure to include what you’ve been doing every day. PhotoCard
Find items that you can measure the following with. Draw your items and explain which attribute you can measure.
- Length - Weight - Volume
Go outside for a walk. Generate a list of items you find that are useful and created from rocks, soil, or water. In your notebook, create a chart or draw pictures to record your observations.
Read Good Citizenship from Studies Weekly 4 -Students have a login from their teacher. The site will read to students
Drawing Challenge: Draw your favorite cartoon character
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 9
(capacity)
Write your sight words using bubble letters or rainbow letters.
Set a timer for 2 minutes. Draw as many circles as you can. Set a timer for 15 seconds. Cross out as many as you can. Write an equation to figure out how many circles you did not cross out.
Draw and label a set of pictures that record the following.
Changes in appearance of the Moon
Location of the Sun in the sky in the morning when school starts
Location of the Sun at lunch time
Location of the Sun in the sky in the afternoon when school ends
Characteristics of day and night
Stars in the sky at night
Watch Eleanor Roosevelt Video Explain to a family member how Eleanor Rooseveltwas a good citizen? https://www.texasbar.com/iwasthefirst/EleanorRoosevelt_Video.html
Play musical chairs with your family
Write a story. Make sure to include characters, setting, problem and solution. tory Starters Princess Fairy Tales Maker Super Hero Comic Maker
Explain to a family member how skip counting by 5’s and 10’s help you figure out the value of a collection of nickels and dimes.
Locate a picture of an animal in a book or magazine, National Geographic Kids, or draw one. Identify the type of covering and explain how the covering helps the animal.
As you play outside, practice good citizenship.
Create an image from outdoor objects (grass, leaves, rocks, sticks…)
Enrichment/GT: Texas Performance Standards Project (https://www.texaspsp.org/)- Stories and Telling through Time and Cultures - Read/Watch the book A Story, A Story by Gail E. Haley, and answer the following questions:
- What is the purpose of a story? - Why do people tell stories? - What types of stories do you know? - How are stories communicated?
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 10
Week 4 Choice Board Students should complete the reading column daily. Select at least 3 additional activities per column per week to complete. Each activity should not take more than 20-30 minutes. The expected learning time per day is 2-3 hours.
Reading Writing Math Science Social Studies Other
Read 20 minutes everyday (you can read to yourself, to someone else, to a
stuffed animal, etc.). 1.Choose a text to read or listen to (Epic, Reading A-Z, storylineonline.net) 2. Set a timer for 20 minutes. READ! 3. Choose a BINGO square from the Reading Response Bingo Prompts 4. Read Sight Words 5. Read the CVCe & CVVC WORD LIST
Write a how-to book about something you can do or make.
Go on a walk with an adult. As you walk, keep a tally of how many trees and how many animals you see. Compare the number of trees and the number of animals using inequality symbols.
Create a flow map showing the changes in a snowman when the sun comes out. (Science Resource Week 4)
Watch Ben Franklin Video Explain to a family member how Ben Franklin was a good citizen? https://www.texasbar.com/iwasthefirst/BenjaminFranklin_Video.html
Drawing Challenge: Dran a scene from outer space
After hearing a book read aloud, students will describe connections they made to the text using the phrases “The part where_____ reminded me of ____ because _____.” or “The ___ made me think of ____.” storylineonline.net
Using characters from a story you recently read, create 3 story problems about the following equation: 19-7=12
Create a Web brainstorming characteristics of, or items that can be found in, the daytime and nighttime skies. Check out this digital resource popplet
Read any article from Studies Weekly 16 -Students have a login from their teacher. The site will read to students
Dance to your favorite music. Can you dance for 5 minutes?
Think about some important events/ experiences you have had in your life. Choose one of those important events/experiences to write about. Be sure to create a drawing of the
Find 2 different sized cups. Fill one up with water and pour it in the other. By observing, explain which cup holds more liquid.
Observe insects or a pet to determine if it is living or non living.
Draw a picture of how you are responsible
Create a collage using magazines, newspapers, stickers, and other items from your home
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experience showing the beginning, middle, and end.
Describe your favorite toy. PicCollage popplet
Using the numbers 1-9 only once, create a true equation below: ____+_____=______-______
Create a booklet that identifies characteristics of the four seasons of the year. Video
Voting is a way people make decisions. On a piece of paper, write vanilla ice cream and chocolate ice cream. Ask every member of your family which ice cream they would rather have. Count the results.
Practice some yoga poses.
Write a how-to book about something you can do or make. Write in journal or explore these digital resources: Google Slides, Google Doc. TextingStory Chat Story Maker, Popplet
Sort the shapes attached below. Create a tally chart of each type of shape, then create a picture graph and bar-type graph to represent the data.
Create a list of the foods you ate for lunch, then trace those back to what plants or animals they came from.
Place the Pledge of Allegiance in the correct order http://texaslregames.org/games_ipad_eng/US_Pledge/
Play a board game or card game with a family member
Enrichment/GT: Texas Performance Standards Project (https://www.texaspsp.org/)- Stories and Telling through Time and Cultures - Watch “Talking Twin Babies: Part 2”. What do you think they were talking about? Why do you think they were talk about that and
how can you tell?
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 12
Week 5 Choice Board Students should complete the reading column daily. Select at least 3 additional activities per column per week to complete. Each activity should not take more than 20-30 minutes. The expected learning time per day is 2-3 hours.
Reading Writing Math Science Social Studies Other
Read 20 minutes everyday (you can read to yourself, to someone else, to a
stuffed animal, etc.). 1.Choose a text to read or listen to (Epic, Reading A-Z, storylineonline.net) 2. Set a timer for 20 minutes. READ! 3. Choose a BINGO square from the Reading Response Bingo Prompts 4. Read Sight Words 5. Read the CVCe & CVVC WORD LIST
Write about your favorite birthday gift. Chat Story Maker, Popplet
Set a timer for 1 minute. Jump up and down. For each jump, count by 2’s. When the timer stops, record your number in standard and expanded form. Represent your number by drawing base 10 blocks.
Using two ice cubes, place one outside in direct sunlight, and the other outside in the shade. Draw a picture of the two ice cubes after 2 hours has passed.
Look at any world map. Point to the United States. Look at any US map. Point to Texas https://geology.com/world/world-map.shtml http://www.yourchildlearns.com/us_map.htm
Create a song about your favorite toy
Write a letter to the president of the United States. PhotoCard
Count the number of spoons and the number of forks in your home. Add the two together. Write a number sentence.
Illustrate your favorite season and respond to the prompt: _______ is my favorite season because ________. Video on Seasons
Create a map of your home.
Play Simon Says with a family member.
Write a list of things you will need to go on a camping trip. Popplet PicCollage
Find 2 objects. Compare their weights. Draw the objects and record which one was heavier or lighter.
Illustrate pictures of the daytime and nighttime skies. Use markers or google slides.
Using sticky notes, label your bedroom with the 4 cardinal directions. North South East West
Plan a picnic for your family. Place a blanket on the floor and enjoy your family picnic.
Choose 5 sight words. Cut out the digit cards at Find 5 objects in your Read any article from Have someone describe
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 13
Write 5 sentences with each word.
the end of this packet. Choose 2 cards, write the number in standard and expanded form. Represent the number by drawing base 10 blocks. Do this for 10 numbers.
room (toy, ball, pencil, etc) Make a list of as many physical characteristics you can use to describe the item.
Studies Weekly 12 -Students have a login from their teacher. The site will read to students
an animal to you without telling you the name, then draw their description
Imagine that you are a bird or a butterfly. Write about what you might do in a day.
Collect all of your socks. Create a picture and bar-type graph to show all the different colors of socks.
Check out the current weather conditions by looking outside, watching the news or kidsweatherreport.com Using a weather report format, predict what the weather will be like for the next two days based on the weather patterns observed.
Read There’s a Map on My Lap by Tish Rabe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPM2su2g6Q
Drawing Challenge: Draw a creepy insect
Enrichment/GT: Texas Performance Standards Project (https://www.texaspsp.org/)- Stories and Telling through Time and Cultures - Explore the following types of stories that people tell: legends, fables, and folktales.
- What are some similarities and differences between them?
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 14
Week 6 Choice Board Students should complete the reading column daily. Select at least 3 additional activities per column per week to complete. Each activity should not take more than 20-30 minutes. The expected learning time per day is 2-3 hours.
Reading Writing Math Science Social Studies Other
Read 20 minutes everyday (you can read to yourself, to someone else, to a
stuffed animal, etc.). 1.Choose a text to read or listen to (Epic, Reading A-Z, storylineonline.net) 2. Set a timer for 20 minutes. READ! 3. Choose a BINGO square from the Reading Response Bingo Prompts 4. Read Sight Words
Name one superpower you’d like to have and write about how you would use it. tory Starters Princess Fairy Tales Maker Super Hero Comic Maker
Use a crumpled piece of paper and spend 10 minutes to see how many times you can make it in the trash can. Have a family member do the same thing. Compare how many baskets you made with how many your family member made.
With an adult, cook an egg. Draw what the egg looks like before heat and what the egg looks like after heat.
Read any article from Studies Weekly 12 -Students have a login from their teacher. The site will read to students.
Ask an adult to cook or bake with you
Create a comic strip. Pixton Makebeliefscomix Super Hero Comic
Fill in numbers between 0-10 to the blanks and solve. ____+____+_____= Try to get your answer to be 17.
Go on a walk, observe, illustrate, and label examples of light energy.
Look at a map of the San Antonio Zoo. Complete the sentence starters. The _____ are north of the _____. The _____ are east of the ________. https://sazoo.org/guest-information/
Act out an animal- see if a family member can guess what you are
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5. Read the CVCe & CVVC WORD LIST
Do you remember a time when you were really scared? Write about what happened.Be sure to illustrate your story.
Find as many cylinders, cones, spheres, and cubes in your house. Make a list of the items that belong to each category.
Build a Blanket Fort! Brainstorm a list of materials that you will need to build a “fortress of solitude” Gather materials the materials for building a pillow fort. Build it.
As you play outside, notice the directions of north, south, east, and west. You can use a compass, an app, or even the sun to help you know the direction you are facing.
Drawing Challenge: Draw an ocean scene
Choose an animal. List 5 things you know about that animal.
Play with a family member: Use the digit cards - shuffle and face down. Each person chooses 2 cards and adds the numbers together. Whoever has the larger amount gets a point. Continue until someone gets to 20.
Go to Turtle Diary and play a game about a Science topic of choice.
Look at the Physical Map of the United States Point to the oceans and rivers (you can also use any physical map you have available) Describe how are oceans and rivers different?
Draw the most amazing water park or theme park you can imagine
You’re going out of town, and your friend has agreed to take care of your pet while you’re gone. Explain what he or she needs to do.
Survey everyone in your household. What is their favorite food (hamburger, pizza, or chicken strips). Create a picture graph and bar-type graph of the results.
In your notebook or google slides, illustrate and label an example of melting and freezing.
Draw and label a map of your neighborhood. Include color and a key identifying features.
Create a poster with all of your favorite things
Enrichment/GT: Texas Performance Standards Project (https://www.texaspsp.org/)- Stories and Telling through Time and Cultures - Read the short story Cinderella. Now recreate/rewrite your own version of the story based on your experiences and environment.
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 16
Week 7 Choice Board Students should complete the reading column daily. Select at least 3 additional activities per column per week to complete. Each activity should not take more than 20-30 minutes. The expected learning time per day is 2-3 hours.
Reading Writing Math Science Social Studies Other
Read 20 minutes everyday (you can read to yourself, to someone else, to a
stuffed animal, etc.). 1.Choose a text to read or listen to (Epic, Reading A-Z, storylineonline.net) 2. Set a timer for 20 minutes. READ! 3. Choose a BINGO square from the Reading Response Bingo Prompts 4. Read Sight Words 5. Read the CVCe & CVVC WORD LIST
What kind of pet do you have? Or you would like to have. Write a book explaining everything you know about that animal. Be sure to illustrate.
Count how many shoes are in your home. Write the number in standard and expanded form. Represent the number by drawing base 10 blocks.
Choose two of your favorite stuffed animals or toys, and describe their difference and similarities.
Read any article from Studies Weekly 12 -Students have a login from their teacher. The site will read to students.
Drawing Challenge: Draw a scene from your favorite book
Write a story. Make sure to include characters, setting, problem and solution. tory Starters Princess Fairy Tales Maker Super Hero Comic Maker
Create 2 towers with household items. One tall and one short. Record how many items in each tower. How many more items are in the taller tower?
Go to BrainPOP and
choose any video to watch. Tell your family 2 things you learned.
Build a town from old boxes or pots and pans. Be sure to include houses, a park and other buildings in a town.
Go for a walk/jog with an adult
What if your teacher had a talking pet dragon and she brought it to school one day? Tell what you think would happen.
Draw a picture of a pet dragon using different 2D shapes (circles, triangles, rectangles, squares, rhombuses, hexagons, octagons).
Make a list of items found around the house that are living and another list of non-living items.
As you take a walk around your neighborhood, list the different physical features you see. -Landforms -Bodies of water -Natural resources
Create the tallest tower you can with household items
Practice your sight words by tracing them on rice, flour, sand or shaving cream.
Play with a family member: Use the digit cards - shuffle and face down. Each person chooses 2 cards and subtracts the numbers. Whoever has
Watch the video: Swings, Slides and Science! before you go outside for your Brain Boost!
Describe to a family member the types of clothing you wear in the summer. Describe the types of clothing you would wear if it was snowing.
Design a new book cover for your favorite book
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the smaller amount gets a point. Continue until someone gets to 20.
Do you remember a time when you were really scared? Write about what happened.
Using the digit cards and coins attached, choose two digit cards to create a value, then create that value using the coins in more than one way. Do this for 20 minutes.
Play Simon Says with your family. Ask them to move in a zig zag, straight line, up and down, fast and slow, round and round, and back and forth.
As you play outside, notice the natural resources around you. What are these natural resources used for?
Interview a family member to find out their favorite things.
Enrichment/GT: Texas Performance Standards Project (https://www.texaspsp.org/)- Stories and Telling through Time and Cultures - Read the short story Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Now recreate/rewrite your own version of the story..
ECISD Choice Board for First Grade 18
Week 8 Choice Board Students should complete the reading column daily. Select at least 3 additional activities per column per week to complete. Each activity should not take more than 20-30 minutes. The expected learning time per day is 2-3 hours.
Reading Writing Math Science Social Studies Other
Read 20 minutes everyday (you can read to yourself, to someone else, to a
stuffed animal, etc.). 1.Choose a text to read or listen to (Epic, Reading A-Z, storylineonline.net) 2. Set a timer for 20 minutes. READ! 3. Choose a BINGO square from the Reading Response Bingo Prompts 4. Read Sight Words 5. Read the CVCe & CVVC WORD LIST
Write a how-to book about something you can do or make.
Grab a handful of cereal or other small objects. Count and record the number. Grab another handful and count and record the number. Compare the two numbers using inequality symbols.
Let’s Experiment! With a parent choose an experiment to do for fun. Science Lab
Read any article from Studies Weekly 13 -Students have a login from their teacher. The site will read to students.
Create a new board game to play with your family
Do you remember a time when you were really scared? Write about what happened.
Using characters from a story you recently read, create 3 story problems about the following equation: 4+8=3+9
Go on an observation walk around your school and use a magnet to identify materials that are magnetic and nonmagnetic. Illustrate and label materials that you identified on your observation walk. Game Magnet Hunt
Think about one technology you use at home. Describe how your life would be different if you did not have this technology. What would you do without it?
Walk around your home- do 10 push ups at every door and 10 sit ups at every window
Name one superpower you’d like to have and write about how you would use it.
Draw a picture of a room in your house. Then, draw a picture of the same room if there were no 4-sided shapes. Only circles, triangles, hexagons, and octagons.
Look at the picture. Think about the things the penguin can see. Write how you know the Sun is shining in this picture. How will the picture change as the Sun sets?
Create a weekly calendar of events.
Create a new superhero and draw a cartoon or comic strip to show how your hero saved the world!
Does your family go on vacations together? What is your best memory
Using the coins attached, create a picture graph and bar-type graph of the
Go outside record information on relative temperature (hot, warm,
Read any book of your choice. Sequence the story for a family
Put on a short play/skit for your family
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from your last family trip?
different types of coins. cool, cold), wind conditions (calm, breezy, windy), sky conditions (sunny, clear, partly cloudy, or cloudy), and precipitation (none, some, lots). Watch video on How to Make a Weather Station
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Have you ever been lost? What did you do and how did you feel?
Using the coins attached, toss them in the air and the ones that land face up figure out the value of those coins. Do this for 20 minutes.
Make Ice Cream Follow the recipe to make Ice Cream
Practice saying the days of the week and months of the year in order.
Drawing Challenge: Draw a silly monster
Enrichment/GT: Texas Performance Standards Project (https://www.texaspsp.org/)- Stories and Telling through Time and Cultures - Create an original story and tell the story to a family member.
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Math - Digit Cards
0 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9
0 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9
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Math - Hundred Chart
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110
111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
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Math - shapes
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Math - Place Value chart
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Math - Part Part Whole Mat
WHOLE
PART PART
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Math - Ten Frames
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Enrichment/GT Resources
Week 2 T-Chart
Item What is something GOOD about the item? What is something BAD about the item?
Hat
Apple
Box of Crayons
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Week 5- Various Types of Stories
Types Definitions
Legends Unverified stories handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical. (e.g., Johnny Appleseed, Mike Fink, Casey Jones, John Henry)
Fables A short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters
Folktales Typically an anonymous story usually passed down orally among a people; often false or superstitious that speak to timeless themes
Folktales, legends, and fables reflect common concerns shared by a community, illustrate the popular myths and beliefs of a people, illustrate lessons that the community finds important, and become the basis for some community traditions.
Week 6 Cinderella
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl named Cinderella. She lived with her wicked stepmother and two stepsisters. They treated Cinderella very badly. One day, they were invited for a grand ball in the king’s palace. But Cinderella’s stepmother would not let her go. Cinderella was made to sew new party gowns for her stepmother and stepsisters, and curl their hair. They then went to the ball, leaving Cinderella alone at home.
Cinderella felt very sad and began to cry. Suddenly, a fairy godmother appeared and said, “Don’t cry, Cinderella! I will send you to the ball!” But Cinderella was sad. She said, “I don’t have a gown to wear for the ball!” The fairy godmother waved her magic wand and changed Cinderella’s old clothes into a beautiful new gown! The fairy godmother then touched Cinderella’s feet with the magic wand. And lo! She had beautiful glass slippers! “How will I go to the grand ball?” asked Cinderella. The fairy godmother found six mice playing near a pumpkin, in the kitchen. She touched them with her magic wand and the mice became four shiny black horses and two coachmen and the pumpkin turned into a golden coach. Cinderella was overjoyed and set off for the ball in the coach drawn by the six black horses. Before leaving. the fairy godmother said, “Cinderella, this magic will only last until midnight! You must reach home by then!”
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When Cinderella entered the palace, everybody was struck by her beauty. Nobody, not even Cinderella’s stepmother or stepsisters, knew who she really was in her pretty clothes and shoes. The handsome prince also saw her and fell in love with Cinderella. He went to her and asked, “Do you want to dance?” And Cinderella said, “Yes!” The prince danced with her all night and nobody recognized the beautiful dancer. Cinderella was so happy dancing with the prince that she almost forgot what the fairy godmother had said. At the last moment, Cinderella remembered her fairy godmother’s words and she rushed to go home. “Oh! I must go!” she cried and ran out of the palace. One of her glass slippers came off but Cinderella did not turn back for it. She reached home just as the clock struck twelve. Her coach turned back into a pumpkin, the horses into mice and her fine ball gown into rags. Her stepmother and stepsisters reached home shortly after that. They were talking about the beautiful lady who had been dancing with the prince.
The prince had fallen in love with Cinderella and wanted to find out who the beautiful girl was, but he did not even know her name. He found the glass slipper that had come off Cinderella’s foot as she ran home. The prince said, “I will find her. The lady whose foot fits this slipper will be the one I marry!” The next day, the prince and his servants took the glass slipper and went to all the houses in the kingdom. They wanted to find the lady whose feet would fit in the slipper. All the women in the kingdom tried the slipper but it would not fit any of them. Cinderella’s stepsisters also tried on the little glass slipper. They tried to squeeze their feet and push hard into the slipper, but the servant was afraid the slipper would break. Cinderella’s stepmother would not let her try the slipper on, but the prince saw her and said, “Let her also try on the slipper!” The slipper fit her perfectly. The prince recognized her from the ball. He married Cinderella and together they lived happily ever after.
Week 7: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Once upon a time there was a little girl. Her name was Goldilocks. She had golden hair. One day Goldilocks was walking in the forest. She saw a house and knocked on the door. She went inside. Nobody was there. Goldilocks saw three bowls on the table. She was hungry. ‘This porridge is too hot! This porridge is too cold! This porridge is just right!’ Goldilocks ate all the porridge. Goldilocks was tired now. ‘This chair is too big! This chair is too big, too! This chair is just right!’ But the chair broke! Goldilocks was very tired. She went upstairs. ‘This bed is too hard! This bed is too soft! This bed is just Right!’ Soon, the bears came home. ‘Someone’s been eating my porridge!’ said Daddy Bear.
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‘Someone’s been eating my porridge!’ said Mummy Bear. ‘Someone’s been eating my porridge - and it’s all gone!’ said Baby Bear. ‘Someone’s been sitting on my chair!’ said Daddy Bear. ‘Someone’s been sitting on my chair!’ said Mummy Bear. ‘Someone’s been sitting on my chair - and it’s broken!’ said Baby Bear. ‘Someone’s been sleeping in my bed!’ said Daddy Bear. ‘Someone’s been sleeping in my bed!’ said Mummy Bear. ‘Someone’s been sleeping in my bed - and she’s still there!’ said Baby Bear. Goldilocks woke up and saw the three bears. ‘Help!’ She ran downstairs and into the forest. She never came back again.
Science Resources
Week 4- Snowman Flow Chart
Draw the changes made in the snowman by the increased heat.
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First Grade Sight Words
a go I to see an am and at can is in up if and
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the you dad mom get so
of on did was has had for got all but let do
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as me with this be back look have that we he
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CVCe & CVVC WORD LIST Spellzone, STARFALL
-ai -oa -ee -ea -ay -i_e -o_e
rail boat need read play bike globe
wail toad see beak pray price bone
mail goat wheel cream pay slide froze
pail float bee beach day smile phone
afraid oak queen treat relay kite code
-u_e -a_e -e_e
rule cake here
prune flame these
puke shake compete
tube game
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