• Worksheets: Please complete every other problem (alternate between evens and odds so your child gets practice doing story problems AND “Vocabulary Check”/ “Test Practice” problems each week).  If your child wants to do every problem they are certainly free to do so! 🙂 

• Practice your fluency timing repeatedly: “Mixed Subtraction” and introduce “Subtraction Mixed”.  Record your best time and score each day. [By the end of first grade, the target goal is to finish all 25 problems in 1 minute and 15 seconds, with 90% accuracy (23 out of 25 problems correct).]  Click here for extra timings: Fluency Timings

• For extra practice, utilize any of these math-fact-activities. There is also a copy provided in your blue folder.

Helpful Hints:  Students should know all the ways to “Make a Ten”.  (0 + 10, 1 + 9, 2 + 8, 3 + 7, 4 + 6, 5 +5).  Using these facts will help them find the related subtraction facts when “Subtracting From 10″.  Help them see the connection.  If I know 4 + 6 = 10, then 10 – 6 = 4 and 10 – 4 = 6. 
Count backwards when subtracting 1, 2, or 3: Start with the bigger number and count backwards (Example: 8 – 3.  Snap your finger and say “8″ and count backwards 3 times: say 8 (snap)…7…6…5).  For numbers close to each other on the number line (i.e. 9-7), picture how close they are on the number line (i.e. 9 and 7 are 2 “frog hops” away from each other).  Some facts just need to be memorized!  

**NEW LANGUAGE ARTS HOMEWORK**  (Please read carefully.)

1- Daily Reading Fluency (available in the Blue Homework folders on Mondays). Our new daily reading fluency is leveled to meet the needs of the individual students. Parent instructions are provided. Please let us know if you have questions about this new task. 

2- Reading 20 minutes per day. Click here to record your weekly reading minutes: Library Reading Minutes Log. (You no longer need to send in a paper record, simply complete the online reading log.)

3- Phonics and High Frequency Words Homework. Practice using any method of your choice to prepare for the weekly Friday spelling test. Click here for some practice ideas: Spelling Study Activities

Phonics Words:
doll
less
fill
mess
unless

High Frequency Words:
with
after
they
very
your

Sentence:
The hut is a mess.