Have you fell out of love with doing homework?
Homework should not be "work" in grade one. Home work for students in grade one is very important but that doesn't mean it has to be long and difficult. Home reading, spelling and math practice should be fun, short (max. 10 minutes) and should be playful! Here are a few quick ideas that will bring the play back into your homework routine:
Spelling: make the list with plastic letters, play hang-man, use an ipad doodle app to write the words, put the words on sticky notes and hide them around the house and play hide-and-seek with them, have a race: using plastic letters make a pile of the letters on one side of the room and then have the child run and get the letters for a word and bring them back.
Math: play war, board games like snakes and ladders, trouble, connect 4, and anything that involves rolling a dice. Count how long it takes to make it through the drive-thru, how many stairs are in the house-add them up, learn your phone number, use coins to practice skip counting.
Reading: reading is not just about learning sight words and sounding out words. Learning to read requires students to develop a lot of 'habits' or behaviors. These behaviors are just as important as being able to sound out words. They are the skills required to advance in reading. When you are reading with your child take turns reading a page, this will not only make reading practice go faster but you will be able to demonstrate the reading behaviors for your child so that they can learn them. I have created a new page for you under the "what we are learning tab" called "Reading Skills Checklist". This page provides you with 2 levels of reading skills, as well as the list of reading behaviors for each reading level. Check out the skills for the level that your child is on. Pick one or two of the skills each time you read and talk with your child about it. Demonstrate how to do the skill when you are reading and make sure they use the skill when they are reading.
If you have questions about how to do this please ask! You can also see the Reading skills list in your child's agenda, as we have placed a copy in there for you. :)
Homework should not be "work" in grade one. Home work for students in grade one is very important but that doesn't mean it has to be long and difficult. Home reading, spelling and math practice should be fun, short (max. 10 minutes) and should be playful! Here are a few quick ideas that will bring the play back into your homework routine:
Spelling: make the list with plastic letters, play hang-man, use an ipad doodle app to write the words, put the words on sticky notes and hide them around the house and play hide-and-seek with them, have a race: using plastic letters make a pile of the letters on one side of the room and then have the child run and get the letters for a word and bring them back.
Math: play war, board games like snakes and ladders, trouble, connect 4, and anything that involves rolling a dice. Count how long it takes to make it through the drive-thru, how many stairs are in the house-add them up, learn your phone number, use coins to practice skip counting.
Reading: reading is not just about learning sight words and sounding out words. Learning to read requires students to develop a lot of 'habits' or behaviors. These behaviors are just as important as being able to sound out words. They are the skills required to advance in reading. When you are reading with your child take turns reading a page, this will not only make reading practice go faster but you will be able to demonstrate the reading behaviors for your child so that they can learn them. I have created a new page for you under the "what we are learning tab" called "Reading Skills Checklist". This page provides you with 2 levels of reading skills, as well as the list of reading behaviors for each reading level. Check out the skills for the level that your child is on. Pick one or two of the skills each time you read and talk with your child about it. Demonstrate how to do the skill when you are reading and make sure they use the skill when they are reading.
If you have questions about how to do this please ask! You can also see the Reading skills list in your child's agenda, as we have placed a copy in there for you. :)