First Grade Homework for the week of: February 23 – February 27, 2015 Cinderella Spelling Words You are an important part of your child’s success! Monday: Write spelling words two times each. Read the first story and word list on the back using skills learned today. Tuesday: Write spelling words two times each. Read both stories and word list on the back Wednesday: Write spelling words two times each. Read both stories and word list on the back for continued practice. Thursday: Read stories and words on back for continued practice. Prepare for spelling test tomorrow. AA Announcements: Parents, your child will continue to bring home practice math drills. They should now be able to complete the 20 daily facts within 3 minutes. Keep these at home and return them on Friday. Remember, as they continue to master these basic math facts the time given to complete them will be reduced again. Please check their work. Thank You! beach clean dream each eat lean please sea team treat *colors *sign fish SSE Committed to Excellence Skills for the week: Reading – vowel digraph ea (ex. neat, beat, bread, head) - changing y to i before adding endings (ex. spied, cries, dried) - theme - adjectives for colors and shapes Math – Double-Digit Addition and Subtraction Reminders: Please read the stories on the back with your child. The bold letters are the skills they are learning this week. *Don’t forget to read AR books! Reminders: Please read the stories on the back with your child. The bold letters are the skills they are learning this week. *Don’t forget to read AR books!

Peaches and Cream Bill Tried Read Story #1 Tuesday - Thursday skill: ea #1 Bea lives by a tree on a farm. She eats meals of bread and peas. In summer, ripe peaches gleam on Bea’s tree. Bea takes a big breath and leaps up. But she can’t reach them. Bea sends a note to Dean. “Dear Dean, Please have tea with me at my tree.” Bea asks, “Can you get the peaches?” Is Dean’s beak sharp enough? No. The peaches must be meant to stay on the tree. Bea uses her head when Daisy sneaks by. Bea speaks to her. “Can you get the peaches?” Daisy gets up in the tree and beats on the branch. Peaches fall in a heap. Bea beams. Bea, Dean, and Daisy have a feast. Peaches and cream are a real treat. Bill Tried Read Story #2 Tuesday - Thursday #2 skill: change y to i Bill and his wife cleaned Bill’s shed. What will Bill do with his old things? “We can give them away,” said Bill. “Our friends can take all these things.” Fred rode by. Fred spied Bill’s funny fly. “It still flies!” cried Fred. Bill put Fred’s fly on his cart. Ann came. Ann liked Bill’s big rug. She tried to jam it in her car. Bill put Ann’s rug by the fly. Then Lee stopped. Lee tried to lift Bill’s trunk. The trunk is as big as Lee! Bill put the trunk on his cart. Bill pushed the cart to each home. Then Bill went home. What will he put in his shed now? High Frequency Words These are test words! Parent signature: Tuesday________________ Wednesday_____________ Thursday_______________ colors draw drew great over show sign