HOMEWORK 3-26-13

Tonight you will practice using punctuation and capitalization correctly using a game in Education City.

Go to Education City (educationcity.com).  Log in using the information in the book baggie notebook.

Select the 1st grade bubble, then select the Language Arts bubble.

Go to the 6th tab, labeled Language.

Choose the game entitled Home Run:  End Marks and Capitalization.

Play until you get 100%.

NO COMMENT BOX ASSIGNMENT.

HOMEWORK 3-25-13

It's XtraMath night.  :)

HOMEWORK 3-21-13

One of the long u spellings we are practicing is -ue.  To practice, go to Education City.  Select 1st grade Language Arts.  Select the 4th tab and play To the Rescue. 


For some additional practice, here is a list of other ue and u_e  words.  You can plug them into Spelling City and let your child practice.  You can also use Spelling City to practice trick words or any other words you like.  For instructions, go to Homework 3-7-13. :)

COMMENT BOX: 

Write one sentence for each of the following words (4 sentences in all):  rescue, statue, barbeque, argue.

HOMEWORK 3-20-13

This week we are talking about solid figures.  Solid figures are shapes that have lenght, width, and height. 

To practice, go to Education City.  Select first grade and math.  Select the Geometry tab.  The activity is called Museum Mishaps.  Play until you have 100%.

COMMENT BOX:  In your house, find an example of a cube, rectangular prism, sphere, and cylinder  from your home.  List your examples in the box.

HOMEWORK 3-19-13

We are concluding our study of maps this week.  We have looked at many maps and what we find on maps. 

Tonight, have fun playing one of the following games:

Copycat Geography
In this game, continents flash in a pattern and students copy the order.  Enhance the game by asking your child to name the continent each time it flashes.  Afterwards, have your child identify the continents on this map of the world.

United States
Put each state on the United States map.


In addition to the map games, do 2 Education City activities of your choice.  Please do not play games you typically play.

COMMENT BOX:  What two games did you play on Education City?

HOMEWORK 3-18-13

It's Monday night...you know it's XtraMath night!  :D  Do your best work!

NO COMMENT BOX

HOMEWORK 3-14-13

No assignment.  :D

HOMEWORK 3-13-13

Tonight you are going to practice with graphs and review the Day and Night Sky.

To begin, go to Education City.  You will need to select the Kindergarten area (this is no longer in the Kindergarten curriculum and is appropriate for 1st grade).  Select the Science bubble.  The activity is called Star Gaze.  Complete the activity.

Next, you will practice graphs on the IXL site.  This site is a great place to practice other 1st grade math skills.  You do not need to be a member, but you only get a certain amount of practice time for free each day.  :)

NO COMMENT BOX assignment.

HOMEWORK 3-12-13

Our homework tonight will review what we know about push and pull in science and the spellings for long o.

First, go to Education City.  Select 1st grade Science.  Then, play the game called Animal Trainer.

After that, go to Spelling City.  Like last week (reference directions from the homework on 3-7-13 if needed), enter the following words in the To Start, Try This box (make sure you selet 10 so you can add all the words):  float, toe, go, know, groan, stone, show, coal, doe, glow.

Underneath the box where you entered the words, go to the green Play a Game button.  Play the game of your choice.  After playing the game, scroll down and select the red button that says Spelling Test.  Take the spelling test. 

NO COMMENT BOX assignment.

HOMEWORK 3-11-13

Practice those math facts using XtraMath.  Remember that 1st graders are expected to be fluent with addition and subtraction facts to 10 by the end of the year.  :D

HOMEWORK 3-7-13

We will not have book baggies tonight.  With the 2-hour delay, we did not get our planning time (which is typically when we check the book baggies and get the new assignments done). 

Tonight you will practice spelling words with long i spellings.  Parents will need to do the first part.

Go to Spelling City.

In the area that says To Start, Try This! an adult needs to select the option for 10 words (look at the bottom portion of that area, beneath the third box for adding words).

And adults should enter the following words:  cry, bright, thigh, pie, might, sky, right, light, lie, spy.

After the words are entered, go to the circle beneath the list that says Play a Game.  You can then have your child choose two different games to play.

*  This is also a great place where you can practice trick words.  You can type them in and let your child practice in a fun way.  :)

HOMEWORK 3-6-13

Once again we are working on reading data in graphs.  To practice, we will use Education City.

First, go to the first grade area and choose MATH.  Select the tab that says:  Measurement and Data.  Play the game called Summer Fair:  reading pictographs.

Next, go to the second grade area and choose MATH.  Select the tab that says: Measurement and Data.  Play the game called Speedy Pete's:  interpret picture graphs.

NO COMMENT BOX ASSIGNMENT.

If you write down other games you played and the score, you will be rewarded.  :D

HOMEWORK 3-5-13

We have added new trick words: caught, again, away, until. For homework tonight, read each word on the presentation. After reading the presentation, play Spellbound. NO COMMENT BOX ASSIGNMENT

HOMEWORK 3-4-13

Complete a session of XtraMath.  Remember to focus and be as quick as possible.  Each time you use this program it is like taking a test.  :D