High Frequency Word Practice Games · Parking Lot-draw tiny parking spots on a piece of paper or poster board, and write a High Frequency Word in each one. As you name the words,

First Grade

High Frequency Word Practice Games

*Over the summer, please have your child practice and memorize all the 1st grade High

Frequency Words in lessons 1-30 using the following High Frequency Word Practice games:

1. Swat It-write the high frequency words you want to practice on sticky notes. Then, have

your child swat each high frequency word with a fly swatter as you name it!

2. Playdough Writing-with a stick or wooden skewer, write each high frequency word in a piece

of flattened out playdough.

3. Memory-write each high frequency word on two different index cards. Then, invite your

child to find the matches.

4. Build It-have your child build each high frequency word out of playdough, pipe cleaners,

string, etc.

5. Tic-Tac-Toe-write high frequency words on muffin tin liners and place the liners in a

muffin tin. Play a simple game of three in a row. One person calls out a word. The other person

takes a place marker and puts it in the correct cup. When three in a row is achieved, you have a

winner!

6. Parking Lot-draw tiny parking spots on a piece of paper or poster board, and write a High

Frequency Word in each one. As you name the words, have your child park a toy car in each spot.

Read-Spell-Read

7. Rainbow Write-write each high frequency word using 3 different colors.

8. Read-Spell-Write-read the word, spell the word, write the word (repeat for all the high

frequency words you’re practicing)

9. Scavenger Hunt-write each high frequency word on a flashcard. Using the flashcards, ask

an adult to place each card in various parts of the house. Find the word/flashcard that the

adult asks for and bring it back to them.

1st Grade High Frequency Word List

Review Week

· how

· who

· are

· to

· be

· and

· like

· see

· why

Lesson 1

· and

· be

· help

· play

· with

· you

Lesson 2

· for

· have

· he

· look

· too

· what

Lesson 3

· do

· find

· funny

· no

· sing

· they

Lesson 4

· all

· does

· here

· me

· my

· who

Lesson 5

· friend

· full

· good

· hold

· many

· pull

Lesson 6

· every

· call

· away

· hear

· come

· said

Lesson 7

· animal

· how

· make

· of

· some

· why

Lesson 8

· her

· now

· our

· she

· today

· would

Lesson 9

· after

· draw

· pictures

· read

· was

· write

Lesson 10

· give

· one

· small

· put

· eat

· take

Lesson 11

· blue

· little

· water

· cold

· live

· where

· far

· their

Lesson 12

· been

· brown

· know

· never

· off

· out

· own

· very

Lesson 13

· down

· green

· open

· fall

· grow

· yellow

· goes

· new

Lesson 14

· four

· five

· into

· over

· starts

· three

· two

· watch

Lesson 15

· bird

· both

· eyes

· fly

· long

· or

· those

· walk

Lesson 16

· around

· because

· do

· bring

· carry

· light

· show

· think

Lesson 17

· about

· by

· car

· could

· don’t

· maybe

· sure

· there

Lesson 18

· first

· food

· ground

· right

· sometimes

· these

· under

· your

Lesson 19

· done

· great

· laugh

· paper

· soon

· talk

· were

· work

Lesson 20

· door

· more

· mother

· old

· try

· use

· want

· wash

Lesson 21

· few

· loudly

· night

· noise

· shall

· story

· window

· world

Lesson 22

· baby

· begins

· eight

· follow

· learning

· until

· years

· young

Lesson 23

· again

· along

· began

· boy

· father

· house

· nothing

· together

Lesson 24

· ready

· kinds

· covers

· country

· earth

· warms

· soil

· almost

Lesson 25

· buy

· city

· family

· myself

· party

· please

· school

· seven

Lesson 26

· above

· bear

· even

· pushed

· studied

· surprised

· teacher

· toward

Lesson 27

· always

· different

· enough

· happy

· high

· near

· once

· stories

Lesson 28

· across

· ball

· cried

· head

· heard

· large

· second

· should

Lesson 29

· caught

· listen

· friendship

· beautiful

· thought

· idea

· took

· minute

Lesson 30

· loved

· everyone

· brothers

· sorry

· people

· field

· only

· most

Math Fact Practice Games

Classic War (2+ players)

Materials: Deck of Cards – remove face cards

Deal the entire deck of cards. Players each turn the top card over in their stack. The player

with the highest card wins the round and takes all the cards. If two or more players turn over a

card with the same value and it is the highest, those players continue by playing two cards face

down and a third card face up. The player with the highest third face up card wins the round

and takes all the cards played. Repeat until one player has the whole deck.

Variations:

● Each player plays two cards and adds them together. Highest sum wins the round.

● Speed War: each player plays one card and the fastest to add the cards together

wins the round.

Make a Ten (single player)

Remove 10’s, all face cards, and jokers. Flip one card at a time in a straight line. When two cards

in a row make a ten remove them from the line. Continue flipping cards until you have made all

the tens.

Variation:

● Two players: each player has their own deck and race to make all the tens.

Beyond Ten

Grab a second deck of cards and turn 3 cards over and add them up.

● Use known facts to add first. Then count on.

● Make a ten first if possible. -- practice the teen totals

One Less, One More, Two Less, Two More (2 players)

Remove the face cards and jokers from the deck. Place the cards in the middle of the two

players. The players take turns turning over one card from the deck and saying what “one more,

one less, two more, and two less (if possible) are.

Games with Dice

Make Ten (single player)

Roll one die. Tell how many more you need to make ten. Example: Roll of 2. I need 8 more to

make 10.

Variation:

● Use two dice and make 20.

Double It

Roll on die. Double (add the same number to it) the number you roll. Play until you have rolled all

six numbers.

Variation:

● Roll two dice. Add them together. Double it.

Counting Practice

Collections

Find a group of objects (small toys, buttons, macaroni noodles, etc.). Start by counting the

objects. Start with a small amount (less than 30) and increase the amounts.

Ways to count:

● One to one (1, 2, 3, 4…)

● By 5’s (put the objects in groups of five count 5, 10 ,15…)

● By 2’s (grab two at time – 2, 4, 6…)

● Make groups of ten

● Start at a number other than 1.

○ For example: begin counting the collection at 12.

■ Count by 2’s (12, 14, 16…)

■ Count by 10’s (12, 22, 32…

Counting On/Back

Start at any number less than 120 and count on to a specified number.

● Start at 12 and count until you get to 24.

● Start at 39 and count until you get to 56.

Start at any number less than 20 and count back to a specified number.

● Start at 19 and count back until you get to 11.

● Start at 8 and count back until you get to 2.

English Language Development

Find Someone Who

Come up with your own questions that you find fitting for your child. You can create questions

that revolve among your friends and family. Ex. Find someone who is a police officer and have

them use the sentence frame: _______ is a police officer.

Ask Me About

Talk to your child or create questions about a topic that interest them or you would like to know

more about. Ex. Ask me about my favorite animal, movie, sport..etc.

Ingredients of Me

Have your child make a list of what they enjoy doing and the things that describe them as a

person. Once they are done have them read you the list along with the percentage. List at least

4

Ex.

Chores 40%

Gamer 70%

Student 100%

Drawing 30%

Role Play

Set up a scenario that your child would like to do and take turns. Ex.Have your child pretend to

order a pizza while you answer the phone. Parent says “Hello, Thank you for calling Best Pizza in

Town can I take your order?” Wait for child to answer. Come up with different scenarios.

Turn on Subtitles!

Find a television program or movie appropriate for your Child. Watch the program with closed

captioning. This will allow your child to see and hear the words being spoken by the speaker in

the show.

Play Word Association

Have your child say a word that comes to mind.

Ex. Cookies

Then you (parent) come up with a word that begins with the last letter of the word they said.

Ex. Sandwich

The last letter of cookies is “s” so any word that starts with “s” will work such as sandwich, sail,

sand. Then your child says a new word but must begin with the last letter of sandwich which is

“h” so an example would be horse.

1st Grade Summer Reading

Children need to practice reading daily during the summer break. This practice will

help improve reading skills and develop fluency. Reading helps children hang on to

what they learned during the school year.

● Reading keeps the brain active and alert

● There are always great books out there waiting to be discovered

● Reading gives your children a schedule to adhere to every single day

● Reading opens up the lines of communication to talk about what was written on those pages

Your child should be reading at a 2.0 level at the beginning of the next school

year. To understand reading levels, note that the number before the decimal is the

grade level, and the number after the decimal is the number of months into that

grade level. (Ex. 2.0=Beginning of second grade, 0 months into the grade level.) In

order to get the most benefit from reading practice, your child should be reading

books at their grade level. As you see them mastering books at one level, you can

increase to the next level, and so on. You can obtain books and a free library card

through the Los Angeles County Public Library website while the library remains

closed. On the library home page click the link for Digital Library. Here you can get

an instant digital library card (using your cell phone number). To find e-books click

on OverDrive, and search for books using either the title or author name. You can

download the book or read it in the browser. We are including a list of sample

books in each reading level. If the book is not available, try another title. Also

attached is a Summer Reading Log. Write the titles of the books you read on the

log. Return it to your first grade teacher at the beginning of the new school year

to receive a special treat! Remember...... READ EVERY DAY!!! HAPPY READING!

Library Web Address: www.lacountylibrary.org

Summer Reading Book List (By Reading Level- Attached)

Reading Log- (Attached):

Other Reading Sources:

www.getepic.com

www.readbrightly.com