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Homework will begin week of October 6th
ROOM 15 – NEWS
9-29-08
 Homework ~ Homework will officially begin next Monday,
October 6, 2008
. Look for the homework sheet explaining the homework for the week.
READING
at home ~ please read with your child for 15 minutes each night.
We want to encourage that reading become a lifestyle.
It will also prepare them for the reading homework routine that will begin next week.
100 Book Challenge – This is our
Reading
At Home/School program that was discussed on Curriculum Night.
Your child will read 100 Book Challenge books for 15 minutes each night and you will sign/initial one step (block) in the Reading Log.
Four books will come home each day and four books need to be returned the following day.
The books will be FUN, FAST & EASY!
Remember - This is your child’s independent reading level.
We will begin sending books home on Monday, October 6th.
Lunch Pin Numbers ~ please make sure your child has memorized their pin number!
Please help with menu selections.
The first selection on the menu is platter 1; second - platter 2; third – platter 3. For example, today’s menu – Platter 1 – Fish Sticks;
Platter 2 – Turkey and Cheese Sandwich;
Platter 3 – Hot Dog.
High Frequency Words ~ The first 100 high frequency words and word rings went home.
A letter was attached from the first grade team.
Red Folder ~ please make sure your child has their red folder EVERY day.
It is important that they bring this folder home and back to school each day.
Please check the folder for important papers and student work
Please place any notes or important papers in this Red Folder.
Pretzel Day ~ every Thursday – 25 cents/pretzel.
Field trip to
Woodland
Park
~ We will take our first field trip on
Thursday, October 16, 2008
.
We will be walking through
Woodland
Park
(behind
E.T.
Richardson
Middle School
).
Our class will be joining Mrs. Guellich’s and Miss Connor’s
first grade class for the field trip.
The other first grade classes will be going on a different day.
Please dress your child appropriately for the weather that day.
Please return permission forms as soon as possible.
Dismissal Changes ~ if your child is going home in a way that is different from their normal routine,
please send a note.
Scholastic Book Orders – If you would like to order any books, please send in a check made payable to Scholastic Book Club by Friday, October 3rd.
Reading
– We are reading every day!
We are using strategies to help us understand what we read.
We have practiced Visualizing, Making Connections and Making Inferences.
Word Work – We are practicing beginning and ending sounds of words; word families (-at, -an, -it, ig).
We are also practicing our high frequency words each day!
Writing – We are writing every day.
We are using rubrics to help us check our writing for good spaces between words, capitals at the beginning of each sentence; periods at the end of each sentence.
Math – Numbers are everywhere! Children can practice counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.
They can count orally, count objects, tallies, pennies, etc.
They can also use objects to make up number stories. (4 horses were eating hay outside on the farm; 2 cows came outside to eat hay too.
How many animals are outside eating hay?)
Please have your child wear sneakers every Wednesday for Gym.
REMEMBER TO PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Our schedule for specials is:
 Monday – Computers
 Tuesday – Music
 Wednesday – Gym – please wear sneakers
 Thursday – LMC/Guidance (return LMC books each week)
 Friday – Art - please send in a smock
Reading/Comprehension Strategies
Strategies are plans that help us understand what we read.
Strategy Instruction
- Good readers use strategies to help them comprehend what they read. These are the strategies that we will focus on this year:
Ø Making Connections - (text to text, text to self, and text to world) Readers pay more attention when they relate to the text. Readers naturally bring their prior knowledge and experience to reading, but they comprehend better when they think about the connections they make between the text, their lives and the larger world.
Ø Asking Questions - Questioning is the strategy that keeps readers engaged. When readers ask questions, they clarify understanding and make meaning. Asking questions is at the heart of thoughtful reading.
Ø Visualizing - Active readers create visual images in their minds based on words they read in text. The pictures they create enhance their understanding.
Ø Making Inferences - Inferring is the intersection of taking what is known, garnering clues from the text, and thinking ahead to make judgment, discern a theme or speculate about what is to come.
Ø Identifying Important Ideas - Thoughtful readers grasp essential ideas and important information when reading. Readers must differentiate between less important ideas and key ideas that are central to the meaning.
Ø Synthesizing Information - Synthesizing involves combining new information with existing knowledge to form an original idea or interpretation. Reviewing, sorting, and sifting important information can lead to new insights that change the way readers think.
Ø Monitor and Repair Understanding - If confusion disrupts meaning, readers need to stop and clarify their understanding. Readers may use a variety of strategies to "fix up" comprehension when meaning goes awry.
How to play Penny Nickel Exchange
Partners put 20 pennies and 10 nickels in a pile.
Each player rolls a die and collects the number of pennies shown on the die.
(If you don’t have a die, you can use a number spinner from a board game or a deck of cards and just use the numbers on the cards.) Whenever players have at least 5 pennies, they trade in their pennies for a nickel!
We usually set up a “bank” with pennies and nickels.
Please note that as we begin to work with dimes that the Penny-Nickel-Dime Exchange is played the same way with pennies, nickels and dimes.
Practice and have fun!!!!!
Room 15 Homework Survival Tips
*Red Folder and 100 Book Challenge Packet come to school EVERY day*
Written Homework --- RED FOLDER
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Homework Sheet comes home every Monday – KEEP THIS AT HOME
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Written homework will include Math Home Links and Word Work (A few special projects throughout the year)
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Math Home Links can be found in Home Links Workbook
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Complete Home Links as they are assigned (for example, if Home Link 1.8 is assigned on Wed. night, then your child should complete Home Link 1.8 and hand it in Thursday)
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Return completed Home Links or any other written homework in
Red Folder
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Homework can be completed in advance.
However, please do not send in the homework until it is due!
PLEASE DO NOT WORK ANY FURTHER THAN THE CURRENT WEEK’S HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS!
Special Projects may be sent in before the due date.
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Bring Red Folder to school each day!
100 BOOK CHALLENGE --
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100 Book Challenge Packet – 4 Books, Folder, Reading Log and Skills Cards for different reading levels (*****4 books go home and come back to school each day!*****)
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Skills cards are for home and school use -- Students can practice words & skills on the skills cards to help with their reading
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Read 100 Book Challenge books for 15 minutes EVERY night --- 15 minutes of reading = 1 step
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Fill out Reading Log – fill in the next # in the STEP box (for example, if the last number in Reading Log is 7, then the next step is #8), fill in one title only (even if you read more than one book in 15 minutes) and the date.
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You (parents or grandparents) are the Reading Coach --- please sign or initial in the box marked “Coach’s Signature”
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Put a check mark in the box marked “Home”
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Don’t forget to share your book with someone
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Students can read more than the required 15 minutes, but do not fill in more than one step in one night for now
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Bring 100 Book Challenge Packet to school each day
THEME TAKE HOME BOOKS/HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS
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These books are in paper form.
They are sent home as we begin a new Theme in our reading program (usually every 3-4 weeks).
Each theme has three books for each week.
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Check the Homework sheet for Theme/Week readings.
For example, read books for Theme 1/Week 3; highlight words that belong to the –at, -an, -it, -ig word families; color the pictures; retell the story to someone at home.
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Check the Homework sheet for additional high frequency word practice.
In addition to green, blue and yellow high frequency words, your child will bring home the high frequency words we are working on in class.
Please practice these words each week.
The Theme and Week can be found at the top of each word page.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE
** Don’t forget to practice ALL High Frequency Words **
READ, READ, READ
Readers Read at Their Independent Reading Levels
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Can use what they know to figure out the few hard words by themselves.
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Are engaged for long periods of time.
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Want to do it again.
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Can tell you what they’ve learned from their reading.
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Laugh at the funny parts.
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Read with expression.
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Are relaxed, comfortable, and having fun.
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Get into the habit of fluency, understanding and success.
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Learn to read by reading.
Our schedule for specials is:
Monday – Computers
Tuesday – Music
Wednesday – Gym – please wear sneakers
Thursday – LMC/Guidance (return LMC books each week)
Friday – Art - please send in a smock
100 BOOK CHALLENGE
Children are reading on their independent level at school and at home every day.
Your child's 100 Book Challenge packet will come home EVERY day. In this packet you will find their 100 Book Challenge folder, books and Reading Log. Please make sure that EVERYTHING is returned to school each day.
Daily Reminders about 100 Book Challenge:
 Read for 15-30 minutes every night
15 minutes of reading equals one step
Fill out the Reading Log - Fill in the Step #, Title and Date (REMEMBER -- only one line of your Reading Log should be filled out for 15 minutes of reading)
Have your Reading Coach sign in the box marked "
Coach's Signature
"
Check the box marked "
Home
"
Keep your books, folder and Reading Log in your 100 Book Challenge packet and return to school EVERY day!
Your Reading Log will be checked each day and you will get new books to take home!
HAVE FUN!!
Things to remember about 100 Book Challenge readers:
 Books will be fun!
Books will be easy!
Students should read like they talk!
Readers Read at Their Independent Reading Levels
 Can use what they know to figure out the few hard words by themselves.
Are engaged for long periods of time.
Want to do it again.
Can tell you what they’ve learned from their reading.
Laugh at the funny parts.
Read with expression.
Are relaxed, comfortable, and having fun.
Get into the habit of fluency, understanding and success.
Learn to read by reading.
REMINDERS and IMPORTANT NEWS:
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Our schedule for specials is:
Monday – Computers
Tuesday – Music
Wednesday – Gym – please wear sneakers
Thursday – LMC/Guidance (return LMC books each week)
Friday – Art - please send in a smock
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