Students in first grade should only spend about 45-90 minutes per day
doing school work,
and it should be done in 5-10 minute sessions.
In case you weren't already aware, the attention span of young children
​is not very long,
​especially if they are in a more relaxed environment...LOL 

Links for Weekly Lesson Resources

Click the links below to find resources (videos, online books, printouts, etc.) that could help you with assignments for each week.

Staying Connected

Our district uses Microsoft Teams as an online collaboration platform.  Students can access assignments, messages, links, files, etc. through this app. To get to it, click the link and students will log in to their Office365 account by doing the following: 

1. Username: first three letters of their first name and the first three letters of their last name and the last 4 numbers of their Clever login, then type @union.k12.sc.us
2. Password: birth date in mmddyyyy format 
3. Once you are in, the Teams icon may already be a choice across the top.  If it's not there, click on the 9 dots that look like a waffle in the top left corner. You may have to scroll down a little to find it.

Apps and Websites Currently Free Due to Closures

Many companies are offering free access to their apps and online learning websites
​that are usually free for only limited access.or are completely subscription based.
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Happy Numbers
The links above take you to Clever where you can​click the appropriate icon to be logged in automatically. 
After logging in to Clever, click on "Classroom Apps" page to find the icons for items I have added if you don't see them automatically.
Have you ever tried an Escape Room?  This site is a digital version of that, plus it's educational:
that's a Win-Win!  They have created a page of FREE games that students can play at home while
​learning at the same time.  
​Awesome daily lessons already set up with fiction and nonfiction texts/videos and a follow-up activity​.
PebbleGo is a fabulous resource for nonfiction reading and researching for first graders!  It has TONS of science and social studies topics, simple text, and will also read it to you.  The site is also very easy to navigate.  During school closure, we have free access using the following
​ login information: 
Userame: engaged   
​Password: learning
Capstone Interactive is through the same company as PebbleGo, but has a fiction and nonfiction library.  You can search books by grade level (interest range) or reading level.  We also have free access to this site during school closure.
Username: continue   
​ Password: reading

Schedule

Virtual Field Trips
Click here to see a  "schedule" I've created
​along with links to various activities
​that could be beneficial as students work from home each day.
Click the link for a calendar of awesome Virtual Field Trips!  Students can go on the trip, then write about what they learned in their journals so they'll have a record of how they spent some of their at-home time during this pandemic!