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.