Homework (Oct. 3-7)

Homework this week is due on Friday, October 7:

1- 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 check your child’s answers for accuracy!

  • With the fluency timing in the plastic sheet protector (“Adding Five’s” and introduce “Adding Six’s and Seven’s”), use a dry-erase marker to practice repeatedly.  Record your best time and score each day. [By the end of first grade, the target goal is to finish all 25 problems in 1 minute and 15 seconds, with 90% accuracy (23 out of 25 problems correct).]  If your child frustrates too easily because it takes too long to complete, have them practice for 2-5 minutes (you can be the judge) and write down how many they finished in that time.  Encourage your child to keep improving on their own score.  Click here for extra timings: Fluency Timings

  • For extra practice, utilize any of these Math Facts Activities. There is also a copy provided in your blue folder.

Helpful Hint:  Here’s how we’re learning to Add Five’s, Six’s, and Seven’s
5 + 0 = 5  When you add zero to any number, the sum is that same number
5 + 1 = 6  Start on 5 and count on 1 more
5 + 2 = 7  Count on 2 more
5 + 3 = 8  Count on 3 more
5 + 4 = 9  If you know 5 + 5 = 10, you know 5 + 4 is one less, so it equals 9
      OR if you know 4 + 4 = 8, you know 5 + 4 is one more, so it equals 9 (We call these near doubles facts)
5 + 5 = 10  Make a mental picture & memorize this doubles fact (Picture 5 fingers on each hand for a total of 10 fingers)

6 + 4 = 10 Memorize this fact (Students need to know all the facts that “Make a Ten”)
All the other six and seven facts use the strategy of “counting on”. 

PRINT THIS HOMEWORK FORM to complete the following 4 tasks: Weekly Homework 2016-2017

2-Reading 20 minutes per day, record reading minutes on our Weekly Homework form. There are several sources for reading: books from home, the public library, reading fluency assignment below, and our online reading program:  Raz-Kids.  Our class login is: hills1 Password (if requested): rams

3- One Minute Reading FluencyLesson #4 from this link: Phonics Fluency Stories. This daily one-minute timed fluency reading will help your student become a fluent reader.  It will also count as reading minutes.  Time your student for one minute. Record the number of words they were able to read CORRECTLY in one minute.

4- Phonics and High Frequency Words Homework. Practice using any method of your choice to prepare for the weekly Friday spelling test. Click here for some practice ideas: Spelling Study Activities

Phonics Words:
hit
did
him
mat
zigzag

High Frequency Words:

he
no
with
she
I

Sentence:
Dad has a big van.

5- Weekly Sort: Lesson 4 Sort  (Please PRINT this assigned sort.)  


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