Hello All!
The kids told me today there was some confusion with homework so I wanted to clarify. I also have some more information about Reading and Word Study in case you are someone who had questions about either of those topics.
Word Study
Each night your student will bring home their word study notebook. This is for them to have the word cards they cut out in school, as well as the copy of the CORRECTLY sorted words we did together as a class. For homework, they need to study the spelling and sorting of their words. They do NOT need to write any of the activities in their notebook for homework. We do all of that in class. Of course if they WANT to do an extra activity for homework, go ahead!
This week we did a word list of commonly used/misspelled 3rd grade words, sorted by their syllables. Starting next week everyone will go to different word study classes on Mondays to be instructed on how to correctly sort their words and what they spelling patterns are. They again will switch into word study classes on Fridays to take their quiz. Otherwise, they will do the daily word study activities in our classroom.
Reading
Every night your student should be reading. They should log their pages every day in their Reading Life log folder. If there is a "reading worksheet", it is often directions about a sticky note to write or thought prompts/discussion for after reading.
Yes, yet again I forgot to give out the reading homework directions last night! ARGH! I promise I'll get better at that. So, tonight they have the homework instructions in their reading log folder, and I will pass out the others tomorrow and Thursday since we missed a day.
This is what your student should be doing for homework this week, updated here to show the missed Monday Reading homework.
The kids told me today there was some confusion with homework so I wanted to clarify. I also have some more information about Reading and Word Study in case you are someone who had questions about either of those topics.
Word Study
Each night your student will bring home their word study notebook. This is for them to have the word cards they cut out in school, as well as the copy of the CORRECTLY sorted words we did together as a class. For homework, they need to study the spelling and sorting of their words. They do NOT need to write any of the activities in their notebook for homework. We do all of that in class. Of course if they WANT to do an extra activity for homework, go ahead!
This week we did a word list of commonly used/misspelled 3rd grade words, sorted by their syllables. Starting next week everyone will go to different word study classes on Mondays to be instructed on how to correctly sort their words and what they spelling patterns are. They again will switch into word study classes on Fridays to take their quiz. Otherwise, they will do the daily word study activities in our classroom.
Reading
Every night your student should be reading. They should log their pages every day in their Reading Life log folder. If there is a "reading worksheet", it is often directions about a sticky note to write or thought prompts/discussion for after reading.
Yes, yet again I forgot to give out the reading homework directions last night! ARGH! I promise I'll get better at that. So, tonight they have the homework instructions in their reading log folder, and I will pass out the others tomorrow and Thursday since we missed a day.
This is what your student should be doing for homework this week, updated here to show the missed Monday Reading homework.
