Homework (Sept. 25-29)

Homework this week is due on Friday, September 29:

Math Homework:  

• 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!  Please help your child read the directions/example problems and allow them to talk about the problems as they figure out the answers. 
• Fluency Timings: This week, we are reviewing the strategy of Count On 1, 2, and 3.  This strategy was challenging for the students, so I’ve broken them up into similar problems to help them master this strategy.  With your timing in the plastic sheet protector (included in your blue folder), use a dry-erase marker to practice. When you’re ready, have a parent time you while you complete all 20 problems with pencil (write directly on the paper this time). Work on 1 timing each day, Monday-Thursday. Record your time and score on the paper and turn in all 4 completed timings with your math homework at the end of the week. [The target goal is to finish all 20 problems in 1 minute, with 90% accuracy (18 out of 20 problems correct).  If these timings are difficult for your child, emphasize improvement on their personal time, rather than worrying about finishing within a minute.]

   Helpful Hint:  Here’s how we’re learning to “count on” in class:  Start with the bigger number and count on

(Example: 2 + 5.  Snap your finger (or clap) and say “5” then count on 2 more: say 5 (with a snap)…”6”-hold up 1 finger…”7”-hold up 2 fingers)

(Example: 13 + 3.  Snap your finger (or clap) and say “13” then count on 3 more: say 13 (with a snap)…”14”-hold up 1 finger…”15”-hold up 2 fingers…”16”-hold up 3 fingers)

• Ideas for extra math practice: Math Facts Activities 
  

**LANGUAGE ARTS HOMEWORK** 

1- Daily Reading Fluency (available in the Blue Homework folders on Mondays). Please complete both sides of the Leveled Daily Reading Fluency assignment. 

2- Reading 20 minutes per day.  Reading comprehension strategy: Help your child read a story and then retell the events from the story in the correct order.

3- Spelling /Phonics: short o Help your child spell each word as you say it and identify the one letter that is in every in the word in the Phonics Spelling List (below). This week’s phonic sound is the short o sound, as in hop, log, and top.