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Homework 11/27-12/1

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Homework this week is due on FRIDAY, December 1st:

PRINT THIS Homework Tracker 

1- Math Homework:  
  • Worksheets: This week for homework is review. There are only a couple of addition worksheets to have your child do in their green folder. Have them practice any strategy they have learned in the previous chapter. We are starting a new chapter so next week we will be back at regular math packets. 
You may also have your child get on IXL and complete and of the C’s. Click IXL labels for their usernames and passwords. They HAVE to sign on under Quest Academy’s website under student links for it to work. 

Math Fluency Timings: Click on the link to see where your child is at on math timings.Then print the page of timing they are working on. Addition and Subtraction Fluency Timings. Print the page they are working on and put it in a sheet protector in your child’s green folder. Time them for 1 minute and 15 seconds twice. Have them use an expo to write their answers that way you can reuse sheets. 
  • HARDER TIMINGS: I wasn’t loving what I had started so I am changing things again. If your child has passed off all the other timings here are some new timings I made. They should not have to regroup and should be able to either count on or know it by heart. Print off Harder Math Timings 10-20.  Here is the tracker to know where your child is at Timings 10-20. Time them still for 1 minute 15 seconds. Please let me know if you need help with anything.  

**LANGUAGE ARTS HOMEWORK** 

We are working on the -ake, -ate, -ame word families that are associated with Long A as in “a____e”   and apostrophe’s this week.  Contractions review is something we continue working on this week as well.   
You can review the picture below for the week at a glance.
Unit 3 Week 1 Parent Newsletter

1- Daily Reading Fluency 
A Reading for All Learners (Baggy Book) leveled book will be sent home with your child DAILY. Please have your child read the book (or one story from the books that contain more than one story) at least two-three times and then sign the included form. You may supplement your child’s reading using books at home, library books, etc. to fulfill the minimum requirement of 20-30 minutes of reading per day. These are meant to be easier than your students level to work on their sight word and fluency. 

2- Reading 20 minutes per day.  Track your daily reading minutes on the homework tracker sheet.  Make reading every single day a priority.  Ask your students questions using the retell rope visual below. 

I have added each of the students into the online reading program EPIC.  They can read any book from this site as well.  I
Students will click on the picture above their name.  It will ask you to click your child’s age after entering our class code and then they can mark their favorite types of books and hit next.  They can click on any book they want and it will play for them.  This also counts as their reading minutes.  Have fun and explore! We recommend clicking on a book in the “Featured Collections” section and just tapping on the page to turn it when you are done reading to start out and try out this new system. 

EPIC LINK
Our Class Code is:   RBE-3078

3-There is no daily reading homework and reading timing sheet this week.  
Please have your student read their baggy books as well as any other books of their choosing and have them use the re-tell rope visual below to have them tell you about the book they read.  Please initial on the reading timings section of the homework tracker the days that they complete this task.  

Re-tell the story with as much detail as possible, and in your own words, to a parent, using the guidelines described below:

Non-Fiction Re-tell Rope 3Fiction Re-Tell Rope 3













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


Phonics Spelling List:
make
take
came
game
gate
late
chin
graph
some
today

Review high frequency words:
away
now
way
why

**If your child is absent please have them complete a Waterford session and do a few activities on Wonders. The activities on Wonders are connected to our daily lessons. Thank you.  

Click here to access Waterford: Waterford
Click here to access Wonders: Wonders

Nutcracker/Winter Party

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Just a reminder to fill out and sign the permission slip (see previous post) to the Nutcracker coming up quickly in December. 


party time
Also we have our Winter party on Friday December 15th from about 11:40am-1:30pm. Mrs. Nelson and I both have different people graduating that day and will have a sub, so we are looking for more volunteers to help.

Please email Mrs. Bischoff at qbischoff@questac.org if you are willing and able to help with the party. 

Here is who we currently have signed up:

Kristin Peterson
Stacie Presnell
Kelsey Bell 

The Nutcracker Ballet

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We are excited to announce that 1st grade will be attending The Nutcracker Ballet at the Egyptian Theater on Monday, December 4th. We appreciate the generous donations from POQA, which helped make this opportunity a reality. Your donations are still needed to allow us to participate in the additional field trip experiences that we have planned for the rest of the school year to Hill Aerospace Museum and the Ogden Nature Center.  Please make your $12 donation for field trips as soon as possible to the office if you have not done this.  (Also, the class party donation of $15 to cover all of our parties-as only 8 of our students have done this. We will be emailing those students whose donations have not been paid to the office as a friendly reminder.)

We encourage you to complete the following online permission form promptly. School sack lunch orders for the field trip MUST be submitted by the morning of Monday, November 27th. Orders placed after that morning will not be accepted: 
Nutcracker Field Trip Permission Form

Please note: We are LIMITED to ONLY 4 parent chaperones.  We do request that the parent chaperones pay $3.00 for their Nutcracker ticket. Additional family members and siblings are NOT able to attend. The 4 slots will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. Chaperone requests will be accepted on the above permission form only.

Homework for week 11/13-11/17

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Homework this week is due on FRIDAY, November 17th:

PRINT THIS Homework Tracker 

1- Math Homework:  
  • Worksheets: Please look in your child’s green folder on Tuesday for worksheets with concepts that have been taught in class.  The purpose of this homework is for a quick review, some practice, and a chance for parents to see what their child is learning in math.  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! :) Please help your child read the directions/example problems and allow them to talk about the problems as they figure out the answers. 

  • Math Fluency Timings: Click on the link to see where your child is at on math timings.Then print the page of timing they are working on. Addition and Subtraction Fluency Timings. Print the page they are working on and put it in a sheet protector in your child’s green folder. Time them for 1 minute and 15 seconds twice. Have them use an expo to write their answers that way you can reuse sheets. 

  • HARDER TIMINGS: I wasn’t loving what I had started so I am changing things again. If your child has passed off all the other timings here are some new timings I made. They should not have to regroup and should be able to either count on or know it by heart. Print off Harder Math Timings 10-20.  Here is the tracker to know where your child is at Timings 10-20. Time them still for 1 minute 15 seconds. Please let me know if you need help with anything.  
IXL: If they haven’t completed it already this week they need to complete:
E.4, E.5, E.6, E.8

**LANGUAGE ARTS HOMEWORK** 

***We are assessing our students comprehension and many of the homework pages will be repeats of ones they have already done- new reading homework pages will be sent home after Thanksgiving break ***

We are working on the -ch, -tch, -wh, -ph word families this week.  We continue focusing on characters (who), setting (where), and events (what) when retelling their stories, as well as sequencing with first, next, then, and finally. Plural nouns with the -es suffix is a focus this week, focusing on exploring maps and globes as well.  


1- Daily Reading Fluency 
Please complete the daily reading homework and timings on it.  

A Reading for All Learners (Baggy Book) leveled book will be sent home with your child DAILY. Please have your child read the book (or one story from the books that contain more than one story) at least two-three times and then sign the included form. You may supplement your child’s reading using books at home, library books, etc. to fulfill the minimum requirement of 20-30 minutes of reading per day. These are meant to be easier than your students level to work on their sight word and fluency. 

2- Reading 20 minutes per day.  Track your daily reading minutes on the homework tracker sheet.  Make reading every single day a priority.  Ask your students questions using the retell rope visual below.  It’s also a good idea to time your child every single day for one minute on the same story every week in preparation for the benchmark Dibels testings throughout the year.  

3-Timed Reading Activity. It is so very important to practice timed readings with our students.  We have added this additional component to the reading homework. 
Please record the fluency time of words per minute on the homework tracker from these stories links above. 

  1.  Complete a one-minute timed reading and record your score on the Homework Form. Feel free to use this online timer: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/timer/1minute/ . Find your score by subtracting the number of incorrect words read from the total number of words read in one minute (for instance, if you read 98 words, but read 5 of the words incorrectly, your score would be 93).   
  2. Re-tell the story with as much detail as possible, and in your own words, to a parent, using the guidelines described below:

Non-Fiction Re-tell Rope 3Fiction Re-Tell Rope 3














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

Phonics Spelling List:
whip
whale
catch
match
chin
graph
shop
with
many
around
place
walk

**If your child is absent please have them complete a Waterford session and do a few activities on Wonders. The activities on Wonders are connected to our daily lessons. Thank you.  

Click here to access Waterford: Waterford
Click here to access Wonders: Wonders

 

SLANT song

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We have been working on SLANT in our classroom since the beginning of the year and we were reminded today of what each letter means. Some of the students wanted to watch this at home and come up with actions for us to remember them better. So here is the video we watched today for our reminder. 

Homework for Week 11/6/-11/10

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Homework this week is due on FRIDAY, November 10th:

PRINT THIS Homework Tracker 

1- Math Homework:  
  • Worksheets: Please look in your child’s green folder on Tuesday for worksheets with concepts that have been taught in class.  The purpose of this homework is for a quick review, some practice, and a chance for parents to see what their child is learning in math.  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! :) Please help your child read the directions/example problems and allow them to talk about the problems as they figure out the answers. 

  • Math Fluency Timings: Click on the link to see where your child is at on math timings.Then print the page of timing they are working on. Addition and Subtraction Fluency Timings. Print the page they are working on and put it in a sheet protector in your child’s green folder. Time them for 1 minute and 15 seconds twice. Have them use an expo to write their answers that way you can reuse sheets. 

  • HARDER TIMINGS: I wasn’t loving what I had started so I am changing things again. If your child has passed off all the other timings here are some new timings I made. They should not have to regroup and should be able to either count on or know it by heart. Print off Harder Math Timings 10-20.  Here is the tracker to know where your child is at Timings 10-20. Time them still for 1 minute 15 seconds. Please let me know if you need help with anything.  

**LANGUAGE ARTS HOMEWORK** 

We are working on the -sh, -th, -ng word families this week.  We continue focusing on characters (who), setting (where), and events (what) when retelling their stories, as well as sequencing with first, next, then, and finally. Syllables and verbs with -ing words is a focus this week.

1- Daily Reading Fluency 
Please complete both the timed daily reading assignments listed below. 

A Reading for All Learners (Baggy Book) leveled book will be sent home with your child DAILY. Please have your child read the book (or one story from the books that contain more than one story) at least two-three times and then sign the included form. You may supplement your child’s reading using books at home, library books, etc. to fulfill the minimum requirement of 20-30 minutes of reading per day. These are meant to be easier than your students level to work on their sight word and fluency. 

2- Reading 20 minutes per day.  Track your daily reading minutes on the homework tracker sheet.  Make reading every single day a priority.  Ask your students questions using the retell rope visual below.  It’s also a good idea to time your child every single day for one minute on the same story every week in preparation for the benchmark Dibels testings throughout the year.  

3-Timed Reading Activity. It is so very important to practice timed readings with our students.  We have added this additional component to the reading homework. 
This activity should be completed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. These extra phonics fluency stories are for extra practice.  Please record the words per minute from the timings off of your students reading homework story sent home in their green homework folders. 
Monday & Tuesday Story:
A Big, White Hen
Wednesday & Thursday Story:
Little By Little 

  1. Please record the fluency time of words per minute on the homework tracker from these stories links above. 
  2.  Complete a one-minute timed reading and record your score on the Homework Form. Feel free to use this online timer: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/timer/1minute/ . Find your score by subtracting the number of incorrect words read from the total number of words read in one minute (for instance, if you read 98 words, but read 5 of the words incorrectly, your score would be 93).   
  3. Re-tell the story with as much detail as possible, and in your own words, to a parent, using the guidelines described below:

Non-Fiction Re-tell Rope 3Fiction Re-Tell Rope 3














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

Phonics Spelling List:
thump
shoe
thick
them
ship 
shell
fish
path
rang
teeth
cash
wing

**If your child is absent please have them complete a Waterford session and do a few activities on Wonders. The activities on Wonders are connected to our daily lessons. Thank you.  

Click here to access Waterford: Waterford
Click here to access Wonders: Wonders

 

Mad Scientist Art Club

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We will be starting the second session (of two sessions) of our first-grade club in November.  This will be an after-school science and art club.  Club will meet every Tuesday from November 14th to December 12th. The club contract is posted below.

Club contracts will need to be turned in to the Q1 office beginning November 3rd.  The last day contracts payments will be accepted is November 8th.
Admission into the club is limited to 20 students and will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.  art-science

The first 20 contracts turned in to the office will be accepted.  We will contact you if your child has been accepted.  If your child is accepted, there will be a $5 fee, along with rules that must be followed for continuation of club involvement.  The $5 fee will be due by November 8th, otherwise your child will forfeit his/her place in the club.

Club will be every Tuesday from 3:00-3:45.  Pick up is at 3:45 sharp!  Students will participate in a variety of science experiments and art activities. 


For a printable version of the Club Application/Contract, click on the picture or link below:  
Mad Scientist Club Application
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