Library books are due every Wednesday. Books must be returned before students are allowed to check out another book. 
This year we will be learning about many of our great American Heroes. We would like to invite those interested to come dressed as one of the characters and share their story with our students. Presenters will visit each 1st grade class for 7-10 minutes. 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: “Subtracting From 9”. 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 Hint: Use counters (pennies, buttons, macaroni, etc.) if needed to model subtraction or draw pictures (e.g. simple circles) and cross off the number being subtracted. 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).
PRINT THIS HOMEWORK FORM to complete the following 3 tasks:
1- This week for homework is to read 20 minutes every night and record it on this reading-only tracker.
2- Reading 20 minutes per day.
3- One Minute Reading Fluency. Lesson #25 from this link: Phonics Fluency Stories.
This year we will be learning about many of our great American Heroes. We would like to invite those interested to come dressed as one of the characters and share their story with our students. Presenters will visit each 1st grade class for 7-10 minutes. 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: “Subtracting from 8”. 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 Hint: Use counters (pennies, buttons, macaroni, etc.) if needed to model subtraction or draw pictures (e.g. simple circles) and cross off the number being subtracted. Count backwards when subtracting 1, 2, or 3: Start with the bigger number and count backwards (Example: 3 – 2. Snap your finger and say “3″ and count backwards 2 times: say 3 (snap)…2…1).
PRINT THIS HOMEWORK FORM to complete the following 5 tasks:
1- weekly-homework-form
TO RECEIVE CREDIT PLEASE WRITE STUDENT’S NAME ON HOMEWORK AND STAPLE THE SORT WORK SEPARATELY FROM THE MATH HOMEWORK.
2- Reading 20 minutes per day.
3- One Minute Reading Fluency. Lesson #24 from this link: Phonics Fluency Stories.
4- Weekly Sort: 1-24-sheet1 (Please PRINT this assigned sort.)
5- 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:
saw
said
work
from
tree
High Frequency Words:
only
most
its
Sentence:
We saw its face.
