1st 9 weeks Homework Calendar and Skills
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All homework is due the next day.
See Spelling Words Calendar for the words each week
Monday
August 24, 2015
Tuesday
August 25, 2015
 Students take home
classroom forms and
information for parent
signatures
 Math Workbook page
11-14
 Read for 15 min. and
answer 3-4 questions
in your Reading
Homework Folder
 Spelling Words
 Capitalization: a
healthy snack
 Students take home
classroom forms and
information for parent
signatures
 Math Workbook page
17-20
 Read for 15 min. and
answer 3-4 questions
in your Reading
Homework Folder
 Spelling Words
 Capitalization: tape
the tail on the donkey
Wednesday
August 26, 2015
 Poetry Homework #1:
identify meter, rhyme,
stanza, line break and
the type of poem it is:
Narrative, Free Verse,
Humorous, Lyrical:
“Waiting Room Zoo”
 Math Workbook page
23-26
 Read for 15 min. and
answer the remaining
questions in your
Reading Homework
Folder (due tomorrow)
 Spelling Words
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Thursday
August 27, 2015
Reading Homework
Folder due w/parent
signature (new book or
corrections)
Poetry homework #2:
Sounds of the City
(answer questions using
strategies, and identify
meter, rhyme, stanza,
line break, and type of
poem)
Math Workbook page
41-44
Study for Spelling Test
Friday
August 28, 2015
 Read for 15 min.
and answer 3-4
questions in your
Reading Homework
Folder
 Math Workbook
page 49-50
August 31, 2015
September 1, 2015
September 2, 2015
September 3, 2015
September 4, 2015
 Similes and
metaphors
 Math Workbook page
65-68
 Capitalization and
punctuation passage:
hot dogs
 Read for 15 min. and
answer 3-4 questions
in your Reading
Homework Folder
 Spelling Words
 Reading passage
homework #1:
Mystery at Dad’s
Office - students
identify the type of
text it is
(expository/nonfiction
or narrative/fiction)
and justify why.
Students practice
writing summary of
important events or
main idea.
 Math Workbook page
59-62
 Read for 15 min. and
answer 3-4 questions
in your Reading
Homework Folder
 Spelling Words
September 8, 2015
 Math Workbook page
53-54
 Read for 15 min. and
answer the remaining
questions in your
Reading Homework
Folder (due tomorrow)
 Multiple Meaning Words
Worksheet
 Spelling Words
 Reading Homework
Folder due w/parent
signature (new book or
corrections)
 Math Workbook page 5556
 Capitalization and
punctuation passage: A
Special Garden
 Poetry Homework #3:
Where’s Ralph the
Mouse? (use strategies
and identify stanza, line
break, meter, rhyme, and
the type of poem)
 Study for Spelling Test
 Read for 15 min.
and answer 3-4
questions in your
Reading
Homework Folder
 Istation (30 min.)
 Fable Passage: A
Tired Tale –
identify problem
and solution. Write
a summary of
important events.
Answer questions
and use strategies.
September 9, 2015
 Word Mystery
 Math Workbook page
121-124
 Read for 15 min. and
answer the remaining
questions in your
Reading Homework
Folder (due tomorrow)
 Spelling Words
September 10, 2015
 Reading Homework
Folder due w/parent
signature (new book or
corrections)
 Practice Passages B
 Math Workbook page
141-142 and 135-136
 Capitalization and
punctuation: Ralph and
Sammy Snowman #1
 Study for Spelling Test
September 11, 2015
 Practice Passage A
 Math Workbook page
289-292
 Read for 15 min. and
answer questions in
your Reading
Homework Folder
 Revising and editing
passage: the lost
present
 Spelling Words
September 7, 2015
NO SCHOOL: Student
and Staff Holiday
 Reading passage
homework #2: The
Promise - plot
includes the main
events, problem, and
solution: students will
identify (underline or
highlight) the problem
and the solution and
write a summary of
the main events in the
margin
 Read for 15 min. and
answer questions in
your Reading
Homework Folder
 Spelling Words
 Read for 15 min.
and answer 3-4
questions in your
Reading
Homework Folder
 Math Workbook
page 127-130
 Istation (30 min.)