First Grade Homework
November 9 - November 13, 2009
Word of the Week: sportsmanship
High Frequency Words Phonics Rule Words (short a)
we there can an your ran cat had man nap
Practice Sentence: The man can have your cat.
Notes for the week:
• This week we will begin our formal spelling program. Please read the
blue information letter sent home today.
• Please keep the SPELLING ACTIVITIES sheet in a safe place at home.
You will need it, to refer to, for weekly spelling homework practice.
• There is no school on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (Veterans Day)
• Cookies for Computers- Cookie Dough sales have begun! Money & forms
due Nov. 18th.
• Toys for Tots Drive has started and will continue until December
15th. New, unwrapped toys may be dropped off in the collection boxes located
in the main office.
• Family Portrait Night is Monday, November 16th from 5:00 to 9:00 in
the MPR.
• The first grade team is in need of reams of white Xerox copy paper.
Any donations would be greatly appreciated!
Monday
• Please add the five High Frequency words to your word ring (see
above).
• Next choose one activity from the SPELLING ACTIVITY sheet.
***Depending on what activity your child picks, he/she may or may not have
something to turn in.
• Read 20 minutes and mark it on your November reading calendar.
Tuesday
• Please complete Home Links 3.4 (More Odd and Even Numbers) and 3.5
(Number Lines and Counting Patterns).
• Read 20 minutes and mark it on your November reading calendar.
Wednesday
No school today due to Veterans Day.
Thursday
• Choose two new activities from the November Activity Calendar and
initial next to the activity that you choose.
• Please choose an activity from the Spelling Activities Sheet to
practice your spelling words.
***Depending on what activity your child picks, he/she may or may not have
something to turn in.
• Tomorrow we will have our first official spelling test. Please
review tonight!
• Read 20 minutes and record it on your November reading calendar.
Standards Addressed:
• 1RCV1.22: Read 100 High Frequency Words
• Written and Oral Convections: 1.1 Write and speak in complete
coherent sentences
• 1NS1.1: Count, read, and write whole numbers to 100
• 1NS1.4 Count and group objects in ones and tens
