KERRY DESHEFY
Special Education
Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School
Voice Mail: 7261
Email: deshefyk@madison.k12.ct.us

Kerry Deshefy

I am one of four Special Education teachers this year at Ryerson Elementary School. This year I am working with second grade students. I work in collaboration with classroom teachers and paraprofessionals to accommodate students with academic needs. Our students are working hard in school to learn new skills. It is very important for them to practice these skills as well as mastered skills at home. Here are some activities you can use with your children to practice what they are learning. Have a wonderful and safe holiday!

Reading – Read! Read! Read!

Leveled books may be found at the Scranton Library in Madison. Encourage your children to read books at independent levels to develop fluency and comprehension.
After your children have read their books, ask them to retell the story and to include setting, characters, problem in the story, and the solution to the problem

Writing

Encourage your child to write about books they are reading. This will help to develop their understanding of what they are reading. They can include sentences that explain the setting, characters, problem in the story, and the solution to the problem. Your children can then illustrate a picture showing their favorite part of the story

Math

Play with common coins. Your child can put coins in a bag and pick at least three coins and practice adding the amounts together.
Practice telling time with an analog and a digital clock to the hour, half-hour, and quarter-hour.
Practice counting to 100 by 2s and 5s, this only takes a minute or two, good activity right before bedtime.
Practice identifying three-digit numbers and answering how many hundreds, tens, and ones are in the number

Here are some websites that the students can use at home to help practice reading and math skills.

www.starfall.com

www.readingatoz.com

http://www.aaastudy.com/grade1.htm

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_1st.htm