Now on to homework...

Okay, as promised here is my CURRENT plan for homework. :-) I am going to send home a homework pack each Monday along with our Weekly Newsletter (see here for more info).  This pack will be due back to school the following Friday.  I had debated between having it due back the following Friday or Monday, but for now I am going with Friday.  There is a section on my Weekly Newsletter where I tell the parents what the homework for the week is.  I am planning on having spelling practice, reading comprehension and math in the pack.  I know that sounds like a lot, but it really isn't, I promise!  Again, my goal is to not having the kids doing a ton of homework! I want them to spend time with family and PLAY OUTSIDE!!!!! 

The math homework for this week is just a math game where the players take turns drawing two cards and telling and solving a number story using those two numbers.  This goes right along with Common Core and what I am teaching in class right now. 

 For Spelling I am using this: 

I am slightly modifying the lessons inside some to meet the needs of my students' better, but this seems like a good resource to give them some practice writing high frequency words.  

Now on to reading... I found this awesome little resource that includes a short story and some questions about the story.  The stories start out fairly easy (like just a few sentences) and slowly build to more difficult texts).  I also like this resource because it encourages the family to read together and talk about what they are reading. 

I don't think this entire homework packet should take more than 30-45 minutes depending on how many times they play the math game and they have all week to do it. I am working on a tracking sheet for the math game now (okay, not right now, but after I finish this post I will be!) that will ask the kiddos to tell  me one story problem they made up and to draw a picture to show how they solved it. 

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