Homework

Dear Parents and Students, I will attempt to update this page frequently. However, please check your student's planner and take-home folder to make sure you always receive the most current assignments. I try to check all planners at least two times a week - usually Mondays and again in the middle of the week. **Read at Home program** - Although we will not have a formal reading at home program this year, I encourage every family to set aside reading time at home. Research shows that those who read outside school have better test scores. //Especially helpful is the reading of the science / social studies texts. This gives excellent reading practice while reinforcing the concepts being taught in these subjects. Also, for a change of pace, students can read to a younger child or out-loud with an adult. Even audio tapes of books build vocabulary and other reading strategies. Magazines are fine sometimes also.// **Reading homework will be sent home each Friday in the "Friday Folder" along with graded papers from the previous week. It will usually consist of a short reading selection and questions about the selection. Please sign and return the homework on Thursday every week.** **Spelling** - We devote two weeks to each spelling list, so we have tests on alternate Fridays. The next test will be over list 13. The test will be Friday, March 1. Our emphasis will be on **contractions**. Typically spelling homework consists of writing all twenty spelling words in cursive on a special worksheet I will provide every time we start a new list. The test will be over **all 20** words. We have learned the **LSCWC** (//look, say, cover, write, check)// method for studying our words. Use this and the Spelling City website to make study time at home effective. **Go to the "links" page (**from the menu to the left) to find directions on how to get to the lists on Spelling City. **Social Studies -** Students will be given a study guide each time we start a new chapter in our Ohio history textbook, //**Ohio Adventure.**// Some class time will be provided for the completion of these guides, but some time must be spent on their completion __**and review**__ at home also. Reading a few pages of chapter we are working on every evening would be very helpful also. The next study guide (for chapter 7) will be issued February 4 and due Feb. 19. The test will be February 20.