I had a parent ask a question about the homework and whether some more challenging homework could be given. This reply applies to everyone!
Thank you for your email. The homework is where we are right now. It should not be too challenging because she should be able to do it independently (except for maybe reading directions).
We are working on counting and greater than and less than in Math. These are mostly review concepts. While your child may have these concepts mastered, we have not gotten to combining numbers or number relationships yet. As I have not taught those concepts, I will not give work based on them. You can use playing cards and play "War" which helps with the automaticity in greater than and less than. You can also have her count pennies and see how she organizes them. Does she put them one by one in a line, in groups of 5 or 10 or does she just point to them and maybe counts some of them more than one time.
If your child can read her 20 sight words, can she spell them and write them?
For writing, she should write if there is anything she is worried about and why. 1 sentence for what worries her and 1+ for why. Pay careful attention to proper use of capitals, punctuation and spacing. Have her read it back to you. Did she put in all the words she said?
Finally, I know that she is bringing books home. Talk about the characters in the book. How is she (or people she knows) like them or different from them. What is the main idea of the story? How does she know?
On my Blog there is a link for Harcourt Storytown. Follow the directions and you can find decodable books and others that your child can read. She should be able to read the books for lesson 1 and 2 and the Storytown readers for the same lessons.
Have a great night!
Let me know if you have problems accessing the Storytown site.
Did you see the previous post with the video from Mr. Holmes' Music class? If not, check it out!
Dave Ostheimer
Thank you for your email. The homework is where we are right now. It should not be too challenging because she should be able to do it independently (except for maybe reading directions).
We are working on counting and greater than and less than in Math. These are mostly review concepts. While your child may have these concepts mastered, we have not gotten to combining numbers or number relationships yet. As I have not taught those concepts, I will not give work based on them. You can use playing cards and play "War" which helps with the automaticity in greater than and less than. You can also have her count pennies and see how she organizes them. Does she put them one by one in a line, in groups of 5 or 10 or does she just point to them and maybe counts some of them more than one time.
If your child can read her 20 sight words, can she spell them and write them?
For writing, she should write if there is anything she is worried about and why. 1 sentence for what worries her and 1+ for why. Pay careful attention to proper use of capitals, punctuation and spacing. Have her read it back to you. Did she put in all the words she said?
Finally, I know that she is bringing books home. Talk about the characters in the book. How is she (or people she knows) like them or different from them. What is the main idea of the story? How does she know?
On my Blog there is a link for Harcourt Storytown. Follow the directions and you can find decodable books and others that your child can read. She should be able to read the books for lesson 1 and 2 and the Storytown readers for the same lessons.
Have a great night!
Let me know if you have problems accessing the Storytown site.
Did you see the previous post with the video from Mr. Holmes' Music class? If not, check it out!
Dave Ostheimer