Grade 1 Homework Help

Some general homework-related things to note for the 2025-2026 school year: 

*Homework will consist of a large choice board and will begin later in September (likely the week after our Curriculum Night). In the meantime, nightly reading is encouraged and leveled readers will be sent home with your child once assessments have been conducted to ensure the books that get sent home are a good fit for your child. I'll read with each child weekly as a check in to ensure the books are helpful to them.

*Homework bags should be returned each day (even if they're empty), but homework choice board related work can be passed in at the end of each week if it got completed. Readers will be sent home on Fridays each week so please make sure homework bags and readers come back to school the following Friday.

*Reading nightly is a must-do. However, the options on the monthly homework choice boards will be optional--the items listed are there for you to make use of if you feel your child needs it and of course if your child has the interest and stamina on weekday evenings/during the weekend to give it their best. My hope of course is that there's something there for everyone and that you can all find whatever homework balance works for your family each evening/week.  Game pieces will be sent home as needed and any login info they'll need will be taped to their homework bags. 

How to support your child's reading comprehension: 

*these prompts will be introduced in class during our class read aloud time and eventually will be put into student book boxes to be referred to regularly during our Daily 5 time. You can make use of the questions at home as a way to discuss the books they're reading or listening to being read to them and build their comprehension skills bit by bit. Talking about what they're reading in these specific kinds of ways takes practice and this will help guide them.*

How to support your child's reading fluency: 

*these prompts will be introduced during our Language Arts time throughout the year. They will later be put into student book boxes to be referred to as needed during our Daily 5 time as a way to decode unknown words when they're Reading to Self or Reading to Someone. You can make use of these prompts at home as a way to make the strategies consistent for your child.*