Click below to view the California First Grade Content Standards.
Homework Helper
Dear Parents,
We hope this will help you to better understand the 1st grade homework and answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Sincerely,
First Grade Teachers
Homework:
ü A homework packet with a directions cover sheet and a Majeske’s Messages will be sent home every Monday.
ü Homework is due at the end of each week on Friday. Your child will turn in a packet with:
o A signed Majeske’s Messages
o Fluency and writing page
o All assigned math from the practice book stapled to packet
o 2 Spelling activities stapled to the packet
ü Please have your child use pencil when working on their homework at home.
Language Arts:
- Your child should spend a minimum of 15 minutes per day with a book. This might be your child reading, you or someone else reading to your child, or reading together. The paper books that come home from school are perfect to read during this time!
- A new fluency story will be sent home as part of the homework every week. These stories start out very basic, but will build with difficulty as we introduce new phonics concepts. Have your child read this passage out loud and log the number of words read correctly in one minute. If your child finishes the passage before the minute is up, have them begin the story again.
- High Frequency /World Words- Your child should practice reading these words daily.
- Every week there will be a writing page sent home as part of the homework. This page should have a minimum of three sentences and a picture to go along with it.
Math:
- Your child should complete the assigned math pages from the Practice Book we sent home with you on Back-to-School night.
- After completing these pages, please tear them out of the book and staple them to the back of the homework packet sent home on Monday.
Spelling Activities: Your child needs to choose at least 2 of the below activities.
- Have your child write 8 sentences. There should be at least one spelling word in each sentence.
- Spelling shapes- Your child would write all 8 spelling words and then draw a box matching the shape of the word around them. See below examples:
man fan plan
- Step spelling- write the word is steps. See below examples:
ran pan land
r p l
ra pa la
ran pan lan
land
- ABC order- Your child would write all 8 spelling words in alphabetical order.
- Rainbow writing- Your child would write all 8 spelling words with 3 different colors overlapping each other.
- Your child will need paper to complete these activities. After they have completed 2, please staple them to the back of the homework pack with the math.
Spelling Test and Dictation Sentence:
Every Friday your child will take a spelling and reading comprehension test. It is on this test that they will be tested on the 8 spelling words and the dictation sentence.
Click on the links below for websites that are important for first grade.
www.peltzerfarms.com ~We will be taking our field trip to Peltzer Farms in October.
www.macmillanmh.com/science/ca
www.seussville.com ~We will be celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday in March.
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