Home Connection

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“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a nation.” —Nelson Mandela

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Bridging the gap - This page lists activities for you to use and do at home with your child to reinforce what we are learning in school each month. All of the websites are ones that I have used at home with my own kiddos. Please check this link for new monthly updates! Click on the links below to get started. Thank you for your support from home!

Reading At Home With Your Child

Using RAZ Kids at Home

The books on the Raz-kids website are meant to be used as a powerful tool for helping your student read each night at home. I feel that they are the best bridge between the iRead program that we use in class and reading full books in hand. Your child reads through the levels at their own individual pace. Books are be listened to, and can be re-read for fluency and comprehension over and over again. At the end of each book they take a quick comprehension quiz for each book. Kids love to read the stories and earn prizes to add to their rocket ship. Please use this awesome site as part of your weekly reading homework. Your child will also be using their Raz-kids account at school during literacy centers. Information about student login will be sent home but please email me if you have any additional questions.
Please visit www.raz-kids.com.

More information coming soon!

Some Great Educational Websites

Reading:

Khan Academy (also used for math) - My 1st grader has this as an app on his ipad and he loves playing it. Here is the website if you would like to check it out.

Moby Max (also used for math) - More information coming soon

EPIC Books - An Amazing website with thousands of books on almost every topic, leveled by age, and interest level. Like a Netflix for books. For this school year the site will be free for students Monday -Friday between the hours of 6am-3pm. Students can log in with our classroom code. TKK-3171. If you would like to log in after hours or on the weekends (which I do with my own kiddos at home especially now that the library is out of commission for the time being) there is a small monthly fee.

Students log in here

Adventure Academy (Also used for math) - This is the older grades version of ABC mouse. (my older kiddos loves it... ABC mouse with an adventure storyline twist) Your student needs to be a reader though. Currently the monthly subscription is around $7 a month. (Mine plays on his ipad) Here is their website if you would like to take a look.

Math

Science - STEM - Coding

Physical Education

Additional Enrichment Ideas