KC & KD Homework Menu
February 25-April 11th 2014
Complete at least one activity on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Do an
activity from a different category each night. Record the name of the homework activity
that you have done in your planner each night. Bring any completed homework to school
on Monday, April 11th, 2014.
For English, we have sight-word testing every Friday.
German Activities
English Activities
Find 3 pictures that
have the letter N as
the beginning sound.
Glue the pictures on a
sheet of paper and
write the German
words.
Here are our German
vocabulary words
with N and n
Practice new word
families!
Write as many words as
you can with the
following endings:
rhino – das Nashorn
hippo– das Nilpferd
nut– die Nuss
night – die Nase
noodle– die Nudel
needle – die Nadel
nest – das Nest
name – der Name
Draw 3 pictures that
have the letter B as
the beginning sound
on a sheet of paper
and write the German
words.
Here are our German
vocabulary words
with B and b:
bear – der Bär
banana – die Banane
pear - die Birne
bread– das Brot
bed – das Bett
leaf or sheet of paper –
-ap (clap, rap, sap, map)
- ast (fast, mast, last)
- am (ham, bam, slam)
- in (fin, win)
-ip (lip, hip, sip)
- un (fun, bun)
-ug( hug, mug, jug)
-op (mop, slop, plop)
- ot (hot, not, slot)
-ed (bed, fed, red, led)
-et( get, jet,net)
K or C? Make a list of
words that start with
each letter. Draw a
picture for each word.
Math/Science
Activities
Freeze water in a plastic
container over-night.
Have your child describe
what they did to freeze
the water, and write and
draw what happens to
the ice!
Reading and Writing
Activities
Write a 5-10 word
sentence in English or
German. Cut out the
words and mix them up.
Have your child rearrange
the words to make a
complete sentence. Glue
the words on a paper with
spaces in between. Write
the sentence below with
spaces in between words.
Try turning water into
gas! Put an ice cube on a
hot skillet and watch it
melt. Hold a flat surface
above the skillet to
collect the water and
watch it condense!
Have your child choose a
book to read. Read the
book and then ask what
happened in the
beginning, middle, and
end of the story. Write
and draw what happened
at the beginning, middle,
and end of the story.
das Blatt
book – das Buch
colored pencil – der
Buntstift
boat – das Boot
Draw a picture of your
favorite season and
write the German
sentence: Ich mag den
___________
(Frühling
/Sommer/Herbst/Wint
er) – I like (spring,
summer, fall, winter)
Help Clifford finish the
CVC words!
Watch the water cycle
video:
http://teacher.scholasti
c.com/clifford1/flash/v
owels/index.htm
http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=okZBiy_IdB
A
Create your own
picture flashcard for
each month of the
year and practice the
German words!
Find 4 toys in your
house that you like to
play with. Use the
sentence stem to write
and draw about them:
der Januar - January
der Februar - February
der März - March
der April - April
der Mai - May
der Juni - June
der Juli - July
der August - August
der September September
der Oktober - October
der November -
“I like to play with my
___.”
After your next trip to the
grocery store, sort the
objects you bought by
solid shape. Can you find
a cylinder (Zylinder),
rectangular prism
(rechtwinkliges Prisma),
cone (Kegel), cube
(Wuerfel), and sphere
(Kugel). Illustrate your
findings using tally marks
to indicate how many of
each solid shape you
could find. Try to stack
the different shapes.
Draw which solid shapes
stack and which do not
stack.
Practice reading and
writing sight words!
Make flashcards for each
word that you know and
practice a little everyday.
Only introduce one set at
a time.
Set 1: we, the, can, I, a
like, see, go, to, have.
Set 2: is, play, are, for,
you, this, do, and, what,
little.
Set 3: said, here, was, she,
he, has, look, with, my,
me.
Set 4: where, yes, all,
look, her, there, be, then,
it, of.
Set 5: his, in, that, was,
on, at, they, him, but,
with.
Set 6: had, up, all, there,
some, out, as, am, then,
down.
Set 7:did, could, so, when,
would, big, me, went, will,
are.
Play a memory game
with sight words! Write
each sight word that you
are working on two
cards. Flip the cards over
and try to find the match!
November
der Dezember December
die Monate - months
das Jahr – year
der Frühling – spring
der Sommer – summer
der Herbst – fall
der Winter - winter
Draw a picture of
yourself in winter
clothes and label it in
German. Use the
vocabulary from the
previous homework
menu!
J or G? Make a list of
words that start with
each letter. Draw a
picture for each word.
Practice addition and
subtraction problems
online!
Subtraction:
http://www.wegerer.at
/rechnen01/zr10/01din
o.htm
Addition:
http://www.wegerer.at
/plus/index.html
Print out the clothing
flashcards. Write the
English and German
words
on each card and
practice.
http://eslkids.com/pdf/clothes/
small-clothes.pdf
http://eslkids.com/pdf/clothes/
small-clothes2.pdf
Clothes Set 1
Die Stiefel - boots
Der Mantel - coat
Das Kleid- dress
Die Handschuhe gloves
Der Hut - hat
Die Jacke - jacket
Der Schlafanzug pajamas
Die Hose – pants
Clothes Set 2
Der Schal - scarf
Das Hemd - shirt
Die Schuhe - shoes
Die kurze Hose- shorts
Der Rock - skirt
Die Socken - socks
What do you wear for
each season? Draw and
write what you wear for
each season in English
using the sentences
stem, “In _____ I wear
____.”
Write and draw about a
spring celebration or
activity (Easter eggs,
playing puddles, growing
plants in the garden, etc).
Der Pullover - sweater
Das T-shirt- T-shirt