Dear Parents, Girls and Boys,
Each Monday, you will receive a weekly list of ten spelling words. These words will be given as a pre-test and corrected in class. As part of Monday night's homework, each word from the list will be used in a complete sentence of at least 6 words. Please underline each word from the list. Remember to use capitals and marks of punctuation. Return the paper with the completed sentences on Tuesday. On Friday, there will be a test on each of the spelling words that went home on Monday.
Each Tuesday, you will do a writing assignment. I will give you a topic. Talk about it before you begin to write. If you are writing a story, be sure it has a beginning, middle and an end. Be sure that it makes sense. When the children write stories in class, I don't spell for them because it hinders their creative flow. After the story is finished, the child should read it to an adult. The adult should then read it back to the child writing the standard spelling above any misspelled word. Please don't have the child erase or re-write the story. At first the stories will be short and may be a struggle to produce. But as the year progresses, writing becomes easier.
On Wednesday, there will be homework in Math, Language Arts, or to accompany whatever we are studying.
On Thursday, study the spelling list of words.
Unfinished work may be sent home on any evening. Remember that the children need to read aloud to an adult for at least fifteen minutes in addition to doing their homework.
Sincerely,
Diane Groome
Unit 1, Lesson1
The gl, bl, and pl Blends
plus, glue, blink, plot, glad, blend, plan, block, plum, blast
Let's Write for Homework
A Party
Everyone loves a party! Tell about a party you had at your house or tell about a party you went to.
Was there a special reason for this party? Was it a family gathering? What kind of food did people bring? Did you play games or do anything special? Did anything unusual or funny happen?
You may also draw a picture to go along with your party story.
Posted by groome at September 17, 2004 06:15 PM