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For this week, there are 6 components required for weekly homework:
1. Book Buddy Reading (20-30 minutes every day!)
2. Spelling
4. Math
5. Timed Reading: Fiction
6. Timed Reading: Non-Fiction
Print the new Homework Form for Spelling Review (CLICK HERE) which is found here or under the “Homework Form” tab above.
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 in which there is 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.
Click on the link below to access the 2016-17 High-Frequency Word list:
CLICK HERE for the First Grade High Frequency Words List
Please print off the list and:
1.) Staple it to the Homework Form.
2.) On Monday, identify words that your student struggles to either read or spell and mark the difficult words on the form (you may use highlighter, checkmarks, etc. – anything that stands out!).
3.) Use the list the rest of this week to study and work on the ability to read/spell those words – you may use any method you wish! Plan to be prepared for the end-of-level spelling test that will be held during the week May 15th.
1.) Complete this week’s My Math homework pages and staple them to the homework form. The assigned pages are:
CLICK HERE for My Math Review Homework 1
CLICK HERE for My Math Review Homework 2
CLICK HERE for My Math Review Homework 3
CLICK HERE for My Math Review Homework 4
You will need to print these two pages, since they are review pages and were not sent home.
2.) Practice math skills for 20 minutes (in total for the week – you don’t need to practice for 20 minutes per day) using any “Math Activity” listed here: CLICK HERE for Math Activities
3.) Complete the math facts fluency timing each day, Monday-Thursday, and record the scores for the week on your homework form.
We are on “Subtraction Mixed Form A.”
- With the fluency timing in the plastic sheet protector, use a dry-erase marker to practice repeatedly. Record your time (number of minutes and seconds) and number of correct answers each day on your Homework Form. (No need to calculate a percentage score.)
- The target goal is to finish all 25 problems in 1 minute and 15 seconds, with 90% accuracy (23 out of 25 problems correct).
- To print timing sheets, CLICK HERE: Addition & Subtraction Fluency Timings
Time your student for one minute each day, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and record the number of words he/she was able to read in one minute. Ask your child to “re-tell” the story back to you, trying to include as many details as possible (see re-tell guidelines at the bottom of this post).
This week: use the “Lesson 21” page.
Fill out the daily score on the Homework Form and submit. **There is no need to print out the passage unless you would like to; printouts do not need to be turned in for homework credit.
CLICK HERE for LEVEL 2 FICTION PASSAGES
Please click on the link below and print out the following reading passages:
Monday and Tuesday: “Plants” (story 9)
Wednesday and Thursday: “Living Things: Animals” (story 10)
CLICK HERE for Science Reading Fluency
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: Please time your child reading for one minute each day. Ask your child to “re-tell” the story back to you, trying to include as many details as possible (see guidelines below). Write each day’s score at the bottom of the Homework Form. Near the top of each page, it reads, “After reading, find the ____ and color them _____.” This is an exercise we do in class: I give the students a part of speech (such as noun, verb, adjective, etc.) and they spot the parts of speech in the passage and color them; you may choose to do this or not. **There is no need to print out the passages unless you would like to; printouts do not need to be turned in for homework credit.
GUIDELINES FOR RE-TELLING FLUENCY PASSAGESRe-tell the story with as much detail as possible, and in your own words, to a parent, using the guidelines described below:
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).
Monday and Tuesday: “Plants” (story 9)
Wednesday and Thursday: “Living Things: Animals” (story 10)
CLICK HERE for Science Reading Fluency
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: Please time your child reading for one minute each day. Ask your child to “re-tell” the story back to you, trying to include as many details as possible (see guidelines below). Write each day’s score at the bottom of the Homework Form. Near the top of each page, it reads, “After reading, find the ____ and color them _____.” This is an exercise we do in class: I give the students a part of speech (such as noun, verb, adjective, etc.) and they spot the parts of speech in the passage and color them; you may choose to do this or not. **There is no need to print out the passages unless you would like to; printouts do not need to be turned in for homework credit.
GUIDELINES FOR RE-TELLING FLUENCY PASSAGES
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).
NEWSFLASH: The kitchen has asked that we now have the pizza lunch count completed by WEDNESDAY morning, instead of Thursday morning.
CLICK HERE to fill out the form for the PIZZA LUNCH COUNT FOR FRIDAY:
https://docs.google.com/a/questac.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeOQV6ze_-p5PE6b6EiNGvOpdweWC2RB5T3AlEuo0ubhgIN7Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
