For this week’s homework, there are 5 components required:
1. Reading (20-30 minutes every day!)
2. Word Sorts
3. Spelling
4. Math
5. TIMED READING (see details below)
Each week, print out the Homework Form With Timed Reading (CLICK HERE). If you would like to reduce the number of necessary printed papers, you may choose to print only page 1 of the Homework Form and use any blank paper for Tuesday’s Writing Sort and Thursday’s Glue Sort (see below).
- This form does NOT need to be printed or turned in for credit during weeks that we are doing only READING homework. Simply initialing the form that comes home with your child’s Book Buddy is sufficient during those weeks.
A Reading for All Learners (Book Buddy) 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 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.
Each week, print your student’s assigned Word Sort by clicking on the appropriate link below. Use the Word Sort for the following activities:
- Monday: Print, cut, and sort your words with an adult and explain this week’s rule. Sort each word under the correct guide word. Some guide words have a C or V combination on them – C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel.
- Tuesday: Practice the sort and write it (using the grid on page 2 of the Homework Form).
- Wednesday: Blind Sort (Lay down the guide words and then read the rest of the words aloud without showing them to your child. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it.
- Thursday: Sort and glue (sort the words and glue them using the grid on page 3 of the Homework Form).
Word Sorts:
Hunches Sort: CLICK HERE for Red Sort 24(Anna, Adriel)
Sneetches Sort: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 11(Deklyn, Zoey, Logan, Vincent, Christopher, Dea, Khloee, Saidi, Tanner)
Barbaloots: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 17(Kaylee, Xander, London, Jax, Keagan, Rowdy, Ryan, Quinnlyn)
Things Sort: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 22(Aaron, Raya, Mason)
Whos Sort: CLICK HERE for Yellow Sort 26(Ava, Rock, Maylee)
- Study the following “High Frequency Words” using any method you wish in order to prepare for the weekly spelling test on Fridays.
- There is a list of recommended spelling study activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Spelling Word Activities, but, again, you may use any method you wish.
- Please write the spelling words in alphabetical order on the Homework Form.
then
many
these
no
time
but
- Print off the weekly My Math homework pages (or you can use the copies that are sent home each week in your child’s backpack). Complete the My Math homework pages and staple them to the Homework Form.
- CLICK HERE for My Math Homework Lesson 1
- CLICK HERE for My Math Homework Lesson 2
- Please also practice math skills regularly by utilizing any of the math activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Math Activities. These math facts activities do not need to be documented for homework credit – they are simply a resource to help you practice math fluency on a regular basis. I strongly encourage you to have your child do the IXL math and Xtra Math regularly.
Usually, this activity should be completed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. For this week, there is no need to do a fluency timing for Thursday, since homework is due on Thursday.
- Visit the following website: http://www.haslett.k12.mi.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=11283&:
- Select a “Level 100” reading passage. For this week, please read passage # 101 (Keeping Fit) for MONDAY and TUESDAY, and passage #102 (Warm Up: Getting Ready) for WEDNESDAY. For this week, there is no need to do a fluency timing for Thursday, since homework is due on Thursday.
- 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).
- Re-tell the story with as much detail as possible, and in your own words, to a parent, using the guidelines described below:
1.) Topic: what the selection is mainly about. Start by saying “This story is mostly about…”
2.) Re-tell: Tell the story in your own words and in chronological order, including as many facts as possible.
3.) Details: tell any interesting details found in the passage; and
4.) Key Knowledge: The most important thing learned from the author.
Re-tell Guidelines for Fictional Passages: Use the “Retell Rope” (at right) as a guide. The “Retell Rope” requires that the student describe the characters, setting, and plot, and which events happened first, next, and last.
- If you are able to read the entire passage in less than a minute: start again at the top of the passage and read as many more words as you can until the one-minute timing is over. For scoring, include the total words read during the entire minute. For instance, if you read the entire passage (137 words) and then read part of it again (39 words) before the one-minute timing was over, your score would be 176 (if you had no mistakes).