Homework-Home/School Connection

We use homework journals in first grade to do homework.  Homework sheets will be sent in your child's journal at the beginning of each month.  We ask that you select one assignment to do each night from the bingo sheet and complete the assignment in their journal. Homework assignments will be graded every Friday morning.  Students who completed homework and turn it in on Friday will be awarded one extra credit point to their language arts and math grades.  

Homework is meant to be a review of content learned in school.  Your involvement with your child on their homework is aimed to support what they are learning about.  Thank you for taking the time to support your child's education.


Our first homework will be distributed in September.  Here is a copy if you need it.


September homework bingo.pdf




Popcorn Words

Each week we will learn four to five new sight or popcorn words.    Popcorn words are high frequency words or words that "pop" up a lot in written material and many follow irregular spelling patterns that are difficult to decode.  Learning these words will make learning to read an easier process for students as they will learn to recognize these words automatically thus having to decode significantlly less when reading as 50-75% of written material is made up of these words.

Below you will find a word list which third graders should be proficient at reading.  If they are not, I encourage you to use some of the games listed below them to practice or spelling games from the Phonics and Langugage games page of the website to practice.  

Kindergarten word list-Students should know and be able to read/recognize and spell these words by the end of Kindergarten.

all

am

are

at

ate

be

black

brown

but

came

did

do

eat

four

get

good

have

he

into

like

must

new

no

now

on

our

out

please

pretty

ran

ride

saw

say

she

so

soon

that

there

they

this

too

under

want

was

well

went

what

white

who

will 

with

yes

First Grade word list-Students should know and be able to read/recognize and spell these words as well as the words from former years by the end of first grade.

after

again

an

any

as

ask

by

could

every

fly

from

give

giving

had

has

her

him

his

how

just

know

let

live

may

of

old

once

open

over

put

round

some

stop

take

thank

them

then

think

walk

were

when

 

 

 

Second Grade word list-Students should know and be able to read/recognize and spell these words as well as the words from former years by the end of second grade.

 

always

around

because

been

before

best

both

buy

call

cold

does

don't

fast

first

five

found

gave

goes

green

its

made

many

off

or

pull

read

right

sing

sit

sleep

tell

their

these

those

upon

us

use

very

wash

which

why

wish

work

would

write

your

 

Third Grade word list-Students should know and be able to read/recognize and spell these words as well as the words from former years by the end of third grade.

Complete Grade Three List

 

about

better

bring

carry

clean

cut

done

draw

drink

eight

fall

far

full

got

grow

hold

hot

hurt

if

keep

kind

laugh

light

long

much

myself

never

only

own

pick

seven

shall

show

six

small

start

ten

today

together

try

warm

 

 

Practicing popcorn words at home

Here are some ideas of games to play at home to help your child learn the popcorn words.

 

Flash Cards

Sight Word Bingo

Sight Word Hopscotch

Sight Word Go Fish

Sight Word Memory Game

Find and circle sight words in the newspaper, magazines...

 

More ideas:

popcorn word practice1.pdf (70,1 kB)

popcorn word practice 2.pdf (80,1 kB)

Go to Spelling City to practice spelling each week's popcorn words:

 www.spellingcity.com