1- READ 10-15 minutes EVERY NIGHT
� Please note that your child must read 4 out of 4 homework nights per week in order to receive full credit for this portion of the homework.
� 4 incomplete weeks of reading out of a 9-week marking period constitutes an �N� under the �Expected Behaviors- Completes Homework� portion of the report card.
� Document your selection on the �Reading Log� page located in the center prong portion of your Homework folder.
2- Do �Sound Blending Practice� for about 5 minutes per night
� Ask your child to point to the word and sound it out without stopping between the sounds. I tell the children it�s like stretching the word with a rubber band or it�s like singing the sounds.
� Then ask your child to say it fast.
� Repeat the first two steps until there�s an error between what your child sounds out and what they say. Listen for incorrect sounds, choppy sounding out, missing sounds, and mispronunciation of the word.
� Review easy words as warm-up practice.
� Review the words in which your child makes a mistake each night until your child masters the word 3 nights in a row.
3- Complete 1 �Calendar Date� assignment per evening
Document your child�s work in their Homework Spiral Notebook.
Wednesday, January 3rd �A� is a vowel and it has 2 sounds- �a� as in apple and �a� as in apron. Look at the �Pat-a-Cake� poem in the center prong portion of this folder. Read the rhyme to your child. Point as you read the rhyme. Then point and read it again. This time read at a slower pace, ask your child to repeat after you, and stop at the end of each line. Next, ask your child �Does �pat� have the �a� sound as in apple or the �a� sound as in �apron�?� Continue this throughout the poem as you come across �a� words. Color over each �a� as in apple word with a red crayon. Color over each �a� as in apron word with a yellow crayon.
Thursday, January 4th Review the �Pat-a-Cake� poem in the center prong portion of this folder. Go over the short and long �a� words again. Then look for the �A-R� word and color over it with a green crayon. Does �A-R� say �a� as in apple or �a� as in apron? (No!) Remember- A-R says �ar� like a pirate. Make a list of words that rhyme with �mark�. You can say to your child, �I�m thinking of a word that rhymes with mark- my word starts with �B�, my word is (bark). You can use B, D, P, and Sh.
Friday, January 5th Your child must remember to turn in their homework folder every Friday in order to receive homework updates and full credit for their homework.
REMEMBER- 4 incomplete weeks out of a 9-week grading period equals an �N� under the �Expected Behaviors- Completes Homework� portion of the report card. Also, at this point in the year your child knows that one of their evening responsibilities is to complete their homework. If your child is having difficulty with this work, then this is an indication to you that they need more practice. That does not mean extend �Homework Time� past 30 minutes. It means that you may need to practice the same activities again and review the past week�s schoolwork Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Sometimes repetition is the key!
Happy New Year and have a great weekend!
Monday, January 8th and Tuesday, January 9th
No Calendar Homework
Wednesday, January 10th �I� is a vowel and it has 2 sounds- �i� as in igloo and �i� as in ice. Look at the �Itsy Bitsy Spider� poem in the center prong portion of this folder. Read the rhyme to your child. Point as you read the rhyme. Then point and read it again. This time read at a slower pace, ask your child to repeat after you, and stop at the end of each line. Next, ask your child �Does �itsy� have the �i� sound as in igloo or the �i� sound as in �ice�?� Continue this throughout the poem as you come across �i� words. Color over each �i� as in igloo word with a red crayon. Color over each �i� as in ice word with a yellow crayon.
Thursday, January 11th Read �Itsy Bitsy Spider� again. This time make a list of words that rhyme with �it. Write the entire alphabet at the top of the page to help with this assignment. Try- b, f, h, k, kn, l, mitt*, p, qu, s. Pick 3 words and draw a picture to go with each.
Friday, January 12th No Homework! Have a great 3-day weekend!
Monday, January 15th Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Tuesday, January 16th Read �Hickory Dickory Dock� in the center prong portion of your folder. Focus on syllables. On top of each word write the number of syllables in each word. Answers- hickory (3), dickory (3), dock (1), the (1), mouse (1)� so �hickory� and �dickory� are the only words with 3 syllables; all the rest have 1 each.
Wednesday, January 17th Read �Hickory Dickory Dock� again. This time color all of the words with �ck�. �ck� work together to make one sound �k�.
Thursday, January 18th On the first line of your homework page write numbers 1-10 and make a space between each number. On the second line write numbers 11-20 and line these numbers up with the first line of numbers. On the third line write numbers 21-30 and line these numbers up with line 2 and line 1. Now color all of the numbers that have a 1 (1, 11, 21) with one color. Do the same for each number except pick another color. Answers- 2 (2, 12, 22); 3 (3, 13, 23); 4 (4, 14, 24)� 0 (10, 20, 30)
Friday, January 19th Have a great weekend!
Monday, January 22nd Read �1, 2, 3, 4, 5� in the center prong portion of your folder. Focus on identifying number words. Write the correct number on top of each number word. Then copy each number word one time, down the left side of your homework page and write the correct number to the right each number word.
Tuesday, January 23rd Read �1, 2, 3, 4, 5� again. Focus on rhyming words. Hint- they�re at the end of each line. There are 4 pairs of rhyming words. Pick one color to color over each pair of rhyming words.
Wednesday, January 24th Use the book you plan to read tonight for this homework assignment. Pick a page and count how many sentences are on that page. Ask your child to start at the top left of the text and follow the words to the first period. Remind them that the period is like a stop sign�it tells readers when to stop and take a breath. Besides familiarizing your child with a sentence, this assignment helps your child practice the top to bottom, left to right, and return sweep movement in Reading.
Thursday, January 25th Talk about words that get a capital letter at the beginning of them. This is important because children tend to write capital and lowercase letters interchangeably. Example- tHe cAT iS BLacK. Talk about NAMES of people (Mrs. Lees-Hill), places (McDonald�s), holidays (Independence Day), days of the week (Thursday), months of the year (August), as well as proper capitalization at the beginning of a sentence. First, pick one name per category and help you child spell each word because the focus is on correct capitalization NOT spelling. After your child is done writing each word with correct capitalization. Write a simple sentence with a mix of capital and lowercase letters. Ask your child to correct the sentence. You can use my example.
Friday, January 26th Have a great weekend!
Monday, January 29th Math- Exploring TURNS- write a lowercase �b� on a piece of paper. Use � turn increments and turn clockwise. How many times do you have to turn the �b� to make a �9�? The answer is 2. Make a lowercase �d� on the back of the same paper. Use � turn increments and turn clockwise. How many times do you have to turn the �d� to make a �p�? The answer is 2. Use a new sheet of paper to turn a lowercase �n� into a lowercase �u�. Finally, pick any small object and tell how many times you have to turn the object to get it back to its original position. The answer is 4.
Tuesday, January 30th Math- Time on the hour- make an after-school schedule with your child. You may write digital times on the hour, but be sure to point out the time on an analog clock (a clock that has hands) and ask your child to identify time on the hour. Make corresponding pictures for each block of time. Work on 2:00-5:00 tonight and 6:00-9:00 tomorrow night. Example 2:00 Pick-up and draw a picture of whoever picks you up from school. 3:00 Snack and draw a picture of eating your favorite snack. 4:00 homework� 5:00 dinner� 6:00 TV/play time � 7:00 bath time� 8:00 story time� 9:00 bedtime. Post this schedule to practice telling time on the hour.
Wednesday, January 31st Practice time on the hour using your new, after-school schedule. Finish the schedule if you are not done with it. Ask your child to move a magnet to the correct block of digital time that matches an analog clock in your home. It is important that your child can read analog and digital clocks.
Thursday, February 1st Keep up with the schedule. This time cut the schedule into strips, one strip for each block of time. Ask your child to mix up the strips and then put them in order from first (top) to last (bottom). It is important that your child can sequence events. After your child puts the strips in order, ask your child to point to each strip and say, �First, I��, �Second, I��, �Third, I �� and so on. This helps your child recall specific details in correct order and use pictures to help them figure out what to say.
Friday, February 2nd No homework, BUT check out the news about the groundhog so we can talk about on Monday! Have a great weekend!
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