Can you believe I left you alone for over a week? I was tempted to write but I held back and let you enjoy your week! I hope you are ready to hit the road running tomorrow!
So remember back to all my musings about homework? My basic premise is that I want to make it as much of a custom-fit for your child as possible. I know it won't be perfect (it can't be...I've learned that lesson).
So here is my solution: Each week, your child will have a list of "must-dos" and a list of "may-dos". You can customize it each week for your child, your schedule, your sanity...:) If you have a go-getter, there is PLENTY to do. If you have a child who just needs to learn a routine and isn't a big fan of homework, just do the "must-dos". If you are finding the must-dos to be too difficult, please let me know and we can try to customize it even further.
So for this week (October 10-14) these are the MUST-DOs:
*Read every night. Great habit!! Keep track of books that you read on your slips so you can work on your 100 Book Challenge.
*Practice Mad Minute. Keep challenging yourself!
*Spelling Word Practice. You have 10 words to practice (15, if you want a challenge). I provided one way to practice but you may find other ways to practice, too.
*Math Homework. You have one Drops In A Bucket (DIBS) page. This is a great place to practice all the skills we work on during Math Concept Board. You also have Sunshine Math pages. These problems ask you to stretch your math thinking. You will notice stars by each problem. Those indicate the difficulty. Give them all a try!
The MAY-DOS are:
*Character Education Choice Homework. You get to answer questions about our character trait of the month, honesty.
*ABC Club Homework. There are 12 fun task cards for the month. You can try to tackle one or more this week.
*Husky Challenge. This is a year-long challenge that will ask you to undertake some pretty heavy duty research skills. This, like all of the above mentioned homework, is completely OPTIONAL.
Always keep in mind that if you choose NOT to do the MAY-DOS it will not in any way affect your homework grade. These options are just for those of you who love the challenge!
You will find all the homework on the portal under my class site under Documents. You will need to print all the items out each week.
I have had a woefully un-technical break because my computer decided to take a vacation along with the rest of us. I am hoping the tech team has it up and running on Monday morning. I'm feeling a bit behind the eight ball with planning but hope to get all caught up tomorrow.
I have done some serious tweaking to our schedule. Here is a more updated version of our days on Mondays through Thursdays. Fridays are always very different due to read-aloud, testing, art, and other fun stuff!
9:00-9:15 Mad Minute Practice and Testing
9:15-9:30 Morning Meeting
9:30-10:20 Reading Rainbow Rotations (this is where we will be using parent volunteers to assist at a station! We are so excited to be starting that this week!)
10:20-10:45 Bathroom and Recess Break
10:45-11:10 Chapter Book Read-Aloud (great vocabulary development) and Quote Writing
11:10-11:45 Math Concept Board
11:45-12:15 Book Basket Time (students read from books and do projects relating to them, students meet in small skill groups to work on phonetic skills, sight words, etc.)
12:15-1:00 Lunch and Lunch Recess
1:00-1:30 Math Strategy Practice, Math Talk, Origo Math (we are probably going to do fewer worksheets but work on the skills in a direct instruction manner)
1:30-1:50 Language Board/ Shurley Grammar
1:50-2:30 Theme/ Enrichment (we will be studying our social studies and/or science themes during this time and also doing enrichment activities in geography, vocabulary, French, music, physical fitness, etc.)
2:30-3:15 Special Classes (Music, P.E., Computer, Library)
3:15-3:30 Clean-up and Wonderopolis
Boy, we like to pack a lot of fun and learning into our days! I hope your child is finding the groove of first grade and is beginning to find the joy in all-day school!
Have a great week!
Carin
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