First Grade Homework Classroom News Jan 22 Homework

First Grade Homework & Classroom News: Jan. 22 Homework Menu: Choose one appetizer and one main course to do for homework every night. If you are still hungry for practice, help yourself to some dessert! Appetizer (5 minutes) nd – Jan 26 th Word families Words that have rcontrolled vowels -or: Store, for, more 1. Practice any of the listed Daily Math skills 2. Addition or subtraction flash card games-if you need new flashcards please let us know! 3. Choose a word family word to write in a complete sentence -ar Park, smart, car 1. Read a “just-right book” to a stuffed animal or a family member for 13 minutes. Spend 2 minutes retelling the story with as many details as possible. -er her, perfect Main Course(15 minutes) Dessert (10 minutes) 1. Xtra Math/Prodigy Math 2. Raz-kids (message us on Dojo if you need us to resend log-in information ) • • • -ir Girl, bird -ur Surf, burn Daily Math skills: Compare 2 -digit number with < > and = symbols Count forward and backwards from any number within 120 Find different ways to make 10, 25, 50, and 100 Find ten more and ten less from any number within 120 Create your own story problems using place value and have someone in your family solve them! STEM and Social Studies focus of the week Questions: How can you make 100 in many different ways? What can you build with 100 of different materials? What is renewable energy and what are the global implications of using it?

Homework and Newsletter Jan. 22 nd – Jan 26 th A note from the teachers… It is hard to believe we are celebrating our 100 th day of school this week! Through the process of charting their progress in data folders, our students are really understanding how much they have already grown in this time! We are very proud of them! This week we are focusing on reading and writing words that have r-controlled vowels. These are words that have an r following short vowel sounds. The r causes the vowel to stay short but changes the overall sound. These can be difficult sounds for them to tell apart so we encourage them to practice reading and writing these words at home as well. We are starting an informative writing project all about ourselves! In Math, we are continuing our unit on place value. Our focus on the number 100 this week is allowing for some great opportunities to strengthen place value skills. Just a reminder that the 100 th day t-shirt is due on Thursday, January 25 th. As always, thank you for trusting us with your wonderful kids! Sincerely, Mrs. Swartz and Mrs. Watson. • • 22 nd- Upcoming Events: January SARSEF night in the cafeteria-6: 30 pm January 25 th-100 th day of school (please wear 100 th day t-shirts) January 26 th-Spirit Assembly (Wear “science” attire) February 6 th-8 th- early dismissal for Spring Conferences February 9 th- Galaxy Gala-special person’s dance 6 -8 pm PTO fundraiser February 13 th- Bugz musical for K-1 students at 6: 30 pm February 22 nd-23 rd- Rodeo Break No School Star Students: Jaxon is always kind to all and has been working hard on completing his work on time. He has wonderful ideas and is a deep thinker. Keep up the great work Jaxon! Special Birthdays: Vincent (Jan 23 rd) Ben (Jan 25 th)

The following pages are NOT REQUIRED but are here if you would like to use them with your child

Paper for writing complete sentences Choose r-controlled words from the word bank to write in sentences: • fork • store • farm • park • girl • bird • burn • hurt • germ 1. ____________________________ 2. ____________________________ 3. ____________________________ 4. ____________________________ 5. ____________________________