Homework for the Week of September 21
| Spelling Words | Story of the Week | Math |
bus fast go map ship stop be could down see | Wednesday Today your child will bring home his/ her hardback reading book. Please read Ships with your first grader. Sign the reading sheet and return this book to school with him/ her by Friday, September 25.Friday This is the story in the first book of our reading series. Your child will NOT bring home a soft reading book tonight. | We will begin Chapter 3 in our math book this week. We will continue learning basic addition concepts and begin to learn subtraction concepts as well. We will talk about how addition and subtraction are related.
Take five minutes each night to practice those math facts! |
Homework for the Week of September 28- October 2
| Spelling Words | Story of the Week | Math |
buck but cut duck rug tug no out ride small | Wednesday Today your child will bring home his/ her Unit 2 hardback reading book. Please read One Good Pup with your first grader. You will notice that this story is full of words with the short u, short a and short i vowel sounds. Please sign the reading sheet and return this book to school with him/ her by Friday, October 2. Friday Tonight your child will bring home his/her decodable reading book. Please read Pup and Bug with your child tonight. Have your child find words with the short u sound. Challenge your child and have he/she list more words with the short u sound. | We will continue learning more about subtraction concepts this week in math. We will work in Chapter 3 and will take our chapter test on Thursday or Friday of this week. Keep practicing those math facts! Some first graders may even be working on subtraction by now too! |
Homework for the Week of October 6-9
| Spelling Words | Story of the Week | Math |
hop hot lock not rock top saw two very want | Wednesday Today your child will bring home his/ her hardback reading book. Please read The Bug Bath with your first grader. This is a fun story about 2 bugs and their adventure in a bath tub! This story lends itself to a great opportunity to "echo read" with your child. You read a page, then have your child echo you! Sign the reading sheet and return this book to school with him/ her by Friday, October 9.Friday Tonight, you child will bring home his/ her decodable reading book. Read the story Dot in Pop's Shop. This story will focus on words with the short o sound. Take a look at the words with the short o sound, then read the following story and look for words with all short vowel sounds. We have learned about all the short vowels except for e- this is the toughest! Please sign your child's paper and return it and the book to school with your child on Tuesday, October 13. | This week, we will begin Chapter 4 in Math. |
Homework for the Week of October 13-16
Spelling Words | Story of the Week | Math |
hen pet red shed then wet away into good put | Wednesday This week, we will be working with words taht have the short e sound, like in elephant. This sound can be very confusing. Please read the story Splash! with your first grader tonight. Take a look at the words with the short e sound. Make sure your child understands the events of the story so he/ she is ready for our test on Friday. Please return the hardback reading book and the signed reading log by Friday, October 16.Friday Tonight your child will bring home his/ her soft decodable reading book. Practice decoding words wtih the short e sound by reading Wet Pets with you first grader. Have him/her find the short e words and maybe even think of some other short e words that are not in the story. Also read the story that follows to practice other words with all short vowel sounds. Please return the book and the signed paper by Monday, October 19. |
Homework for the Week of October 19-23
| Spelling Words | Story of the Week | Math |
doll flat miss pass puff snap about again around use | Wednesday Please read What Bug Is It? with your child tonight in his/ her hardback reading book. Talk about the characters and the sequence of events in this story to prepare your child for the reading test on Friday. Please return the book and the signed paper by Friday, October 23. Friday Practice decoding and reading words with double consonants by reading Let's Go See Bugs. This story is similar to the story from our hardback reading book. Also review decoding words with short vowels and double consonants by reading the story that follows as well. You may need to read the stories two, three or even four times this weekend. Please return the book and the signed paper by Monday, October 26. |
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Homework for the Week of October 26-29
(Parent Teacher Conference Week)
| Spelling Words | Story of the Week | Math |
cat help hog job pat vet small good want out | Wednesday Tonight your first grader will read the last story in our Unit 2 reading book. Please read the short non-fiction story, A Vet with your child. The first graders really enjoy non-fiction stories and because this story is so short, it would be a great opportunity to help your child build fluency by reading the story to them and having them read it to you two or three times. The story will be very familiar to them and they will feel comfortable reading it over and over again. Please return the book and the signed paper by Thursday, October 29. |