First Grade HomeworkDue on Friday

Name: ___________________________ March 2nd – 6th, 2015

Mandatory - Read and log your Book-in-a-Bag each night.Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Mandatory – Read out loud to an adult the reading comprehension text and answer the ten questions. Remember to use your test taking strategies. (Comprehension Quiz on Friday on a new passage, different from homework passage

– Level G)This week’s reading comprehension text:

The Story of Corn (Lexile 570)

Option 1 – LANGUAGE SKILLS Sentence Writing – Read the words. Put them in order to make a sentence. Write the sentence. Remember to use proper punctuation ( . ! ? ) and capitalization.

did blue you the ride bike ___________________________________

Pronouns – A pronoun is a word that take the place of a noun.Examples: I you he she it we they

Directions: Read each sentence. Circle the appropriate pronoun to replace the ‘ boxed ’ words in each sentence.

My mom baked cookies for my class. Rob and Devin ate a lot of cookies.

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll MmNn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

Directions: Rewrite the following words in alphabetical order (ABC order):

try tell to them

tall

He She He They We

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Option 2: i-Ready Reading – Log onto login.i-ready.com 4 times this week for 30 minutes, instead of completing all activities under Option 1. Parents, please initial each night completed.

Mon. Tue. Wed. Thurs.Option 1 – MATH SKILLSComplete attached “Practice Fact Fluency” sheet (sums 0 to 9) – Quiz on Friday (addition only)Read the following numbers. Write how many tens and ones in each number.

tens oneseighteen ______ ______twenty-seven ______ ______twelve ______ ______

Draw the missing hands on the clock face.

Create a number line that begins with 5 and ends with 15. Make sure your numbers are written neatly. Then use the number line to solve the following equation.

7 + 6 = __________

Compare the following numbers using the inequality symbols:‹(less than), › (greater than), or = (equal to)

35 _____ 53 7 _____ 12 115 _____ 105 26 _____ 28

On Monday, I read 7 pages in my book. On Tuesday, I read some more pages and then I was up to page 11. How many pages did I read on Tuesday?

Solve the problem. Show your work. Include an equation.

Equation: __________________________________

11 : 30

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Option 2: i-Ready Math – Log onto login.i-ready.com 4 times this week for 30 minutes, instead of completing all activities under Option 1. Parents, please initial each night completed.

Mon. Tue. Wed. Thurs.

Math Fact Fluency Practice (sums 0-9) Directions: Set timer for 1 minute. Answer as many problems as possible before time runs out.

________ = 7 + 2 ________ = 4 + 4

2 + 3 = ________ ________ = 5 + 2

6 + 2 = ________ 7 + 1 = ________

________ = 8 + 1 ________ = 3 + 6

5 + 4 = ________ 4 + 2 = ________

________ = 7 + 0 ________ = 2 + 7

+26 +

63 +

71 +

26 +

36

+53 +

63 +

60 +

18 +

45

Total correct

_______

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Name __________________________ Date ______________ # _______

Reading Comprehension Homework & QuizLexile 570

Directions: Your child needs to read the following article out loud to you. Initial the bottom of the page each night after you are done. Return this homework at the end of the week. Your child will then take a comprehension test covering this article.

Corn grew in America long ago. Today we still grow corn. We grow

even more corn than before. Corn grows from seeds. Workers use

machines to help plant the seeds. The corn plants grow tall. Machines

pick the corn.

Four different sorts of corn are dent corn, popcorn, sweet corn, and

flour corn. Dent corn is used to feed farm animals. Sweet corn is used as

food for people. So is popcorn. Sweet corn and popcorn are sent to

stores.

Flour corn is sent to a mill to be ground into corn flour. Corn flour

can be used all over the world. Corn flour can be used to make corn

muffins. Corn flour can be used to make tortillas. But there’s more! Corn

can be used to make cornflakes, corn chips, and corn oil. Or you can eat

corn just as it is right off the cob.

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Corn – Lexile 570

Reread the nonfiction article. Then listen while the teacher reads the questions and answers to you. Bubble in the best answer. If you see a at the end of a question, go back into the text and prove your answer.

1. This article is all about _______.O a. seedsO b. millsO c. corn

2. Which type of corn do animals eat? O a. sweet corn O b. popcorn O c. dent corn

3. AFTER the seeds are planted and the corn plants grow, who picks it? O a. the machinesO b. the workersO c. the animals

4. Read the following sentence from the article.

Flour corn is sent to a mill to be ground into corn flour.

A mill is a ___________.O a. truck that takes corn to the grocery storeO b. microwave that is used to make popcornO c. building where corn is made into corn flour

Main idea

Details

Sequence

Vocabulary

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5. Why do you think the author wrote this article?O a. to show the reader how to make tortillasO b. to teach the reader about the types of corn and how they are usedO c. to entertain the reader with stories about corn

6. Today in America we grow ______________.O a. more corn than beforeO b. less corn than beforeO c. the same amount of corn

7. Which of these is the BEST title for this article?O a. I Like CornO b. All About CornO c. Corn Can Make Muffins

8. This text is written like a ____________.O a. storyO b. poemO c. report

9. Why do we send flour corn to a mill? O a. to grind it into corn flourO b. to make popcornO c. to feed the animals

10. Which of the following corns do people eat? O a. dent corn and popcornO b. sweet corn and dent corn

Author’s Purpose

Details

Main idea

Genre

Detail

Detail

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O c. sweet corn and popcorn

All About Kevin Henkes

Dear First Grade Munchkin Family,

We are studying a children’s author and illustrator, Kevin Henkes. We are looking for interesting facts about his life that we would like to share with the class. You can visit Kevin Henkes’ official web site

(http://www.kevinhenkes.com) with your child to enjoy this new author!

Tell us something about Kevin Henkes’ family.

Tell us something you did not know about Kevin Henkes or one of his books.

What is the most interesting thing you learned about Kevin Henkes?

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