Mrs. Waldrop
1st Grade
Hello everyone! Welcome to our class website! First I want each of you to know that I miss you and hope you all are safe and staying healthy. As people around the world are taking precautions to protect themselves from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), it is important for children to continue to grow and learn. So even though we can't be at school, here are some tips, websites, and other forms of activities that you can engage in during this extended isolation.
If you need me or have questions, you may e-mail me ( [email protected] ) and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
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Links and Websites:
You can access Zearn Math, ARC Reading, and other current subjects by following these directions.
Go to: https://www.caldwelledu.org/ click on "Staff" and scroll down to "Clever Portal"
From here, just simply click on whichever subject you want to go into.
*Try the ARC Bookshelf. It contains a large variety of books students will love and have fun reading.
IRLA is part of ARC Reading. You can access and help your child study these skills cards.
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Here are some other websites you might like to visit:
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http://www.starfall.com/n/fiction-nonfiction/house-in-tree/play.htm?
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Reading and Writing
1. Read something everyday and discuss it with someone. You can read a book you have at home or go to the ARC Bookshelf and enjoy the books online. Think about what you read and learned in the books you read, then discuss or write about it. Remember our Story Elements: Characters (who or what the story is about), Setting (when and where the story takes place), Sequence of Events (beginning, middle, and end), and Problem/Solution (what happened, how did they fix it).
2. Write about the story you just read. Remember our Writing Rubric:
I read ___ by ___. The most interesting thing I learned/read was ___. I know this because the text/picture tells me ____.
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Math
You can go to Zearn Math and catch up on missed work or even rework past lessons to refresh forgotten skills.
Newsletters:
When opening newsletters, IF it opens mixed up, click on "Enable Editing". Then it should open correctly.
Waldrop Homeschool Newsletter.pdf
Tips for helping your child at home:
1. Students can practice reading the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) passages and Nonsense Words. To open hold the "CTRL" button and click on the links:
Passages link:
http://psddifferentiation.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/9/6/12967207/dibelsnext_progmon_dorf_l1_student.pdf
Nonsense Words link:
https://www.westada.org/cms/lib/ID01904074/Centricity/Domain/5375/NWF.pdf
- One way to do practice these is to have students read as much of the passage as they can in 1 minute. Count how many words they got correct within that minute and that's their score. They can practice doing this over and over until their scores get better.
2. Place index cards with label words written on them naming things in your house so your child can see, read, and associate the words with the items they are taped to. Example: an index cards with the word "table" would be taped to a table...
3. Encourage your child to read EVERYTHING: road signs, cans of food, labels, newspapers, magazine articles, storybooks...
4. Use flashcards, flashcards, flashcards. This is an oldie, but goody and it WORKS, when used consistently.