Mrs. Mican's Fantastic
First Grade
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Mrs. Mican's FantasticFirst Grade |
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Helpful Hints For The
Beginning Of The Year
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| Set
aside a specific time and
place for doing school work and stick to it. |
Children
seem to work better when they have a schedule and know what is expected
of them. **My personal experience is to have your child work
where there is no television
in sight. |
| Have
your child practice saying his/her parent(s)/guardian(s) name, physical
address, & phone number. |
Hopefully,
no child will ever get lost, but it is important for them to know how
to tell someone how to reach their family or home. Please help
your child learn this by going over it. You could also add your
own "safety" lesson at the same time. |
| Help
your child learn to Tie Those Shoes! |
Many
children walk the halls with their shoes untied. This can be a
danger to your child! Shoestrings dragging on the rest room floor
are not fun to tie! Please take some old shoes out and practice. |
Help your child write his/her name correctly |
Watch you child as they form their letters to make sure they are
writing them correctly.
I will send you a page that shows correct letter formation. |
| Have
your child say the alphabet. |
Many
children can sing their
alphabet. Try to have your child
just say the letters in order.
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| Have
your child match upper & lowercase letters. |
Make
uppercase (capital) letters and lowercase on cards or scrap
paper. Have your child match the pairs. |
| Have
your child say the "names" of
the letters. |
Use
cards or paper to make a set of flash cards with capital letters and
lowercase letters (only one
letter per card-example: A
not Aa). Your child
should say the name of the letter. |
| Have
your child say the "sounds"
that each letter makes. |
Use
the same cards as above. Have students say only the "short" sound of the vowels
(example: /a/ as in apple). Have students say only
the hard or voiced sounds for the consonants
(example: /c/ as in cat not /c/ as in circle. |
| Read
to your child or have your child read to you daily. |
Take
fifteen minutes to read to your child or have them read to you.
Make it fun! Let your child see you reading (newspapers and
magazines count, too) so they know that it is important to you.
Visit the library! |
| Encourage
your child to create, draw, and write. |
Have
an area with scrap paper, pencils, crayons, markers, etc. Start a
journal or diary with your child. Make up story starters for them
(example: My best day was when...) |
| Have
your child make words. |
Magnetic
letters are one way of doing this and can be found at most dollar
stores. Your child can spell words, make sentences, etc.
Cookie sheets make great magnetic boards. Put sand or shaving
cream in a pie tin and children will love to spell and write! |
| Have
your child say their numbers 1-100. |
As
your child improves, start at a number and have them count on (example:
say "36" and have them count on). Practice counting down from a
starting point (example: say "30" and have them count down) |
| Have
your child recognize each number 1-100. |
Make
cards with numbers 1-100. Mix them up and see if your child can
tell you the name of each number. Have the students put numbers
in order using cards. Lay down cards with some numbers missing
and
have your child find the missing numbers (example: 36 ___ 38,
___ 19, 20 63, 64, ___) |