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July/August 2016 * Spelling words on the back * Initialing each box indicates that your student has completed the homework and their nightly reading of 15 minutes. Monday July Tell your parent about your favorite part of your first day of school. Tuesday Memorize your student ID number. 25-29 Aug. 1-5 Aug. 8-12 Aug. 15-19 Aug. 22-26 You have just discovered a new animal in the jungle. Draw and name it. Figure out how many days until your next birthday. Wednesday Thursday EARLY RELEASE Write your first and last name five times using different colors in your best writing. Go outside and put an ice cube on the sidewalk. Guess how long it will take to melt and time it.. Write 3 sentences about your favorite cartoon character. Count by ones to 100.. EARLY RELEASE Write five words that rhyme with car. Clap the beginning, middle and end. Write a story using all five words and draw a picture.. Practice you spelling words for the week by writing them in three different colors. Make a list of 15 things in your house that are the color red. Be creative and draw a picture using each of the following shapes, at least once: triangle., circle, oval, square, and rectangle. Draw and ABCB pattern using shapes. Underline the 10th shape, put and X on the 3rd and draw a circle around the 5th.. Write a letter to a friend and think of 3 kind things to say about them. Ask your parents to tell you what you were like when you were a baby. EARLY RELEASE Help your mom or dad cook a meal. Follow all the directions they give you. Write down the recipe. Spelling: find a picture in a magazine and use as many spelling words as you can in a story about your picture. Count backwards from 20, then try from 30. EARLY RELEASE Draw a picture of your family and label it. EARLY RELEASE Have mom or dad give you a practice spelling test then grade it yourself. September 2015 *Spelling words on the back of the behavior calendar* Aug. 29Sept 2 Sept. 6Sept. 9 Sept. 12-16 Sept. 19-23 Sept. 26-30 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday For each word below, write a word that means the opposite: after, open, stop, young, left, catch, smile. Now put your new list of words in ABC order. Telephone Addition Choose 5 spelling words spell them out on the keypad of a telephone. Write the number for each letter in the word. Ex: mop = 667. Put plus signs between the numbers and add the numbers together to get a total sum. Ex: mop - 6+6+7= 19. Play a board game with your family. Write down the first three directions on how to play the game. Spelling - short i Rhyme Time: See if you can cut out pictures that rhyme with your spelling words. Write an addition story problem about fruit. You can use apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, peaches and/or pears. Ask your parents to tell you three things that they like about you. Write these down in complete sentences. No School for Labor Day Read a story and discuss these questions with an adult: Who were the characters? What was the setting? What happened at the beginning? The middle? The end? Now rewrite a new ending for the story. Spelling - short e Write your spelling words in ABC order Spelling - short o Use 2 plastic bags and 10 pennies. How many different ways can you separate the pennies into the 2 bags? Write the addition sentences. Example: 3 + 7 =10 Write down your address and phone number. Practice it each night until you have it memorized. Spelling: Pick 3 of your spelling words then look in a book and graph how many times you find each word. Spelling – short u Write a short story using some of these words: drum, bug, bus, spun, plug Read 15 minutes Make a family fire safety plan. Decide how you will get out of your house and where you will meet. Go over all of the important rules that will keep you and your family safe. Have a fire drill. Use silverware and clear the table to make 8 subtraction sentences. Write a description of the outfit that you are wearing and then draw a picture to match. Read 15 minutes Read 15 minutes Read 15 minutes ***Initialing each box, indicates that your student has completed the homework and their nightly reading of 15 minutes.*** October 2015 Oct. 3-14 Monday Tuesday Fall Break Fall Break Read 15 minutes. Read 15 minutes. Play “On/Off” with a parent Directions: Decide on a number between 10 – 18 and collect that number using pennies, beans, cereal, paper clips, etc. Get a piece of paper and take turns tossing the items. Count the number of items on the paper and the number of items off the paper. Write those numbers to make an addition sentence. Oct. 17-21 Oct. Draw a picture of your family. Write what makes each person special. Read your favorite story out loud to your favorite stuffed animals. 24-28 Wednesday Thursday Fall Break Fall Break Read 15 minutes. Read 15 minutes. Grab 2 big handfuls of cereal, candy, or another small item. Estimate how much cereal you grabbed. Now count it. Were you close? Did you count by 10’s, 5’s 2’s or 1’s? Now try counting it a different way. Did you get the same answer? Write your spelling words on cards to play memory. You should make 2 cards for each word. *Bonus - What other words can you think of that have –s, -ed, or -ing? Write each number in expanded notation. Ex. 24 = 20 + 4. Then decide if the number is odd or even. Write your spelling words in rainbow colors. 58, 72, 19, 36, 94 Oct. 26-30 Find a store ad in the newspaper. Does the ad make you want to visit the store? Explain why to a parent. Fold a blank piece of paper in fourths to make a book. Using your spelling words and high frequency words, write a scary story. Be sure to include the title and the author. Estimate how many light switches are in your house. Then count them. Write your spelling words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat. ***Initialing each box, indicates that your student has completed the homework and their nightly reading of 15 minutes.*** November 2015 Monday Oct 31- Find three items around your house that are solids, liquids and gases. Rainbow write the spelling words using crayons, or color pencils. Describe an object in your house to your parents. Can they guess what it is? Then have them describe an object. Can you guess what it is? Write your spelling words with 2 colors. Make the consonant cluster be one color and the rest of the letters another color. Challenge: Can you think of other words that begin with scr, spl or scr? Create a list of your families first names in ABC order. Nov 4 Nov. 7-10 Nov. 14-18 Tuesday Word Endings – add –s, ed, -ing to each base word and then read the new words. Now try using each new word in a sentence orally. skip slam spell stop swim Make some of your own math story problems adding 3 numbers. Create and answer 10 “unknown addend” math problems with your family. Ex: 9 - ____ = 7 ___ + 6 = 10 ____ - 2 = 14 Draw a model to show each of these numbers that are written in expanded notation. Now write these numbers in order from least to greatest. Ex- 2 tens and 3 ones Thursday Write an invitation inviting a family member to your Thanksgiving feast. No School Veterans Day Write your teacher 3 sentences. Tell her all about you using descriptive words . 89, 15, 47, 99, 34, 71 Nov. 21-25 Wednesday No Spelling!!! No Spelling!!! No Homework!!! No Homework!!! No Spelling!!! Happy Thanksgiving No Homework!!! **Initialing each box indicates that your student has completed the homework and their nightly reading of 15 minutes.** December 2015 Nov. 28Dec. 2 Dec. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Create a list of 20 words that have a silent letter in them., then circle the silent letters with a crayon. Build fact families for the following numbers: 2, 3, 5 7, 2, 9 13, 5, 8 Pick one of your favorite books and read it aloud to a family member or yourself. Spelling: Find a picture in a magazine or book and use as many spelling words as you can in a story about your picture. On a piece of paper write your numbers from 1 to 100 5-9 Dec. 12-16 Find 10 things Tell someone Pick a noun in your house in your home (person, that start with 3 things you place or the same remember thing) in your letter. Make a about house and list (you pick landforms: write a short the letter) islands, valley, story about it. plains, etc. Holiday Doll Project and Report Due Friday Dec. 19th Holiday Doll Project and Report Due Friday Dec. 19th Holiday Doll Project and Report Due Friday Dec. 19th Holiday Doll Project and Report Due Friday Dec. 19th Happy Holidays No Homework this week! Happy Holidays No Homework this week! Happy Holidays No Homework this week! Happy Holidays No Homework this week! Dec. 19-22 ***Initialing each box, indicates that your student has completed the homework of 15 minutes.*** January 2016 Spelling Words on Back Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Long O review: Create a picture with 5 long O words in it. Such as horse, toe, hose. Tell someone in your home the difference in salt and fresh water and what animals live in each. Practice counting to twenty out loud, then try to count backwards from 20 to 1. Long E sound review: Write sentences using the words meat and meet correctly. Tell someone in your home what your favorite science topic has been so far: plants, animals, rocks. Create a list of words with the long E sound. Try to write as many as you can in 3 minutes. AI and AY review: Create a list of 5 words with ay and 5 words with ai as the vowels. Tell someone in your family what the vowels are and their sounds. Practice writing your name and full address correctly two times. Jan. 2-6 Jan. 9-13 Jan. Write down 10 greater than or less than equations. Such as: 45 < 82 or 124 > 112 No School No Homework 17-20 Jan. 23-27 Skip count by 10 to 120, then skip count to 50 by 5’s. Early Release February 2016 Spelling Words on Back Jan. 30Feb3 1-5 Feb. 6-10 Feb. 13-17 Feb. 21-24 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday On a piece of paper write your numbers backwards from 50 to 1. Have a parent describe an object in your house, using describing words. Can you guess what it is? Rainbow write your spelling words three times each. Write your teacher 3 sentences. Tell her all about you using descriptive words. (adjectives) Have someone in your house give you 4 numbers and tell them 10 more and 10 less for each number. Create a list of at least 10 Compound Words. (Example : Campfire) Create a rhyming poem with someone in your family. Write your spelling words in ABC (alphabetical) order. Locate up to 10 spheres or cubes in your home. (example: boxes or balls) Practice creating and answering a story problem adding 3 numbers and illustrate it. Create a word list with the same vowel sounds as “moon” Ew, ue, ou Write two facts about George Washington and Abe Lincoln. President’s Day No Homework Think of 5 contractions and tell someone in your home which 2 words are used to create it. (isn’t = is, not) Tell someone in your home 3 examples of Earth’s natural resources. Brainstorm three compound words. Create three sentences using the compound words. ***Initialing each box, indicates that your student has completed the homework and their nightly reading of 15 minutes.*** March 2016 Spelling Words on Back Feb. 27 Mar. 3 March 6-10 March 13-24 March 27-31 Monday Tuesday On a piece of paper write your numbers skip counting my 2’s from 0 to 100. Write the names of the members in your family in alphabetical order. (include your pets if you have any) List ten adjectives that describe Jack and Annie Draw a picture with 5 things that have the “ow/ou” sound like in cow or house. Write a sentence describing something happening in your picture. No Homework No Homework Student Led Conferences Conferences. By appointment No School Spring Break No School Spring Break No School Spring Break No School Spring Break Create 2 story problems using the numbers 2,9 and 11. Make sure you create one addition and one subtraction. Count how many syllables are in these words: Balloon Monkey Cat Bear Butterfly School Your name Wednesday Write each word adding –ed and – ing to the following words: Pat, hug, bake, wave, save Write about if you could travel the world how would you make your journey and where would you go>? Thursday Rainbow write your spelling words. (Use 3 different colors to write your spelling words) Write your spelling words in alphabetical order starting with z. ***Initialing each box, indicates that your student has completed the homework and their nightly reading of 15 minutes.*** Spelling Words on Back April 3-7 April 10-13 April 17-21 April 24-28 April 2016 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Write down as many addition problems as you can that equal 31 Read a book outdoors for at least 15 minutes Write 5 sentences about your favorite planet and read it to your parents Write five words with each of the these vowel pairs: • ou • ea • ai • oy • oa Measure and write down 5 items that are 6 inches in length . Write about what you would like to learn before the end of First Grade Write your spelling words using a flashlight in a dark room Write down your afterschool schedule to the nearest hour or half hour Make a tree map of things in your house that are solids, liquids, and gases Write down three responsibilities you have in your family Put your spelling words in order from longest to shortest Count to 50 starting with the number 18, then 22, then 34. Stop in the middle of reading a story and think of 5 questions you have. Now keep reading and look for the answers. Write 10 words that have the prefix un-, re-, and dis- Write a short story and present it to your entire family No School Spring Holiday ***Initialing each box, indicates that your student has completed the homework and their nightly reading of 15 minutes.*** May 2016 Spelling Words on Back May 1-5 May Monday Tuesday Divide a paper into four sections. Draw four clocks. Draw in the hour and minute hands to show 3:00, 8:30, 12:00, and 1:30. Write 3 sentences. Underline the nouns in red. Circle the verbs in blue. Write your spelling words in bubble letters. Skip count by 5’s to 150. Skip count by 2’s to 100. Skip count by 3s to 99. After reading or listening to a story try to retell all the important parts without looking at the book! Write spelling words in ABC order Write your own story problems with numbers under 20. See how fast you can answer math facts with the number 4. (i.e. 4+3=?) Clap out the names of the people in your family. Who has the most syllables? Who has the least? Stop in the middle of reading a story and think of 5 questions you have. Now keep reading and look for the answers! Draw, write or glue at least 3 different ways to make 75 cents. 8-12 May 15-19 May 22-26 Wednesday Thursday No Homework – Last week of school ***Initialing each box, indicates that your student has completed the homework and their nightly reading of 15 minutes.*** ** Initialing in each box, indicates that your student has completed the homework and their nightly reading of 15 minutes. Spelling Activities * Write each word and circle the vowels (a, e, i, o, u). * Write each word and circle the consonants. * Make flash cards for studying your words. *Write the words and a synonym (similar word) for each word. * Write the words and an antonym (opposite word) for each word. * Draw a picture and “hide” the words in the picture. * Write a story using most of your words. * Make a spelling rainbow. * Write spelling definitions. * Write your words and write if they are a noun, verb, adjective, compound word. Educational Websites Cool Math math games for students http://www.coolmath4kids.com/ Interactive Reading Websites multiple websites that provide an assortment of games http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interact-read.htm Teacher Vision Language Arts games http://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading-and-languagearts/games/5831.html Gamequarium Language Arts http://www.gamequarium.com/languagearts.htm Sight Word Vocabulary help with sight words and phonics to increase vocabulary http://www.candohelperpage.com/sightvocab_1.html Internet 4 Success help in all areas http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_1st.htm Education Place math practice http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/index.html?x=81&y=3 3 Spelling City http://www.spellingcity.com/ Funbrain active learning in all areas http://www.funbrain.com/ BrainPop Jr science, social studies, math, and more http://www.brainpopjr.com/ PBS Kids For active learning in math, reading, science and more. http://pbskids.org/ Starfall reading and phonics practice http://www.starfall.com/ Smithsonian Institute for Kids http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/