Mr. Robert Fietsch » At-Home Learning

At-Home Learning

Tips for At-Home Learning:

  • Choose a dedicated learning area in your home to gather general school supplies for ease of access.

  • If your child (or you) get frustrated, take a break from the activity, and try again later. In our classroom, we often turn the negative phrase “I can’t do it” into the positive phrase “I can’t do it, yet!”

  • Consider planning intentional time for “off-screen” activities.  Creative pursuits, physical challenges, exploring nature, reading, building, games, cooking, puzzles (and more!) will be just as important for your child’s overall well-being.

 
  • Journal write about their experiences during this shelter in place order
  • Count, read or show their work to someone in their household
  • Take photos of their work (works for both paper and non-paper stuff)
  • Record a video project, response or answer
  • Complete a google slide activity
  • Play a single online game or activity
  • Work for a set amount of time on a web-based curriculum like happynumbers.com (free through summer 2020), raz-kids.com (free through summer 2020) or freckle.com
  • Watch an educational video
  • Do a familiar chart or chant (alphabet, sight words, etc.)
  • Read along with a story online
  • Teach flashcards to a family member, stuffed animal or toy (letter sounds, sight words, etc.)
  • Create a collection of things/objects
  • Do a guided drawing
  • Find things in their environment (I-spy, scavenger hunt, etc.)
  • Write a simple story with illustrations
  • Rainbow write sight words
  • Add a sentence to their work
  • Do a drawing challenge
  • Move, dance or sing along with an educational video
 
  1. Coolkindergarten.com has both language arts and math games for kindergarten plus a small selection of read-alouds and math videos. All items match kindergarten standards.
  2. Starfall.com is a classic beginning learner website. Use both the alphabet and learn to read page for the maximum benefit and a couple of the kindergarten math activities are good too.
  3. scholastic.com has a set of up to 20 days of remote learning resources up. It has a book, a video and related activity.
  4. Turtlediary.com has both reading and math games. You might find it helpful to explore their list of games.
  5. Brightly storytime is a quality set of read-alouds hosted on youtube.
  6. Storyline online has recently added some new videos and the quality of these videos is great.
  7. Freckle.com is a differentiation platform with built-in activities for ELA, math, social studies and science.

Reading

Oral & Independent Reading

  • home library books: practice reading favorite books
  • books from school: practice books that have been sent home
  • online books: many websites have leveled books that can be downloaded and sites that have video Read Aloud
 
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Reading Comprehension

  • retell story
  • recall the story parts: characters, setting, problem, ending
  • ask specific questions: who, what, where, when, how
  • use graphic organizers to retell story
  • write a summary of story
  • comprehension assessment worksheets
 
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Phonics, Decoding & Spelling

  • decoding unfamiliar words
  • rhyming and spelling word families
  • phonics sound packets
  • decoding worksheets
  • online reading sites
 
kindergarten distance learning
 

Reading Fluency

  • sight word flashcards
  • practice sheets for sight words
  • games
  • Roll It! Read It! Words & Sentences
 
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Handwriting & Writing

Handwriting

  • practice sheets
  • tracing letters & sentences
  • practice writing on lined paper
  • write words & sentences
 
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Writing

  • daily journal
  • writing letters to family & friends
  • D.E.W (Drop Everything and Write) Topic or Themed Writing: School, My Friends, My Family, I Would Like to Visit, My Teacher, Spring, Bugs, Butterflies, Baseball, Easter
 
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Mathematics

Calendar

  • monthly calendar
  • weather report
  • math skills review
  • date in money
  • story problem of the day
 
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Math Facts Practice

  • flash cards
  • math facts games
  • Roll It! Read It! Say the Sum or Difference!
  • online math sites

Math Skills Practice

  • specific skills practice: addition & subtraction; tens & ones; greater than, less than or equal to; missing numbers:  ten more, ten less, one more, one less; ten frames
  • word problems
  • online math sites
kindergarten distance learning
kindergarten distance learning