Homework is given weekly and due on Fridays.
Reading
A Reading Menu is sent home every month. Parents/Guardians are expected to initial the Reading Menu every week. The Reading Menu will be checked every Friday. If you need help finding materials to read at home (or suggestions), please let me know. Lexia and Storia (two options on the Reading Menu) are online programs used by our district that the students can access from home. They can use Clever to log on. Their passwords are in the front of their homework folders.
Word Study
Students are sent home a new list of words each week. They have a journal that is to be used at home. Their words are kept in the baggie inside the front cover. There are also directions for Word Study homework glued into the first page of the journal. This journal must come back to school every Friday.
Task 1: Children will sort the words into categories like the ones completed in class. Your child should read each word aloud during this activity. Ask your child to explain why the words are sorted in a particular way. Ask your child to sort the words 2 more times as quickly as possible.
Task 2: Children will complete a blind sort. Lay down a word from each category as a header, then read the rest of the words aloud. Your child should indicate what category the word goes in without seeing the word. Lay down the word and allow your child to move it if he/she is wrong. Repeat the blind sort if your child makes more than one error. Then children will copy the blind sort into their journal.
Task 3: Children will write ten sentences using ten of their words. These sentences should become more complex throughout the year. Children should check their work for use of proper grammar.
Task 4: Children will complete a practice spelling test. Call out the words in random order. Please review this practice test together and make necessary corrections.
If children make a mistake while completing a word sort activity, tell them that you see a mistake and encourage them to find the mistake independently. If the child cannot find the mistake, help them make the correction.
Math
A Math Menu will be sent home each month. Please choose at least 3 activities per week to complete. Directions for new games are attached. Please continue to save these in the manila math games envelope that you received in September. You can choose to complete an activity more than once! Xtramath and Freckle are two online programs that can be found on the Math Menu. Log in information can be found in the front of the Homework Folder. Parents/Guardians are expected to initial the Math Menu every week. The Math Menu will be checked every Friday. In addition to this menu, students should spend 5-10 minutes each night practicing multiplication facts.