Munger Hill Elementary School

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Ms. Coach

Dear Families,

During the school closure, I can be reached by email at l.coach@schoolsofwestfield.org.  I will be checking my email daily so please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns that I might be able to help with.  The district has posted enrichment activities for students to complete so be sure to check those out. Some additional suggestions include:

First grade:

•   Practice writing your letters (uppercase and lowercase) and numbers

•  Practice your sight words (Dolch sight word lists for pre-primer, primer, 1st grade can be found online)

•   Practice your math facts (addition and subtraction within 12)

•   Practice counting to 100 from numbers other than 1

•    Practice skip counting by tens to 120 and fives to 100

• Read daily with a family member (this can include echo reading: they read/you read, choral reading: reading together, or partner read: take turns every other sentence, paragraph, page, etc.)

• Draw a picture and write or dictate and copy a sentence or two about your picture

•  Play games with your family that involve math or reading

Second grade:

•   Practice your sight words (Dolch sight word lists primer, 1st , and 2nd grade can be found online)

•  Practice your addition/subtraction facts

• Practice skip counting by twos, fives, tens (challenge yourself and try threes or fours)

• Read daily with a family member (this can include echo reading: they read/you read, choral reading: reading together, or partner read: take turns every other sentence, paragraph, page, etc.)

• Keep a daily journal and write a few sentences about what you are doing each day while at home

•  Play games with your family that involve math or reading

 Third/Fourth grade:

•  Read every day!  Most of you have Bookshare accounts.  Please reach out if you need help with usernames/passwords or books added.

• Practice your addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts (for an added challenge, ask someone to time you and see how many you can get correct in a minute, try to beat your score each day)

• Keep a journal and write daily about the things you are doing while home

• Play games with your family that involve math or reading

Additional resources:

ABCya.com (learning games for pre-K – grade 6+)

Turtlediary.com (learning games, videos, books, printables, etc. for pre-K – 5)

Scholastic.com (free daily resources being offered; daily lessons, virtual field trips, etc.)

I hope you will try some of these ideas and explore the enrichment activities provided by the district.  Hopefully, we will return to our classrooms very soon! Please reach out if I can be of any help! Stay healthy and enjoy this time with your family.

*** Please email me if you are interested in a free Epic! account for your child.  Epic! is a digital library for kids 12 and under. Your child will be able to access 35,000 books, learning videos, quizzes and more.  The free account is available by teacher invite only. If I already have your email, then you should have already received an invite to join.  Please reach out if you have any questions.  

 Mrs. Coach