Your child will bring home a homework assignment sheet on Friday which spells out the homework for each evening Monday night through Thursday night the following week. There is no homework Friday night through Sunday unless your child cannot complete their homework during the week due to activities or family commitments or they choose to earn extra credit reading minutes. It is fine with me if your child completes all the homework for the week on the weekend.
20 minutes of reading Monday night through Thursday night will always be assigned. Sometimes I will assign something specific I would like them to read during the 20 minutes. Extra credit will be given for reading Friday night through Sunday night. Research shows the single most significant factor that effects how well a child reads is how much they hear a fluent reader. So, if your child is struggling in reading and/or its a fight to get them to do it, I will accept being read to minutes as well as the minutes they read themselves.
Homework should not take your child any more than 30 to 40 minutes, including reading time. If homework is taking longer than this, please contact me immediately. I will always assign homework based on skills we are currently working on but the primary purpose of homework is to 1) Get your child used to reading every night. 2) Get your child used to good study habits they will need in the coming years of their education. 3) Get your child used to being responsible for their work and meeting deadlines. So, it is important we discuss modifying homework to accommodate your child's need and accomplish these goals.
I give STARS for completion of homework and another STARS for parent initials in your child's planner. If your child is not completing their homework for the week, they will complete it during Study Hall Friday afternoon (recess) and during Fun Friday time.
Week 9 Homework - September 30-October 4, 2013
Day of the Week |
Assignment |
Minutes Read |
Monday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Spelling: Spelling workbook pages. |
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Tuesday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Spelling: Spelling workbook pages. |
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Wednesday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Math: Log on to IXL. Complete B.3 “Value of a Digit” under third grade. |
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Thursday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Proofreading: Complete attached “You Be the Editor” worksheet. Find all 14 mistakes. |
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Friday
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Spelling Test Homework Due |
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Spelling Words: Silent letters
wrap |
knit |
gnat |
wrists |
knots |
wrote |
knight |
sign |
knock |
wreck |
know |
wring |
gnaws |
write |
wrong |
week |
speaks |
field |
wristwatch |
knapsack |
Week 8 Homework - September 23-27, 2013
Day of the Week |
Assignment |
Minutes Read |
Monday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Spelling: Spelling workbook pages. |
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Tuesday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Math: Log on to IXL. Complete B.2 “Place Value Names” under third grade. |
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Wednesday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Comprehension: Write a summary of one of the books you read this week for your 20 minutes of reading. |
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Thursday
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Spelling Test Homework Due |
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Friday
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No School Staff Development Day |
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Spelling Words: Long e
heel |
seal |
weak |
week |
bean |
creek |
speaks |
team |
free |
green |
clean |
cream |
street |
freeze |
field |
right |
pie |
child |
sixteen |
peanut |
Week 7 Homework - September 16-20, 2013
Day of the Week |
Assignment |
Minutes Read |
Monday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Spelling: Start spelling workbook pages. |
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Tuesday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Spelling: Finish spelling workbook pages. |
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Wednesday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Math: Log on to IXL. Complete B.1 “Place Value Models” in third grade. |
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Thursday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Comprehension: Write a summary of one of the books you read this week for your 20 minutes of reading. |
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Friday
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Spelling Test Homework Due |
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Spelling Words: Long o
mild |
sky |
pie |
might |
find |
fight |
tied |
right |
fry |
tight |
child |
flight |
bright |
buy |
dye |
soak |
bowl |
gold |
wind |
children |
Week 6 Homework - September 9-13, 2013
Day of the Week |
Assignment |
Minutes Read |
Monday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Spelling: Spelling workbook pages |
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Tuesday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Writing: What kinds of things do you like to learn about? Are you interested in the planets or maybe black holes? Is there a sport you like to read about and study to be better at? Do you like to learn about history? Or maybe you love to learn about cooking and different things to make? The list goes on and on. Write me a paragraph (5-8 sentences) explaining the thing(s) you like to learn about. It can be about one thing or all the things you like. |
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Wednesday
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Reading: Read your fluency reader for 5-10, then read and enjoy a book of your choice for 10-15 minutes (total of 20 minutes) and record the book(s) you read in your planner (not fluency reader). Math: Log on to IXL. Your user name is: Your passwords is: Complete A.1 Write Numbers in words under “Numbers and Comparing.” |
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Thursday
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Spelling Test Homework Due |
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Friday
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No School – Staff Development |
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Spelling Words: Long o
gold |
loaf |
slow |
bowl |
roast |
grows |
soak |
coast |
show |
sold |
scold |
float |
snow |
coal |
blow |
snail |
gray |
plain |
window |
proram |
Week 5 Homework - September 2-6, 2013
Day of the Week |
Assignment |
Minutes Read |
Monday
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No School – Labor Day
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Tuesday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes and record the book(s) you read in your planner Spelling: Spelling workbook pages |
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Wednesday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes and record the book(s) your read in your planner. Writing: Science Fair is just around the corner ;-) Research 5 possible topics you would like to explore for the fair, pick one and explain any support and/or supplies you might need from Ms. A or Mom and Dad. You are not locked into this choice but I would like you to start planning now for the Science Fair in the last half of the year. |
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Thursday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes and record the book(s) you read in your planner Math: Make a list of 5 games that will help practice place value skills. Pick one game and list the materials needed and how to play the game. You can research a game that already exists or you can come up with your own to share with the class. The other 4 games need to be ones I can find in a store or look up on the internet. Only one game can be made-up by you. Online games are acceptable. |
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Friday
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Spelling Test Homework Due |
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Spelling Words: Long a
fail |
tray |
gray |
bay |
trail |
plays |
pail |
may |
paint |
ray |
braid |
snail |
plain |
sway |
great |
safe |
globe |
rice |
lady |
afraid |
Week 4 Homework - August 26-30, 2013
Day of the Week |
Assignment |
Minutes Read |
Monday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes and record the book(s) you read in your planner. Edmodo: Get your parents to read and sign Edmodo permission slip. Read and sign “Code of Conduct.” Set up your Edmodo account! Our group password is gk1sld. There might be a poll to complete when you get logged in! |
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Tuesday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes and record the book(s) you read in your planner Spelling: Spelling workbook pages 8-12 |
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Wednesday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes and record the book(s) your read in your planner. Writing: Write an article for our September newsletter in your homework spiral. Your article should be about something we’ve been learning about at school. It could be about our social contract, place value, complete sentences, anything we’ve learned about so far, in any subject. Yours might be chosen for our class newsletter! |
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Thursday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes and record the book(s) you read in your planner Math: “Time for a Check Up” and list 5 real life applications for place value in your homework spiral. Hint: its used any time numbers need to be compared or ordered. |
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Friday
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Spelling Test Homework Due |
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Spelling Words: Final e (silent e)
date |
fine |
rose |
lake |
life |
home |
safe |
rice |
globe |
plane |
wise |
smoke |
grade |
smile |
come |
clap |
sick |
Crop |
sneeze |
escape |
Week 3 Homework - August 19-23, 2013
Day of the Week |
Assignment |
Minutes Read |
Monday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes. Complete: “Student Learning Style Assessments” |
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Tuesday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes. Writing: Research a college you might want to attend after high school. Write the name of the school, where it’s located, any athletic or extra-curricular programs offered, what you might study there and why you chose this school in your homework journal. There can be more than one school on your list if you like. |
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Wednesday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes. Spelling: Word Search |
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Thursday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes. Math: Addition page |
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Friday
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Spelling Test Homework Due |
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Spelling Words: Short vowels
clap |
step |
sick |
rock |
luck |
crop |
snack |
mess |
head |
shut |
miss |
stamp |
jump |
click |
pond |
cat |
man |
can |
bathtub |
anthill |
Week 2 Homework - August 12-16, 2013
Day of the Week |
Assignment |
Minutes Read |
Monday
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Reading: Read and enjoy Scholastic News: A Mummy Story and complete back. |
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Tuesday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book for at least 15 minutes. Writing: In your homework journal, write me a friendly letter about your summer! Don’t forget the five parts of a friendly letter: date, greeting, body, salutation and signature. |
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Wednesday
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TESTING DAY: Please come in if you are scheduled for testing! Reading: Read and enjoy a book for at least 20 minutes. |
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Thursday
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TESTING DAY: Please come in if you are scheduled for testing! Reading: Read and enjoy a book for at least 20 minutes. |
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Friday
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No School Turn in your homework on Monday, August 19, 2013 |
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Spelling Words: We will be starting spelling words next week! Think about what goals you may have in order to become super star speller!
Week 1 Homework - August 5-9, 2013
Day of the Week |
Assignment |
Minutes Read |
Monday
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Reading: Read and enjoy Scholastic News: Fill in the blanks on your “All About Me” poster. |
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Tuesday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes. Color 1/3 of your “All About Me” poster.
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Wednesday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes. Color 1/3 of your “All About Me” poster.
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Thursday
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Reading: Read and enjoy a book of your choice for 20 minutes. Color the rest of your “All About Me” poster.
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Friday
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HOMEWORK DUE TODAY |
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Spelling Words: No Spelling Words This Week'