| 1. |
Your child should be
using a pencil for writing their name
and for tracing and writing letters, words and
numbers. *** Letters and
numbers need to be formed correctly. By this I mean that your
child should be "pulling down" while making a lower case "t" and
then crossing it from left to right. Do NOT drag the pencil
upwards. If your child forms an incorrect letter stroke now, it
will be very hard to correct in 2nd grade when learning cursive! Just follow the arrows on the
handwriting homework sheets.
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| 2. |
Your child should be
holding the pencil 'correctly.' (A
three point grasp= pointer finder on top with middle finger
underneath. Thumb to the side.) |
| 3. |
Your child should be
writing their name with a capital
letter for the first letter and then lower case letters for the
rest. If they were taught using all capital letters,
this may take some time to correct this
habbit. i.e Jason (instead of JASON) |
| 4. |
Math Home
Links: Some of these activites have spaces on
them to write on and return to me and some do
not. Have fun with them. All of these concepts are
introduced in
class during the week. If your child was absent,
be patient and review the basic concept with your child first before
expecting the correct answer(s). |
| 5. |
Sight word flash cards
that you make: These can be kept at
home. Practice the words for a short time
every night. Not all of them need to be mastered, only
introduced.
Keep this fun, too!
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