Student+Activities

**Week of April 26th: **

Your children have two assignments to complete, not based on accuracy, but on effort. Please send me an e-mail confirming their attempts on all assignments. The first assignment is the [|Words Ending in "Y" Handout] and will be very helpful to read aloud with your children. Review it and even print it if you'd like.
 * Monday **

[|Grammar Blast] is a great website for your children who are about to enter the 2nd grade. This site has several great quizzes, but for our purposes, I would like the students to do the "Grade 2: Unit 1 The Sentence". This is excellent practice for them. Please send me their results (they __will not count__ for a grade, just so I can see what they need assistance with).

Today the kids learned about the structure of a sentence (must have a subject, verb or predicate, and can include ajectives and adverbs). This [|First Grade Sentences]exercise will help them to see how sentences form and where things belong in a sentence.
 * Tuesday **

Next, have your child watch this School House Rock Video on verbs and after discuss with them some verbs they use all the time. Help them make a list of 5 verbs to bring to class Wednesday to share with the class.

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 * Wednesday **

Since we have a 2 quizzes Friday, the students did not have a Language Arts lesson today. However, please be sure to review with them to make sure they get the best grade possible. Here are some great websites for them to play around on (and learn!!!). Allow them to play on these sites for about an hour. [|JumpStart]

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**Thursday** ​Since we have 2 quizzes Friday, there is no online activity today. However, please review the materials with your children for at least 50 minutes. Best of luck! I'm sure all of your children will do fantastic. :)

Here is a short study guide:
 * "[|Words Ending in "Y"]
 * Definition of a noun (person, place, or thing)
 * Definition of a verb
 * The elements needed for a sentence (subject, verb, adjectives, etc.)
 * Fragment



 I hope you and your wonderful kids have a great weekend! One thing we need to start on, though, is their final project. This will consist of an online [|Kidspiration] web, which is a great program for youngsters in helping them learn how to create visual presentations in a simple way. The objective is to let your child display how much they have learned about sentences, nouns, verbs, etc. They will be creating sentence webs using the Kidspiration software with your help.
 * Friday**

1. Go to the Kidspiration link above and download the free 30-day trial. 2. Walk yourself through the tutorial with your child to become familiar with the program. 3. Create your own new project and show your child how to save it. 4. Allow your child to create 3-5 sentences. 5. Help them brainstorm, then be sure their project has the following:
 * A title
 * Their name
 * At least 2 graphics that relate to their sentences
 * Their sentences "diagrammed" or outlined on the Kidspiration

When your child has completed the project, email the link to me and I will view them and give the students their grades on a sheet of paper. This should not be difficult for them and they will have a lot of fun with it! This project will be counted as a test grade, so please spend an hour over the weekend constructing ideas and downloading the software with your kids.


 * Have a great weekend!!**