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Hw 32: May 25 - June 1, 2018

Fri, 25 May 2018 10:34:43 -0700

Name Sheet: Write a description of what your Father enjoys.
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Explode the Code Book 3 Long Vowels/Digraphs Phonics: Lesson 10 •Page 76: Circle the word. •Page 77: Read, write and x it. •Page 78: Circle it. •Page 79: Read write it. •Page 80: Match and write it. •Page 81: Spell and Write •Page 82: Yes or no? •Page 83: X it. •Page 84: Write it. You can look back in the packet to see how to spell the words. ***PARENTS PLEASE CORRECT THIS PACKET WITH STARS, STICKERS OR HAPPY FACES***.

Math: page 15: Make a June Calendar it starts on Wednesday June 1 and ends on Thursday June 30. The last day of School is Thursday June 16.

Page 16:What comes Here?

Spelling is complete for the year. Congratulations!

Houghton Mifflin Take Home Phonics Book

Peach 4j District High Frequency Word list: We are now time testing students on the peach first grade word list. The goal is to read all 24 words in 30 seconds or less. Please practice every day to increase the speed your child can read these high frequency sight words. If your child is having trouble reading the high frequency words, write them on cards and drill them. Make a second set of the words and play a concentration game with them.

Home Reading Program Green or Yellow envelope:
All books are due today, May 27. We will be collecting all HRP envelopes and books. If you have lost the book checked out to you, please replace it with one of your own unless it is a series like “Magic School House” or a beginning of the year short vowel book. Then we require a replacement fee of $5.00.

Monthly Reading Record Sheet: The goal is 400 minutes per month. That means a minimum of twenty minutes a night. You can also count reading blue slipped work to your minutes as well. Please total your minutes weekly and total them at the end of the month for us.

HW 31: May 18 - 25, 2018

Fri, 18 May 2018 10:33:41 -0700

Name Sheet: Practice names.

Explode the Code Book 3 Long Vowels/Digraphs Phonics: Lesson 9 •Page 68: Circle the word. •Page 69: Read, and x it. •Page 70: Read, write and x it. •Page 71: Match and write it. •Page 72: Spell and write it. Page 73: Yes or no? Page 74: X it. •Page 75: Write it. You canWo look back in the packet to see how to spell the words. ***PARENTS PLEASE CORRECT THIS PACKET WITH STARS, STICKERS OR HAPPY FACES***.

Math: page 7 Repeating Patterns

Spelling: We are done with spelling for the year!

Houghton Mifflin Take Home Phonic Book

Peach 4j District High Frequency Word list: We are now time testing students on the peach first grade word list. The goal is to read all 24 words in 30 seconds or less. Please practice every day to increase the speed your child can read these high frequency sight words. If your child is having trouble reading the high frequency words, write them on cards and drill them. Make a second set of the words and play a concentration game with them.

Home Reading Program Green or Yellow envelope: Students now can choose their own books to check out for the rest of May. Bring the envelope back every day to get a new book if you like. Return the envelope on Friday to get a new book to read for the weekend and the next week. We keep track of the number of books read thorough out the year. You can add your own home books or library books to the list.

On May 27, we will be collecting all HRP envelopes and books. If you have lost the book checked out to you, please replace it with one of your own unless it is a series like “Magic School House” or the Short vowel books from the beginning of the year. Then we require a replacement fee of $5.00.

Monthly Reading Record Sheet: The goal is 400 minutes per month. That means a minimum of twenty minutes a night. You can also count reading blue slipped work to your minutes as well. Please total your minutes weekly and total them at the end of the month for us. Parents modeling reading to students count also to the total monthly minute total.

HW 30: May 11 - 18, 2018

Fri, 11 May 2018 09:27:50 -0700

Homework 30:

Explode the Code Book 3 Long Vowels/Digraphs Phonics: Lesson 8 •Page 60: Circle the word to match the. ng- or -ck sound •Page 61: Circle it. •Page 62: Read, write and x it. •Page 63: Match and write it. •Page 64: Spell and write it. Page 65: Yes or no? Page 66: X it. •Page 67: Write it. You can look back in the packet to see how to spell the words. ***PARENTS PLEASE CORRECT THIS PACKET WITH STARS, STICKERS OR HAPPY FACES***.

Spelling: Lesson 30: syllable pattern CV
Have someone give you an 10-word practice test and a ten-point dictation test.
This week we will have syllable pattern cv to practice during the week at home. It is the list of words that students practiced as part of their reading worksheets last week. Thus, this should be a review.

On Friday, students will be given an ten-word test on the following words:
even open begin baby tiger music paper zero table below

There is also a dictation sentence worth 10 points given each week. A sample dictation sentence for this week is:
Even the baby tiger can like the music.

There is one point for starting the sentence with a capital letter and one point for writing a period at the end of the sentence. Each of the eight words spelled correctly is a point. Dictation is also a second spelling score recorded in the grade book each week.

Houghton Mifflin Take Home Phonic Book:

Peach 4j District High Frequency Word list: We are now doing time test students on the green 24 Primer word list. The goal is to read all 24 words in 30 seconds or less. Please practice every day to increase the speed your child can read these high frequency sight words. If your child is having trouble31 reading the high frequency words, write them on cards and drill them. Make a second set of the words and play a concentration game with them.

Home Reading Program Green or Yellow envelope: A book has been chosen for your child to read to you each night. Please mark on the cover sheet if this book is too easy, too hard, or just right. Bring the envelope back every day to get a new book if you like. Return the envelope on Friday to get a new book to read for the weekend and the next week. We keep track of the number of books read thorough out the year. You can add your own home books or library books to the list.

Monthly Reading Record Sheet: The goal is 400 minutes per month. That means a minimum of twenty minutes a night. You can also count reading blue slipped work to your minutes as well. Please total your minutes weekly and total them at the end of the month for us. Parents modeling reading to students count also to the total monthly minute total.

HW 29: Thursday, May 3 - 11, 2018

Thu, 3 May 2018 15:55:32 -0700

HW 29: Thursday, May 3 - 11, 2018

For students who chose to do the First Grade Science Report Project: Bibliography
List your sources of your information. Write the title and authors of the books that you used.
If you used information from the internet, write down the URL or Website address.

For those students who chose to do a YG Science Fair Experiment
*What progress did you make this week? Fill out the form attached to this packet.

Name Practice: Practice your names.

Explode the Code Book 3 Long Vowels/Digraphs Phonics: Lesson 7 •Page 52: Circle the word to match the. ch- or -tch sound •Page 53: Circle it. •Page 54: Read, write and x it. •Page 55: Match and write it. •Page 56: Spell and write it. Page 57: Yes or no? Page 58: X it. •Page 59: Write it. You can look back in the packet to see how to spell the words. ***PARENTS PLEASE CORRECT THIS PACKET WITH STARS, STICKERS OR HAPPY FACES***.

Spelling: Lesson 29: Suffix: ful, ly y
Have someone give you an 10-word practice test and a ten-point dictation test.
This week we will have suffix ly, ful, y endings to practice during the week at home. It is the list of words that students practiced as part of their reading worksheets last week. Thus, it should be a review.

On Friday, students will be given an ten-word test on the following words:
sad sadly dust dusty trick tricky help helpful slow slowly

There is also a dictation sentence worth 10 points given each week. A sample dictation sentence for this week is:
Sadly it was too dusty for the trick.

There is one point for starting the sentence with a capital letter and one point for writing a period at the end of the sentence. Each of the eight words spelled correctly is a point. Dictation is also a second spelling score recorded in the grade book each week.

Mother’s Day Card Preparations: Wrte a word or sentence starting with the letters Mother, that describe your Mother.
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Houghton Mifflin Take Home Phonics Book

Peach 4j District High Frequency Word list: We are now doing time test students on the green 24 Primer word list. The goal is to read all 24 words in 30 seconds or less. Please practice every day to increase the speed your child can read these high frequency sight words. If your child is having trouble reading the high frequency words, write them on cards and drill them. Make a second set of the words and play a concentration game with them.

Home Reading Program Green or Yellow envelope: A book has been chosen for your child to read to you each night. Please mark on the cover sheet if this book is too easy, too hard, or just right. Bring the envelope back every day to get a new book if you like. Return the envelope on Friday to get a new book to read for the weekend and the next week. We keep track of the number of books read thorough out the year. You can add your own home books or library books to the list.

Monthly Reading Record Sheet: Keep track of minutes read on your monthly reading record. The goal is 400 minutes per month. That means a minimum of twenty minutes a night. You can also count reading blue slipped work to your minutes as well. Awards are given at the end of the month. Please total your minutes weekly and total them at the end of the month for us. Parents modeling reading to students count also to the total monthly minute total.

HW 28: April 27 - Thurs., May 3, 2018

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:45:29 -0700

HW 28: April 27 - Thursday May 3, 2018

For students who chose to do the First Grade Science Report Project:
Write a five sentence paragraph about your Science Topic.

For those students who chose to do a YG Science Fair Experiment
*What progress did you make this week? Fill out the form attached to this packet.

Name Practice: Write your name once in your best writing. You can use the rest of the page to do your first draft of your five sentence paragraph.

Explode the Code Book 3 Long Vowels/Digraphs Phonics: Lesson 6 •Page 44: Circle the word to match the. th- or -wh sound •Page 45: Circle it. •Page 46: Read, write and x it. •Page 47: Match and write it. •Page 48: Spell and write it. Page 49: Yes or no? Page 50: X it. •Page 51: Write it. You can look back in the packet to see how to spell the words. ***PARENTS PLEASE CORRECT THIS PACKET WITH STARS, STICKERS OR HAPPY FACES***.

Spelling: Lesson 28: Long I spelling patterns: igh, y, ie
Have someone give you an 10-word practice test and a ten-point dictation test.
This week we will have long I words with the patterns igh, y and ie to practice during the week at home. It is the list of words that students practiced as part of their reading worksheets last week. Thus, it should be a review.

On Friday, students will be given an ten-word test on the following words:
my try sky fly by dry pie cried night light

There is also a dictation sentence worth 10 points given each week. A sample dictation sentence for this week is:
I cried last night with no light on.

There is one point for starting the sentence with a capital letter and one point for writing a period at the end of the sentence. Each of the eight words spelled correctly is a point. Dictation is also a second spelling score recorded in the grade book each week.

Math: Write your numbers to 120. use a blue highlighter and highlight your numbers by 5’s.

Peach 4j District High Frequency Word list: We are now doing time test students on the green 24 Primer word list. The goal is to read all 24 words in 30 seconds or less. Please practice every day to increase the speed your child can read these high frequency sight words. If your child is having trouble reading the high frequency words, write them on cards and drill them. Make a second set of the words and play a concentration game with them.

Home Reading Program Green or Yellow envelope: A book has been chosen for your child to read to you each night. Please mark on the cover sheet if this book is too easy, too hard, or just right. Bring the envelope back every day to get a new book if you like. Return the envelope on Friday to get a new book to read for the weekend and the next week. We keep track of the number of books read thorough out the year. You can add your own home books or library books to the list.

Monthly Reading Record Sheet: Keep track of minutes read on your monthly reading record. The goal is 400 minutes per month. That means a minimum of twenty minutes a night. You can also count reading blue slipped work to your minutes as well. Awards are given at the end of the month. Please total your minutes weekly and total them at the end of the month for us. Parents modeling reading to students count also to the total monthly minute total.