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Listening and following three-step directions — Take-Home — 1st Grade Holds three instructions in their head and carries them out in order. This one-page 1st Grade take-home carries the two-minute check that tells you whether the skill is wobbly, then "Three-Step Missions" — 5 minutes with nothing — plus what to say when it gets hard and how to make it easier or…
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Listening and following three-step directions LITERACY · 1ST GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Study & Life Skills · 1st Grade 5 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Holds three instructions in their head and carries them out in order. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "Put your book on the shelf, get your shoes, and wait by the door." Once, then wait. A SOLID ANSWER All three, right order, one telling. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 THREE-STEP MISSIONS You need: Nothing Get eye contact first. Instructions given to a back don't land. Give three steps in one go, with no repetition. Have them repeat it back before moving. Saying it aloud is what stores it. Build to four steps once three is reliable and dull. Use it for real jobs — setting the table, packing a bag — not invented ones. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Say it back to me first. Now go — I'm not repeating it." Two steps, and let them repeat it twice. Add a condition: "If the towel is wet, hang it up; if it's dry, fold it." IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-1 www.littleactivity.com 1st Grade · Literacy
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Listening and following three-step directions LITERACY · 1ST GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Study & Life Skills · 1st Grade 5 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Holds three instructions in their head and carries them out in order. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "Put your book on the shelf, get your shoes, and wait by the door." Once, then wait. A SOLID ANSWER All three, right order, one telling. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 THREE-STEP MISSIONS You need: Nothing Get eye contact first. Instructions given to a back don't land. Give three steps in one go, with no repetition. Have them repeat it back before moving. Saying it aloud is what stores it. Build to four steps once three is reliable and dull. Use it for real jobs — setting the table, packing a bag — not invented ones. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Say it back to me first. Now go — I'm not repeating it." Two steps, and let them repeat it twice. Add a condition: "If the towel is wet, hang it up; if it's dry, fold it." IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-1 www.littleactivity.com 1st Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Riddles LITERACY · 2ND GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 I have hands but cannot clap. What am I? Hint: Tick tock! Answer: 2 What has a head and a tail but no body? Hint: You flip it. Answer: 3 What gets wetter the more it dries? Hint: You use it after a bath. Answer: 4 A farmer has 5 chickens. All but 3 run away. How many are left? Hint: "All but 3"... Answer: 5 I have legs but never walk. What am I? Hint: You sit at me. Answer: 6 What has an eye but cannot see? Hint: You use it to sew. Answer: www.littleactivity.com 2nd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Lateral Thinking LITERACY · 2ND GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 A man walks into a bar and asks for water. The bartender pulls out a gun. The man says 'Thank you' and leaves. Why? Hint: He had the hiccups. Answer: 2 A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for 5 minutes. They go out to dinner. How? Hint: She's a photographer. Answer: 3 How can a man go 8 days without sleep? Hint: He sleeps at night. Answer: 4 A truck driver goes the wrong way on a one-way street. He passes a police officer who does nothing. Why? Hint: He's walking. Answer: 5 What breaks but never falls, and falls but never breaks? Hint: Day and night. Answer: 6 A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays 3 days, and leaves on Friday. How? Hint: His horse's name... Answer: www.littleactivity.com 2nd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Riddles LITERACY · 3RD GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 I have hands but cannot clap. What am I? Hint: Tick tock! Answer: 2 What has a head and a tail but no body? Hint: You flip it. Answer: 3 What gets wetter the more it dries? Hint: You use it after a bath. Answer: 4 A farmer has 5 chickens. All but 3 run away. How many are left? Hint: "All but 3"... Answer: 5 I have legs but never walk. What am I? Hint: You sit at me. Answer: 6 What has an eye but cannot see? Hint: You use it to sew. Answer: www.littleactivity.com 3rd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Lateral Thinking LITERACY · 3RD GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 A man walks into a bar and asks for water. The bartender pulls out a gun. The man says 'Thank you' and leaves. Why? Hint: He had the hiccups. Answer: 2 A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for 5 minutes. They go out to dinner. How? Hint: She's a photographer. Answer: 3 How can a man go 8 days without sleep? Hint: He sleeps at night. Answer: 4 A truck driver goes the wrong way on a one-way street. He passes a police officer who does nothing. Why? Hint: He's walking. Answer: 5 What breaks but never falls, and falls but never breaks? Hint: Day and night. Answer: 6 A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays 3 days, and leaves on Friday. How? Hint: His horse's name... Answer: www.littleactivity.com 3rd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Riddles LITERACY · 4TH GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 I have hands but cannot clap. What am I? Hint: Tick tock! Answer: 2 What has a head and a tail but no body? Hint: You flip it. Answer: 3 What gets wetter the more it dries? Hint: You use it after a bath. Answer: 4 A farmer has 5 chickens. All but 3 run away. How many are left? Hint: "All but 3"... Answer: 5 I have legs but never walk. What am I? Hint: You sit at me. Answer: 6 What has an eye but cannot see? Hint: You use it to sew. Answer: www.littleactivity.com 4th Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Lateral Thinking LITERACY · 4TH GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 A man walks into a bar and asks for water. The bartender pulls out a gun. The man says 'Thank you' and leaves. Why? Hint: He had the hiccups. Answer: 2 A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for 5 minutes. They go out to dinner. How? Hint: She's a photographer. Answer: 3 How can a man go 8 days without sleep? Hint: He sleeps at night. Answer: 4 A truck driver goes the wrong way on a one-way street. He passes a police officer who does nothing. Why? Hint: He's walking. Answer: 5 What breaks but never falls, and falls but never breaks? Hint: Day and night. Answer: 6 A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays 3 days, and leaves on Friday. How? Hint: His horse's name... Answer: www.littleactivity.com 4th Grade · Literacy
