Practice the spelling pattern throughout the week as usual. Have a parent or sibling give your child a spelling test at the end of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week we have a new spelling pattern, the vowel team OW: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spelling words: <\/strong>owl, how, now, plow, town, brown, down, round, out, our<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rule:<\/strong> Earlier this year we learned that OW can represent the long o sound. But it can also represent the \/ow\/ sound as in cow. This is the sound we are focusing on this week. The spelling pattern OU can also represent the same sound. The three first grade sight words with the ou spelling in bold will help your child learn that these common words are spelled with the ou pattern. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Notes:<\/strong> Continue to remind your child to \u201ctap it out\u201d even if they remember how to spell the word, it helps with permanent<\/strong> spelling memory. The OW sound should only get one tap; it\u2019s two letters but only represents one sound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Every child should be reading at least 40 minutes per day. <\/strong>This can be a combination of reading on Raz Kids to complete the required quizzes, reading on Epic, or any additional reading your child may do. Please make sure your child is logged onto Zearn using the username and password I provided for you. Some students have been logged onto their kindergarten account (username and password saved on home computer from last year) and have been completing wrong lessons. Username and passwords can be found under the “Student Login Information” tab. Please let me know if you have any questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This week we are moving on from review and are starting new conten<\/strong>t that your child has not studied before. There are four assigned lessons. Lesson-17-Homework<\/a> Click for -> Guided help for Lesson 17 <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lesson-18-Homework<\/a> Click for -> Guided help for Lesson 18<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lesson-19-Homework<\/a> Click for -> Guided help for Lesson 19<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lesson-20-Homework<\/a> Click for-> Guided help for Lesson 20 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lesson-21-Homework<\/a> Click for -> Guided help for Lesson 21 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n This week have your child read one article each day and write about what they have learned, or what they think is most important from the text. You may read the text aloud to them and google or discuss any tricky words- it\u2019s a great idea to have them use the new words they learn in their writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Student writing should be at least three sentences long with a goal of five sentences, and it should focus on the information in the article of the day. But, they can add additional information from other articles as they develop more background knowledge and deepen their understanding of the topics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Below are the articles for the week:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Terrific-Toucans<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Super-Animal-Senses<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n What-Lives-in-the-Desert<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nReading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Raz Kids<\/strong>
Levels A-J <\/strong>should read and complete at least 2 quizzes on Raz Kids every day (10 per week).
Levels J-Z<\/strong> should read and complete at least one quiz on Raz Kids every day (5 per week).
If you are not sure of your child\u2019s level please let me know.
I will be able to see your child\u2019s quiz scores each time they take a quiz, so they should read carefully and look back in the book to check their answers! If they are having trouble I will email you to check in.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMath<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lessons 17, 19, 20, and 21 will be due on Friday. <\/strong>If your child finishes all four lessons before Friday, please have them work on the homework assignments below and on IXL math instead of moving on.
If your child is behind on math, please have them complete two lessons per day. <\/strong>
The homework assignments below are optional.<\/strong> They are all in your child\u2019s math homework book. I suggest spending 10-15 minutes on them after the Zearn lesson of the day is completed.
Zearn skips lessons that would have been a review day in school. I have included the review homework for these lessons as well- you can choose to skip them or work on them on Friday as a review. I\u2019m trying to give plenty of work for those who want more, but please do not feel pressured to complete all of the extra assignments!<\/p>\n\n\n\nWriting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n