During this time of school closures, many of us are scrambling to find educational activities for our children. Some school districts are providing resources for you, but others are leaving it up to the parents to do this.
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve shared several free packets to do at home. Today I’m excited to share my first grade at home literacy packet. I hope you find it helpful!
This packet works on a lot of skills for first grade, but doesn’t cover everything. I did my best to do a variety of activities:
Activities included in this packet:
- 10 reading passages with comprehension questions
- digraphs and blends
- long vowel words (CVCe)
- compound words
- syllables
- vowel teams
- nouns
- verbs
- punctuation marks
These activities are meant to be a help to you during this time. If your first grader doesn’t know these skills yet, that’s ok! You can either take time to teach it to them or just do the activities of the skills they already know.
The most important thing to remember is not to stress out about your child’s learning right now. So much is happening in our world and they need to feel loved and safe. Try to read to your child, have them practice reading to you, play outside, and make memories together.
I know this is a very challenging time, so I hope this packet helps out a little!
Note: If you are a teacher and want to send this packet to your students, you have my permission!
Also, if you are already a subscriber, you do have to enter your email again to get the packet. Don’t worry, you won’t be added twice!
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Hi!
Thanks so much for making these! They are wonderful, and the time you spent on them is appreciated.
You said if we are teachers we may distribute/send them to our classrooms. But, I wanted to make sure how. My team sends out a google doc each week with essential learnings and enrichment activities for at home learning, could this be hyperlinked on that doc if uploaded to my drive? Or is your permission through email only? or is there another way?
Thanks,
Marta
Hi Marta! Yes, you can distribute them to your class via Google Docs with a hyperlink. During this time of school closures, I am allowing this. Take care!
I especially loved the reading passages. They have been perfect for seeing how much my 2 first grade boys are retaining. Not too long to frustrate my struggling reader, and not too short that my advanced reader doesn’t occasionally have to go back and check sometimes
That’s so great to hear! I really appreciate the feedback. I hope to make more!
How much does it cost to be a subscriber?
It’s completely free!
I am missing the link to the free literacy packet?
There is a form to fill out to get it. It’s at the bottom of the blog post. If you don’t see it, please email me at angela(at)teachingmama(dot)org.