Your child will receive an orange folder that will be their "Homework Folder". They will bring it home on Fridays, and should return on Monday. Please check it every weekend and remove any pages on the "Left at Home" side. Anything that needs to be returned to school, or that you would the teachers to see, should go in the "Right Back to School" side. It is crucial that you check this folder every week to receive all important infomation from us, and make sure papers don't stack up in your child's folder!
The most important homework in first grade is to read for at least 15 minutes EVERY night! This includes you reading to your child, your child reading to you, siblings reading together, your child reading to a pet or toy, your child reading to themselves, etc. We will send home a reading log at the beginning of every month. Every time your child reads a book, record it and color in a picture! Turn in the reading log at the end of every month. It is okay if the log is not filled by the end of the month.
Your child will receive a "Homework and Practice Journal" for their math homework. They will keep this at home all year and gradually work through the pages, returning it at the end each module. There is one page of homework for each lesson and each lesson takes between 1 and 3 days, so there will not be a page every night. We will email you at the beginning of every module letting you know which lessons will be taught on which dates so you can help your child follow along.