Reading Homework Letter #2

First Grade Homework

Due on Friday

Reading Homework Letter #2

Dear Students and Parents,

Homework will continue with students receiving a passage to read every night, along with ten comprehension questions to answer. These questions will mirror the reading comprehension test on Friday. Homework will still include a language and math skills section. At the end of the week, please return the homework sheets.

At the end of each week, your child will take a written reading comprehension test on a new grade level passage, different from the homework reading passage. The questions will be similar to the homework passage questions. Each student will independently read the new passage silently in class. After reading the passage, the teacher will then read all the questions and answer choices to the class.

To help your child prepare, consider asking questions similar to the ones in the homework passage after reading his book in the bag. You might also choose from some of the following questions each night.

Review questions for fiction:

· Who are the characters/main character in the story?

· Where does the story take place? Does the setting change in the story?

· What is the problem in the story? How does the problem get solved?

· What happened first in the story?

· What happened at the end of the story? What was the last thing that happened?

· Is this text fiction or non-fiction or realistic fiction? How do you know? (e.g., It’s fiction because the animals wear clothes and talk. It’s non-fiction because it is true facts. It is realistic fiction because it could happen but it didn’t really happen.)

· Is this text a narrative (fiction) or a report (non-fiction)? How do you know?

· Is this story make-believe or real? How do you know?

· What is this story mostly about?

· Ask your child details from the story such as How many? Who? When? Where?

· Choose words from the text and ask for a synonym (a word that means the same such as looked-peeked)

· Choose words from the text and ask for an antonym (a word that means the opposite such a first-last).

· Ask cause and effect questions. These questions usually start with why something happened and are answered beginning with because… For instance, Why do we have Spring Break? Because the teacher needs to rest!

New Questions:

· Why do you think the author wrote this piece?

· What happened right after…. right before…?

· What would be another good title for this story?

· What was this story mainly about?

Most of all enjoy this time with your student.

J First Grade Learning Leaders

Name: ______February 23rd – 27th, 2015

Mandatory - Read and log your Book-in-a-Bag each night.

Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:

Mandatory – Read out loud to an adult the reading comprehension text and answer the ten questions. Remember to use your test taking strategies.

(Reading Comprehension Quiz on Friday – Level G)

This week’s reading comprehension text: / Cam’s First Game / (Lexile 480)

Option 1 – LANGUAGE SKILLS

! Sentence Writing – Read the words. Put them in order to make a sentence. Write the sentence. Remember to use proper punctuation and capitalization.
very is hot it ______
hat i new have a ______
Compound Words – A compound word is a bigger word made up of two smaller words.
Example: cupcake = cup + cake
Direction: Read the compound word. Write the two words that make the compound word.
lunchbox = ______+ ______/ sunshine = ______+ ______
popcorn = ______+ ______/ outside = ______+ ______
Aa / Bb / Cc / Dd / Ee / Ff / Gg / Hh / Ii / Jj / Kk / Ll / Mm
Nn / Oo / Pp / Qq / Rr / Ss / Tt / Uu / Vv / Ww / Xx / Yy / Zz
Directions: Rewrite the following words in alphabetical order (ABC order):
school / still / sick / same / some

Option 2: i-Ready Reading – Log onto login.i-ready.com 4 times this week for 30 minutes, instead of completing all activities under Option 1. Parents, please initial each night completed.

Mon. / Tue. / Wed. / Thurs.

Option 1 – MATH SKILLS

Practice your fact fluency (sums 0-9). / Complete attached “Practice Fact Fluency” sheet.
Draw the correct time on the clock face below.
/ Guess the mystery number on the blank hundred chart. Show how you know without filling in every box. ______

Fill in the missing numbers.
15, ____, ____, 30, ____, 40, ____
24, ____, 28, ____, ____, 34, ____
Write four equations related to the following fact family. (2 addition & 2 subtraction)
______
______
“Start With, Get To” – Start with 20 and get to 15. How many hops? ______
Write a matching subtraction equation. ______

Dasiah picked 17 oranges. She ate 9 of them. How many oranges does Dasiah have left?
Solve the problem. Show your work.

Option 2: i-Ready Math – Log onto login.i-ready.com 4 times this week for 30 minutes, instead of completing all activities under Option 1. Parents, please initial each night completed.

Mon. / Tue. / Wed. / Thurs.

Name ______Date ______# ______

Directions: After you have read this story, listen while the teacher reads the questions and answers to you. Then bubble in the best answer. If you see a at the end of a question, go back into the story, prove and number your answer.

Cam’s First Game

Cam likes to play football. He likes to throw the ball with his little brother John. The football coach asks Cam to join his team. “I’m so new in this school. I don’t know many kids here,” says Cam.

“Playing sports can help you make new friends,” says the coach. “Then I will join the team!” says Cam. Cam takes his football to bed with him the night before his first game.

At school, a girl named Sarah gives Cam a card. The card asks him to come to her birthday party. “Oh, no!” Cam says. We have our first game that day. Maybe I can come to your party instead.

Cam asks the coach if he can miss the first game. “If you don’t come the team will be missing a player,” the coach says. “I shouldn’t miss the game,” Cam says. “The team will need me!”

On the day of the first game all of the families come to watch. Cam helps the team win. Sarah brings cake for the team! Everybody wins!

Name ______Date ______# ______

Vocabulary

1. Read the following sentence from the story.

Cam asks the coach if he can miss the first game.

An antonym (opposite) for first is ______.

O a. top

O b. last

O c. leader

Detail

2. Why didn’t Cam have many friends?

O a. Cam was shy.

O b. He never played football.

O c. He was new to this school.

Inference

3. Why did Cam take his football to bed with him?

O a. He was scared to play.

O b. He didn’t want John to take it.

O c. He was excited about his first game.

Detail

4. Why did Cam want to miss the first game?

O a. He wanted cake.

O b. He wanted to go to the party

O c. He didn’t know anyone on the team.

Sequencing

5. What happened right before Cam said “Then I will join the team?”

O a. Cam took his football to bed.

O b. Cam said he didn’t know many kids.

O c. Coach said that playing sports could help you make new friends.

Detail

6. Why did Cam say he couldn’t go to the party?

O a. He didn’t know Sarah.

O b. He needed to help his team.

O c. He didn’t think his mom would let him go.

Sequencing

7. What happened right after Sarah gave Cam a card?

O a. Cam goes to school.

O b. Cam says he has his first game.

O c. Cam asks if he can miss his first game.

Inference

8. Why did Sarah bring cake for the team?

O a. She likes cake.

O b. It was Cam’s first game.

O c. Sarah had some left over from her party.

Vocabulary

9. A coach is someone who ______.

O a. plays a game

O b. makes the rules of a game.

O c. teaches people to play a game

Genre

10. This story is written like a ______.

O a. report

O b. narrative

O c. response to literature

6 Math Fact Fluency Practice (sums 0-9) 6

Directions: Set timer for 1 minute. Answer as many problems as possible before time runs out.

______= 6 + 2 / ______= 3 + 4
1 + 3 = ______/ ______= 1 + 2
4 + 2 = ______/ 7 + 0 = ______
______= 3 + 1 / ______= 3 + 6
5 + 2 = ______/ 7 + 2 = ______
______= 8 + 1 / ______= 2 + 5
+ / 2
7 / + / 6
2 / + / 7
0 / + / 2
5 / + / 2
6
+ / 5
4 / + / 6
3 / + / 8
0 / + / 1
8 / + / 3
5