Homework for the Week of November 9-13, 2009
Parent Homework
Please help your child create an emergency fire escape plan for your
residence. This Take Home Project is due this Friday, November 13.
Read the Parent Letter in your child's Take Home Folder regarding practice
homework for Louisiana iLEAP. Complete the related homework with your child
on a weekly basis.
On Thursday, I will send home even more graded/assessd papers in your child's
folder. Please review them with him/her, and if your child missed any
items on the papers, please discuss those with him/her. Please sign and
return the papers on Friday.
Student Homework
Math
Monday: None
Tuesday: Complete Today's Math page 46 (15 Is The Number)in the Take Home
Folder.
Wednesday: Complete Today's Math page 62 (Adding Dots) in the Take Home
Folder.
Thursday: Complete Today's Math page 63 (More Story Problems) in the Take
Home Folder.
Spelling/Phonics
Monday: None
Tuesday: Have your child review her/his missed spelling words one final
time. We will be taking the final spelling test on Wednesday.
Wednesday: Students will take a pretest on the new spelling words. Each
student now has their own words to work on, which are highlighted on this
sheet. If the word is highlighted, then have your child study that word in
depth prior to the final test next Tuesday, November 17. In general, the
words are: Rice Group - clip, clock, flag, flip, black, and block; Timber
Group - all of the Rice Group words, plus: school, today, fun, and nut;
Tabasco Group 1 - all of the previous words, plus: trash, pink, tree, have,
and puppy; Tabasco Group 2 - all of the words for the Rice and Timber Groups,
plus: king, dream, sleep, because, and money.
Thursday: Put all of the week's spelling words in alphabetical order. Look
up at least one word in the dictionary.
Vocabulary/Reading
Monday: None
Tuesday: Practice reading and using the vocabulary words one more time.
These were: aunt, bandstand, instrument, make, music, put, rattles, show,
sounds, stop, take, three, under, want, heard, country, hear, quiet, mouth,
loud, noisy, feet, teacher, boy, dance, buzz, and moves.
Read the story of the week (either Rice Group "A Show For Us," Timber
Group "The Fun Kids' Band," or Tabasco Group "The Show Must Go On."
Wednesday: Read the new story for the week (either Rice Group "Clem Goes to
School," Timber Group "On My Way to School," or Tabasco Group "Kangaroo's
Day.") Practice reading the vocabulary words for the new story which are:
today, way, school, away, why, apes, crocodile, late, tree, gate, gumdrop(s),
pool, and stop.
Thursday: Practice reading the vocabulary words and the new story
again.
Louisiana iLEAP Practice
Tuesday: Complete Lesson 1, Using Information Resources (Text Features) with
your child.
Take Home Project
Due Friday: A description and graph paper to complete the second Take Home
Project (Making a Fire Escape Plan) was included in the Take Home Folder on
Monday. Please review the project description and help your child to
complete it and bring it in by Friday, November 13.
Technology (optional)
Consider completing the Take Home Project on Making a Fire Escape Plan using
a computer.
