Week One and Homework Packet 1

Homework that was due today:  Reading Log, Student Contract  (Thank you to all of the parents who are willing to volunteer in our classroom this year!)

We made it through our first week of school!  Woohoo!

Today (Friday, August 22), students will take home their first homework packet.  I will give them instructions on how to do their homework packets in class, but--just in case they forget--here's what they'll need to do:

• Cliff Hanger Reading passage:  Time how many words your student can read in a minute.  Do this three times and record the results on the page.
• Reading Log:  Read from a novel for at least 10 to 20 minutes.  This week, all responses will be summaries of what the student has read.
• Vocabulary: Synonyms:  Follow the page directions.  Remember, synonym means same.
• Synonym search:  Complete the crossword puzzle using the clues.  The girl is holding a box with words in it.  These are the words that go in the crossword puzzle.
• Sequencing:  Follow the page directions.
• Subtraction and Addition Facts:  Complete the subtraction and addition facts.

In fourth grade, students should spend 40 minutes or less on their homework every night.  If your student is spending more than 40 minutes on homework every night, then the homework is too hard.  Let me know if this happens.  I will gladly give them an easier homework packet.

These homework packets will be due next Friday, August 29.

Also important to note:  Galileo testing will take place next week.  Fourth grade will be testing in the afternoons.  I will post the exact days and times we will be testing as soon as I know.

Thanks for a great first week, Fourth Graders and families!