*ALL MATH, SPELLING AND TIMED READING FLUENCY HOMEWORK IS DUE FRIDAY, April 21st
***READING LOG MINUTES NEED TO BE RECORDED SUNDAY, APRIL 23rd. PLEASE RECORD MINUTES FOR THE LIBRARY CHALLENGE TOO! IT’S SIMPLE AND TAKES LESS THAN A MINUTE.
There are 6 components to this weeks homework:
1- My Math Homework Lessons 3-4
***Last Chance to turn in My Math Worksheets Chapter 9 9-10 and Chapter 10 1-2 for credit**
2-Math FLUENCY Timings: Subtraction Mixed Form B
3- Reading Fluency: NEW FORMAT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR! I have changed this part of the weekly homework so please look at it carefully.
4-Reading Minutes: (20 minutes/day or a total of 100 minutes/week)
5- High Frequency Spelling, Phonics and Sentence
6- ***Important Question of the Week: What is your favorite book or book series, and why is it your favorite?
I LOVE MATH!!
1-My Math Homework for the Week:
Monday Lesson 3: Problem Solving: Look for a Pattern
Tuesday Lesson 2: Combine Three-Dimensional Shapes
Wednesday Lesson : Please review addition and subtraction on your own. I would suggest going over the Helpful Hints, found below, with your student
Thursday Lesson : Please review addition and subtraction on your own.
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).
Please check your child’s answers for accuracy
- Practice your fluency timing repeatedly: FROM NOW ON…ONLY TIME YOUR STUDENT FOR 1 MINUTE 15 SECONDS!!! I WANT THEM TO GET USED TO WORKING WITHIN THAT TIME CONSTRAINT…RECORD NUMBER CORRECT ONLY/1:15 MINUTES
- Click here for timings: Fluency Timings
2 + 2 = 4 Picture a wagon with 2 wheels on each side and 4 wheels total
3 + 3 = 6 Picture a 6 pack of soft drinks, with 3 cans on each side
4 + 4 = 8 Picture a spider with 4 legs on each side and 8 legs total
5 + 5 = 10 Picture 5 fingers on each hand and 10 fingers total
6 + 6 = 12 Picture a dozen of eggs with 6 eggs in each row and 12 eggs total
7 + 7 = 14 Picture two weeks on a calendar with 7 days in each week and 14 days total
8 + 8 = 16 Picture a 16 pack of crayons with 8 crayons in each row and 16 crayons total
9 + 9 = 18 Picture a semi (18 wheeler) with 9 wheels on each side and 18 wheels total
10 + 10 = 20 Picture all your fingers and toes for a total of 20
3- ***NEW Timed Reading Fluency Passage and Skills Practice :
In an effort to better meet ALL my students’ individual reading level, I changed this aspect of the weekly homework for the rest of the year. Your student’s “Daily Reading Passage and Skills Practice” is attached to their My Math homework pages. Please take a minute to look carefully at their passage as well as their “Skills Practice.” There is more than simply reading a passage and, as before, it counts toward your student’s reading minutes.
4- Reading: 20 minutes/day or a total of 100 minutes/week:
RECORD YOUR READING MINUTES ON THE “BOOK IT” READING LOG located in your student’s green folder.
***There are several sources for reading: “Reading for all Learners” also known as”Baggy Books,” books from the school library, books from home, as well as the public library.
The following are programs are EXTRAS, that your student can do for EXTRA PRACTICE. They are not a required part of weekly homework.
Students may use our online reading program Raz-Kids. Our class Raz-Kids login is: dvella0 (That’s a zero)
WATERFORD: You should have all received an email, from WEL support, around the 12th of January. Waterford, a L.A,program, covers many aspects spelling, reading and writing. We use it in our first grade classes on a daily basis.
FRONT ROW: While this is not a new program, it is new to our class. Friday your student took a FRONT ROW pretest for WORD STUDY. They are all leveled, and ready to go. Basically, they will be practicing word sorts according to certain basic phonics/spelling rules . They need to enter their first and last name, as well as OUR CLASS CODE: vellau
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns with any of these programs. I will do my best to answer your questions, and if I can’t, will do some research to find them.
DON’T FORGET TO PRACTICE COMPREHENSION WHEN READING WITH YOUR STUDENT!!!
5. Phonics and High Frequency Words
High Frequency Words
Here is the link to print our weekly spelling homework form: New Weekly Spelling Homework **Remember if you choose not to print off and use this form you need to make sure your student is writing each word and the sentence daily on paper, and that all writing is nice and neat as well as organized like the form, and that the papers get turned in on Friday for credit.
Our spelling test will be Friday, April 21st.
NEW WORDS:
write
good
long
me
go
PHONICS FOCUS WORDS:
hammock
lick
mush
SENTENCE: I lick my sucker while laying on my hammock.
The spelling words with sentence are worth 19 points/day this week. The spelling test will be given Friday.
6- Question of the Week: What is your favorite book or book series, and why is it your favorite?
Please post responses in the comments/response box below, so that your student’s response shows for credit .
