Daily Homework Expectations:
*Alphabet Letter Sounds and Names/Chanting Chart: 2 minutes
Please have your child practice their alphabet letter sounds and letter names. There is an alphabet chanting chart included in your child's Mail Folder. You can keep this chart at home and practice daily until your child knows all their alphabet letter sounds and name. I will do a re-assessment of your child's alphabet knowledge again monthly.
*Printing and Number Concept Practice: 2 minutes
Please have your child practice their alphabet letter and number concept formation daily using a washable or whiteboard marker directly on the page protector sheet. If your child has this in their mail folder, they need extra practice with their fine motor skills holding a pencil/marker along will practicing proper letter and number formations. You can keep these practice sheets at home to work on daily.
Recommended daily home reading: 15 minutes
Raz-kids: Students are expected to read 15 minutes daily on Raz-kids. This year, students will use Raz-Kids to access individually assigned books at their reading level. Students are encouraged to 1. listen to the book 2. read the book and 3. complete the comprehension quiz for the book. Please record daily home reading in the yellow my home reading booklet. I will assess your child monthly to determine their new level and growth.
5 Weekly Sight/"HEART" Words: Practice sight words daily - A list with 5 words will be sent home and to school for students to practice daily. These are the words we will be learning in class each week. Please have an adult cut out the sight words and keep the sight words at home in Ziploc bag or small plastic bin to review daily at home as part of their homework.