Hello Students!

Since homework will not begin until March 31^st, I wanted to give some ideas that students can work on if they get bored or want some extra practice.

Showbie

Students can get on Showbie. I have uploaded 5 different worksheets that they can work on during Spring Break if they want to. When your student is done with the worksheet, they should tap ‘Done’. Doing this will then send the worksheet to me to check. If everything is correct, I will write a checkmark on the picture. If there are mistakes, I will circle what is wrong or write a comment. The worksheet will then come back to your child for correction. Showbie has a nice feature of “discussion”. Students can type in the discussion bar if they have questions. This is a useful feature because for each message a student sends, I get a notification and an email. So, if you or your child need to contact me , you can send me a message through Showbie.

Reading Eggs

It is recommended that students complete 2 Reading Eggs lessons per day. This will help keep your child practicing those phonics skills that are essential to being a good reader. If they click on the Egg in the middle, that will take their to their learning path.

Sight Word Bingo on ABCya.com

Students can go to Sight Word Bingo on the website abcya.com. This game is free and will help your child with his/her reading fluency.
There are also many other games that are beneficial on this site.

FlipGrid

I have created a few topics for students to respond to on FlipGrid. Students can join a FlipGrid by typing in the Flip Code: morris2016 . Their student id is their classroom number. (If a child’s number in class is a single digit, then type a ‘0’ in front of their number. For example Joey might be number 4 in class. So his FlipGrid student id would be 04. If you cannot figure out your child’s code, please email me or send me a message on Showbie.

StoryLine Online

This website has tons of stories read aloud by famous actors. We watch these videos while packing up at the end of the day. They are so good! You can find them here.

DreamBox

Students can complete as many lessons on DreamBox as they would like. The lessons do get harder as you go. DreamBox recommends that you DO NOT help your child on the lessons, rather give them some examples separately. They can also tap the ? at the top if they get stuck and DreamBox will show them how to complete the problem. If students get stuck on a problem too long, the circle will turn orange. If your child is stuck and cannot seem to understand, please email me.

Play Online Learning Games:

Artic Animals (Subtraction Practice) Game (This is a Google Slides document. To play the game, click or tap “Present”.)

Read Books on Epic!

Epic! has waved all fees for its at-home version of the app. This is from Epic!:

“Starting immediately, we’re offering your students Remote Access to Epic for FREE through the end of the school year (June 30th) — no credit card required — to empower your students to keep reading and learning at home during COVID-19 school closures. Your students will have anywhere, anytime access to the full Epic library on all devices, and you can stay connected by assigning books or collections and monitoring their progress.”

MyON Books is a new resource we can share with students and parents. The application has over 6000 books that can be read or listened to online.

LSC MyOn link: https://www.myon.com/school/lafayettereads

User name: lsc Password: lsc

Students will install an app called MyON from self service
This is a share library so there is no limit to how many can read the book at the same time.
If a student does not complete a book it will not resume where they ended when they log back in since all are using the same log in. Students will need to make a note of the page number and navigate to that page when they log back in to resume reading the book.

Our class now has free access to Brainpop Jr videos. These videos are very engaging and beneficial.

The username is: mmorris2016
The password is: miller2020

Here is more information:
go.brainpop.com/family/home/activities/grades-k-2

I may assign some of these on our homework calendar. Please feel free to have your student watch these videos with our class login above.

Other Educational Options!

There are multiple apps on the iPads that students can use- such as Teach your Monster to Read, Starfall, Phonics Ninja, Todo Tells Time, Writing Wizard, Money Pieces, the list goes on. These apps are great for fun practice outside of school work.