Homework 12:  November 21 - December 5, 2014.

This is a two-week homework packet.

Name Practice:  Trace your name twice.  Follow the arrow guides.   Write your name twice.  Write your aunts and uncles names on your father’s side.  If your father has no siblings, write your address and phone number again.

Explode the Code Book 2 Blends Phonics:  Lesson 1 - Review Lesson.  •Page 1:  Circle the blend that matches the picture.    •Page 2: X the same word.   •Page 3:  Read, write and x it. •Page 4:  Circle it •Page 5:  Match and write it.  •Page 6:  Spell and Write it.  • Page 7:  Yes or No?  •Page 8:  X it.  Page 9: •Spell 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***.

Writing: Tell us about your Holiday week.  What are you thankful for?  What did you do?  How did you feel?  It can start as follows:

I am thankful for_________________.

On Thanksgiving I __________________.

I felt __________________________.

You can use some of the words of the turkey sheet word bank.

Spelling:  Theme 3 Week 2” Practice Sheet:  Pages 149, 151

This week (11/21- 12/5), we will take our second spelling test. 

1.Student copy the spelling words to their study list sheet.

2. Do Practice Sheets.

3. Study the words.

4. On Thursday, 12/4, have someone give you a spelling practice test on the sheet provided.

5. On the back of the sheet, have someone give you a dictation test. Remember to start your

sentence with a upper case, capital letter, and have an ending mark like a period. Finger space and use lowercase for all the rest of your words.

6.Study the words you missed for the class test on Friday, 12/5.

On Friday, students will be given a six-word test on the following words:

in it, him big, sit, did.

There are two challenge words:

dish, milk

Taking a test that includes the challenge words will not lower your average. We

compute two scores, one with and one without challenge words. The higher score is

entered into the grade book. Thus, missing one of the six short i words is 83%. Missing one out of 8 words is 88%. If all six short i words are correct, 100% is still your score for the grade book.

7. There is also a dictation sentence worth 10 points given each week. A sample dictation

sentence for this week is:

I did see a big dish of milk.

This sentence is just an example of one using the two challenge words and some of the six spelling words. The Friday test dictation sentence will be different, but will usually include both challenge words.

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.

Green Houghton Mifflin Take Home Phonic Book: Assigned to Kite, Lantern &  Koi Groups.

Blue 4j District High Frequency Word list:  We are continuing to time test students on the 24 Pre-Primer 3 blue word list.  The goal is to read all 24 words in 30 seconds or less.

Home Reading Program Green or Yellow envelope.

Monthly Reading Record Sheet: This is the end of the month.  Please turn in your November minutes, totaled for our parent HW. checkers.