Kids love rocks! And I love that we study about the uses of rocks and soil in 1st grade! I’ve asked the students to find and bring in two rocks by Monday, October 5. The first rock can be interesting and unique because it will be used to sort by observable properties (size, color, texture etc.) and to practice counting by 10′s by making groups of ten rocks. The second rock will be used in an art project to make pet rocks, so it should be somewhat smooth and big enough to glue and paint on, but not so big that it’s too heavy in a backpack (no bigger than the size of a slice of bread). They will probably get attached to their rocks, so please write your name on both rocks. 🙂 Thank you!
1- Math Homework:
*Complete every other problem (alternate between evens and odds) on the worksheets that will be coming home in the homework folder on Monday Sept. 28 (No need to print anything out). Please make sure you are going through the homework with your student to verify they are understanding.
*Practice your math facts (addition and subtraction) regularly by utilizing any of the math facts activities listed here: Math Facts Activities (You might try activity #7: Front Row Ed Fact Practice if you haven’t already. Students who don’t like being timed are really liking this one! Our class code is tcri3k)
2- Reading 20-30 minutes per day, record on reading log on our Weekly Homework form. There are several sources for reading: “Reading for all Learners” also known as”Buddy books” from school, books from home or the public library and our online reading program Raz-Kids. Our class Raz-Kids login is: anelson74
3- Timed fluency practice worth 20 points. Click here: Timed Fluency Practice
This daily one-minute timed fluency reading will help your student become a fluent reader. It will also count toward your 20 reading minutes. Time your student for one minute. Record the number of words they were able to read in one minute.
4- Weekly Word Sort and High Frequency Word homework. Here is the link to print our weekly homework form: Weekly-Homework-Organizer-Form
High Frequency Words for this week are:
at
or
from
had
I
REVIEW WORDS:
they
with
be
SENTENCE
You and I go in.
SPELLING SENTENCE 7 POINTS POSSIBLE ON TEST (1 point for each correctly spelled word, 1 point for beginning the sentence with an uppercase letter, and 1 point for the correct punctuation mark at the end of the sentence.)
SORT GROUPS:
RED GROUP: Payton E, Bryton
PINK GROUP: Leah, Peyton S
YELLOW GROUP: Charlie, Kaylee, Brynn, Kyler, Owen, Jessica, London, Isaac, Isabella, Jake, Saelim, Tegan, Clay, Hannah, Spencer
GREEN GROUP: Bryker, Rosa
BLUE GROUP: Kathlyn, Tenaya, Alexa, Athena
PURPLE GROUP: Adalai
**Note: Many cards are pictures, please encourage your child to spell as much of the word as they can. Pictures are used so the students will listen to the letter sounds rather than just look for the letter that matches their header.**
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