Basic Literacy & Math Skills for PreK-6^th grades for At-Home Activities

All Grades: Read 20 Minutes Every Day!

 PreK

• Read nursery rhymes and practice rhyming words
• Read fiction and nonfiction books to your child, ask questions while reading
• Practice writing their names, identifying letters (both upper and lowercase)
• Count to 30 with and without objects, write numbers 1-10, identify shapes
• Make up math stories to practice adding and subtracting within 5

 Kindergarten

• Practice letters, sounds, sounding out simple three letter words (cat), practice writing name, sight word practice (Dolch or Frye lists can easily be found on internet), & practice rhyming words
• Read fiction and nonfiction books with your child - write a sentence or draw a picture about the story
• Count to 100 by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s; count up to 20 using objects; write numbers to 20
• Practice adding and subtracting numbers within 10 mentally and by using objects
• Identify coins and their value - penny, nickel, dime, and quarter

 First Grade

• Read fiction and nonfiction books - write sentences retelling the story/facts for nonfiction
• Review letters, sounds, sounding out words, and sight word practice (Dolch/Frye lists)
• Count to 120 by 1’s, 5’s, 10’s, and 2’s
• Practice adding and subtracting within 100
• Identify if one number is greater than, less than, or equal to the second number to 100

 Second Grade

• Read fiction books and retell beginning, middle, and end – Identify character, setting and plot
• Read nonfiction books retelling main topic and details
• Sight Word practice (Dolch or Frye list)
• Adding and subtracting 2-and 3-digit numbers with carrying and borrowing
• Adding and subtracting money amounts with dollars and coins
• Time by the hour, quarter hour, half hour, and 5-minute intervals

Third Grade

• Read fiction and non-fiction books, ask questions about what they read, compare/contrast different books or passages when possible, discuss vocabulary
• Write detailed paragraphs about what your child has read
• Know multiplication facts, 0-10, and fluently multiply two numbers within 100
• Add and subtract 3-digit numbers with carrying and borrowing
• Measure items to nearest ¼ inch

 Fourth Grade

• Read a paragraph, a short story, a book, and/or look at pictures - find main idea and summarize what you read by writing using complete sentences (subject, predicate, capital letter, and punctuation)
• Use context clues to identify unknown words in texts
• Work with fractions (simplify, add, subtract, and compare)
• Practice with multiplication problems (ex. 6x4=24, 257x4=1028, 42x25=1050)

 Fifth Grade

• Read a paragraph, a short story, a book, and/or look at pictures – find main idea and summarize what you read by writing using complete sentences (subject, predicate, capital letter, and punctuation)
• Read nonfiction books/paragraphs to identify topic and details and compare/contrast events, ideas, or information from multiple sources
• Add and subtract fractions with mixed numbers with unlike denominators including regrouping, multiplying and dividing fractions
• Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals

 Sixth Grade

• Nonfiction - Watch a newscast or read an informational article-summarize it (retell it in your own words) and determine the main idea, circle unfamiliar words (look it up, write the definition, a sentence, draw a picture of it, etc.). Ex. explain main idea and give two details that support it and write in complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation
• Fiction-read or listen to books - summarize, determine theme or central idea, circle and look up unfamiliar words, how do character(s) change from beginning to end. Ex. Explain how characters changed throughout the story and what lesson they learned. Explain how you know. Write in complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuations.
• Know multiplication facts fluently (especially 1-12)
• Long division problems (ex. 323 / 12)
• Find area of objects (Length x Width or Base x Height)