First grade homework begins with reading for the Wranglin' Reader Program.
Nightly reading begins the first day of school. Time spent reading
together, parents reading to children, and first grade students reading
alone, all count toward time on the Wranglin' Reader sheets. Your child's
reading sheets should be initialed and turned in about every four and a half
weeks, which turns out to be 20 hours per nine weeks. Your child should
have 80 hours or more by the end of April, in order to qualify for the
elementary end-of-the-year Wranglin' Reader celebration!
Your child will begin writing a daily sentence, using the first 25 of 100
first grade words, on August 24th. This homework will go home in your
child's Friday folder on August 24th and is due the following Friday.
Please encourage your child to use his/her own spelling in the sentences,
with the core words spelled correctly. This writing homework will continue
for four weeks until we begin our Spelling Words/Paragraph homework on
September 17th. You can find the 100 words list in our "Documents" link.
The following is the Spelling Homework for the entire school year. Spelling
tests will be given on Fridays. The first test will be on September 22nd.
Each spelling list has five core words and a short paragraph. In order to
receive an "O", your child must spell all five core words correctly and have
five or less errors on the entire spelling paragraph. In order to receive
an "S", your child must spell all of the core words correctly. Missing one
core word results in an "S-" whether or not the rest of the paragraph is
correct. The priority for spelling is mastery of the core words, which are
the first one hundred words in reading.
Week of September 17th / test on September 21st:
The core words are: the, of, a, and, to
Let's go to the rain forest. It is a beautiful place full of trees, plants,
and animals.
Week of September 24th/ test on September 28th:
The core words are: in, is, you, that, it
That slow sloth is up in the canopy. It will never catch up to you.
Week of October 1st / test on October 5th:
The core words are: he, was, for, on, are
Are you looking for the python on the forest floor? He was slithering up a
tree to the understory.
Week of October 15th / test on October 19th:
The core words are: as, with, his, they, I
They said that his pumpkin was as heavy as a bowling ball. I went over to
help him with it.
Week of October 22nd / test on October 26th:
The core words are: at, be, this, have, from
We have fun in this Fall season. Leaves fall from trees. I want to be at
the top of a tree.
Week of October 29th / test on November 3rd:
Review of the first 25 words
Week of November 6th / test on November 2nd:
The core words are: or, one, had, by, word
One word for that turkey is tricky. I had it by my bike. Did it ride away
or get eaten?
Week of November 12th / test on November 16th:
The core words are: but, not, what, all, were
We were all going to Thanksgiving dinner, but not to the football game.
What a shame!
Week of November 26th / test on November 30th:
The core words are: we, when, your, can, said
Your mom said that we can bake cookies for Santa. When do you want to start?
Week of December 3rd / test on December 7th:
The core words are: there, use, an, each, which
Each of you has an enormous present over there. Which tool do you want to
use to open it up?
Week of December 10th / test on December 14th:
The core words are: she, do, how, their, if
How do you know if she has enough food for their Hanukkah dinner?
Week of January 7th/ test on January 11th:
review words 26-50 only
or, one, had, by, word, but, not, what, all, were, we, when, your, can,
said, there, use, an, each, which, she, do, how, their, if
Week of January 14th / test on January 18th:
The core words are: will, up, other, about, out
You will be able to see the other arctic animals from up here. They are
about to come out. Let's go!
Week of January 21st / test on January 25th:
The core words are: many, them, these, then, so
These penguins are so cute. Many of them like to slide on their bellies and
then jump in the icy water.
Week of January 28th / test on February 1st:
The core words are: some, her, would, make, like
Some of her friends would like to make her laugh because she seems sad.
Week of February 4th/ test on February 8th:
The core words are: look, has, into, time, him
He has to look into that big box to see what she got him for Valentine's
Day. I think it's a puppy this time.
Week of February 11th / test on February 15th:
The core words are: two, more, write, go, see
Let's go see the bears up close. We can write two or more facts about them.
Week of February 25th / test on February 29th:
review words 51-75 only
will, up, other, about, out, many, them, these, then, so, some, her, would,
make, like, look, has, into, time, him, two, more, write, go, see
Week of March 3rd / test on March 7th:
The core words are: number, no, way, could, people
There is no way people could ever know the number of dinosaurs that lived so
long ago.
Week of March 10th / test on March 14th:
The core words are: my, than, first, water, been
My first grade teacher has been hiking in the desert. She says that taking
water is more important than anything else.
Week of March 24th / test on March 28th:
The core words are: who, call, oil, its, now
Who does that car belong to? Its oil leak is getting worse. Let's call the
owner now!
Week of March 31st / test on April 4th:
The core words are: find, long, down, day, did
Did you really find that long rattlesnake down in your basement during the
day?
Week of April 7th/ test on April 11th:
The core words are: get, come, made, part, may
She may come get her brother to share the cupcakes she made today. That's
part of being a good sister.
Week of April 14th / test on April 18th:
review words 76-100 only
number, no, way, could, people, my, than, first, water, been, who, call,
oil, its, now, find, long, down, day, did, get, come, made, part, may
