Homework
Weekly Reading Homework
A Reading Homework packet will be sent home bi-weekly. The due date will be written on the packet. Students should choose one or two assignments to complete a night.
Assignments include:
Reading homework should take about 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, it is okay to stop and finish the task the next evening. Also, if your child needs becomes frustrated with the included passage, it can be read to the child or read with the child.
Assignments include:
- Three repeated readings of the included reading passage
- Options for 3 Independent reading activities
- Comprehension Check
- Reading or Vocabulary Skill
- Options for Word Work based on weekly Vocabulary
Reading homework should take about 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, it is okay to stop and finish the task the next evening. Also, if your child needs becomes frustrated with the included passage, it can be read to the child or read with the child.
Math Homework |
Ideas FOr Math Fact Practice |
We want homework to be meaningful and purposeful. Therefore, at this time nightly homework will be to practice basic math facts. It is important only to practice the facts students are learning in school.
· 1st quarter: addition/ subtraction facts, x/÷ 2, 5, 10 · 2nd quarter: x/÷ 1, 0, 3 · 3rd quarter: x/÷ 6, 9 · 4th quarter: x/÷ 4, 8 Your child’s math teacher may assign homework throughout the week. |
There are lots of fun ways you can give
your child additional practice using fact cards. The most important thing
is to make it fun and positive. When you see your child become frustrated, stop
the activity. Focus on progress and celebrate every success!
Here are some ideas for using fact cards for home practice: Ÿ Spread out the fact cards on a table. Say a product/quotient and have your child find the fact card that goes with it. Ÿ Have your child pick a fact card and use cereal pieces to make a model of the fact (e.g., 4 × 3 would be shown by 4 groups of 3 pieces of cereal or 4 rows of cereal with 3 pieces in each row). Ÿ Play Fact War by splitting the fact cards into two piles. Each player flips over a card and says the product. The player with the greater product keeps both cards. (Note that the winner is not the player who answers first. Emphasizing speed can make your child anxious. Our emphasis will be on repetition and correct answers.) Ÿ Draw pictures to show a fact (e.g., 2 dogs with 4 legs would represent 2 × 4). Ÿ Pick a fact card and make up a word problem to go with the fact (i.e., for 5 × 5—There were 5 plates of brownies on the kitchen table. Each plate had 5 brownies on it. How many brownies were there?). Ÿ Sort fact cards into two piles: math facts with a product or quotient of less than 20 and math facts with a product or quotient of 20 or more. Ÿ Tape fact cards on different doors or drawers in your house. Have your child give the product/quotient for the fact card before being able to open the door or drawer. |