Only reading homework this week. Here is the Weekly-Reading-Log to keep track of minutes. You only need to cut off one portion of the log and you can keep the others for other weeks. 

Please have your child also do the math pages provided in their blue folders. You get a break from all other homework due to parent teacher conferences this week on Thursday. I will post the schedule I have for conferences on Monday. Thanks

Parents Animal reports are due this Friday September 23rd! This is worth a lot of points and should be best writing and best drawing. The report itself is worth 20 points and then they will present it to the class for 20 more points.

Click here to learn about your animal on the Hogle Zoo website: 
Meet the Hogle Zoo Animals. 
Here is another fun animal website: Zooborns 

Click here to print additional report forms: My Animal Report

Your child’s Animal: 

Peyton: Amur Leopard
Danika: Giraffe 
Daxton: Bald Eagle
Isla: African Pancake Tortoise
Ella: Grey Wolf
Dayzi: Polar Bear
Koli: Mexican Red Kneed Tarantula
Sam: Grey Wolf
Kyan: African Porcipine
Isaac: Bobcat
Norah: Snow Leopard
Garrett: Scorpion
Camden: Polar Bear
Kyler: Shiner Perch
Matt: Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra
Preston: Grizzly Bear
Madi: Peafowl
Mia: Black-footed cat
Maxwell: Rubber Boa
Connor: Bald Eagle
Brooklyn: Lilac-breasted Roller
Kirtlyn: Orange WInged Amazon
Kasen: Tarantula
Titan: Bat-eared Fox

We are going to be working on using our five sense to make our writing better. To do this I have a writing activity where they get to describe an object in their writing. For this instead of finding an object at the school with a limited amount of resources outside I decided to have the students bring one from home. It can be an object outside as simple as grass or a leaf. It can be something they find inside as well. The only thing they have to make sure of is that it is flat so that it can be hid behind a piece of paper. 

Have your child bring this to school tomorrow September 21st. Thanks!

YOU DO NOT NEED TO PRINT OFF EVERYTHING, YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE YOUR CHILD READ PASSAGES ONLINE. YOU CAN ALSO USE SHEET PROTECTORS AND DRY ERASE MATH TIMINGS TO SAVE ON PAPER. The homework tracker is for tracking minutes, number of math facts completed, and the phonics fluency story timing. 

1. Reading (20-30 minutes every day!)
2. Word Sorts
3. Spelling
4. Math
5. Animal Report  *Due Friday!

Each week, print out the homework-tracker which is found here  This form does NOT need to be printed or turned in for credit during weeks that we are doing ONLY READING homework. PLEASE right your child’s name at the top of this tracker. 






Your child is required to read 20 minutes every night. This could include Raz Kids, reading books at home or our fluency passage. Here is the link to your child’s phonics-fluency-stories sheet. Please print Lesson 5 and have your child read it each night. Time them for 1 minute and have them read as many words as they can. If they get to the bottom they will go back to the top and continue reading until the 1 minute is up. Soon I will have some students doing harder passages based on where they get with reading buddies coming up. This is just to start getting into a routine. Attach this to your homework tracker. 

Your child should now have a fluency passage in their blue folder. If not I sent one home with them this week without the blue folder. PLEASE make sure your child is bringing their blue folder everyday to school. I will switch out passages weekly if they return them. These passages are another resource for reading but I am asking that you have them read it at least 3 times a week.

They need to be timed for 1 minute and then using their retell ropes (in back of sheet protector) to tell you as much as they can about the story. I do not have extra retell ropes so please have your child keep track of it. After the week I will switch out their passages and get a new one. We practiced this three times today so they should know how to do it. You do not need to record the timing anywhere.

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Here is the word sort to print : red-sort-9 

For this sort they will match the picture with the word. They need to say each word out loud while sorting. 
Each week, print your student’s assigned Word Sort by clicking on the appropriate link above.  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 on the back of the homework tracker. 
• 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: Speed Sort: Time your students three times doing their word sorts and record it on the homework tracker. 

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• 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.   

 




at
or
one


he
with
from
people
water

• Complete the 3 My Math homework pages all the ODDS.
• Then time your child for 1 minute and 15 seconds on the math timing addition-and-subtraction-fluency-timings and record how many they complete. You may use a sheet protector to have them use the same one each day and wipe off.  You record how many they did on the homework tracker. 

Everyone is on 3’s except the following: 

Norah, Isla, Kasen, Maxwell, Brooklyn, Danika: 4’s
Samantha: 5’s
Ella and Kyan: 6’s 



Reports are due this Friday September 23rd! 

To get the kids excited about the zoo we are going to do an animal report. I had the kids pick an animal they could find at the zoo when we go.  Below is the animal your child chose. 

Click here to learn about your animal on the Hogle Zoo website: 
Meet the Hogle Zoo Animals. 
Here is another fun animal website: Zooborns 

Encourage your child to use their best handwriting. The reports will be shared with the class on Friday, September 23rd. This will give them a chance to find their animal at the zoo as well.  Your child may find it beneficial to practice reading their report to you prior to reading it for our class.  

Click here to print additional report forms: My Animal Report

Your child’s Animal: 

Peyton: Amur Leopard
Danika: Giraffe 
Daxton: Bald Eagle
Isla: African Pancake Tortoise
Ella: Grey Wolf
Dayzi: Polar Bear
Koli: Mexican Red Kneed Tarantula
Sam: Grey Wolf
Kyan: African Porcipine
Isaac: Bobcat
Norah: Snow Leopard
Garrett: Scorpion
Camden: Polar Bear
Kyler: Shiner Perch
Matt: Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra
Preston: Grizzly Bear
Madi: Peafowl
Mia: Black-footed cat
Maxwell: Rubber Boa
Connor: Bald Eagle
Brooklyn: Lilac-breasted Roller
Kirtlyn: Orange WInged Amazon
Kasen: Tarantula
Titan: Bat-eared Fox


-Mrs. Bischoff

Hey I have had some really good questions about homework that I should clarify. 

1. For word sorts they do not have guide words and won’t for a while. If they have guide words I will let you know. I will let you know of rules and oddballs. 

2. They just need to match the picture with the word and write it in the boxes on Tuesday. Even though there are extra boxes I told them just to make sure they were right by each other. 

3. If your child passed off their 3 times addition facts in class I will email you the next timing sheet for them to work on.