Homework and Thanksgiving Project

I want to say thank you to the families that are regularly doing homework. We can tell when the standards are being supported at home as it makes a huge difference in their success in the classroom. Progress reports are coming home this Thursday.

2nd Quarter standards to reinforce at during homework time: The students should be writing their own homework at this point in the homework notebook. Please encourage proper letter formation (letters touching the right lines and only using uppercase letters for names and at the beginning of a sentence). Do more than days worth of homework on a page and try not to skip pages. 

·       Identify all upper case and lower case letters
·       Produce 23 or more consonant sounds
·       Produce 3 out of 5 short vowel sounds
·       Know 25 or more sight words
·       Recognize rhyming word pairs
·       Prints 23 out of 52 letters
·       Write letters for most consonants and short vowels
·       Recognize and name ending punctuation ( . ! ?)
·       Compose a piece of writing with simple sentences.

If you want to know more of what your child will need to do to get 3s on their second quarter report card pull out their first quarter report card and look down the column labeled Q2. 

We have our first project coming up and we will need your continued support to make this a success! Be on the lookout for the "My Thanksgiving Customs" project guidelines this week (you can also see them below). This project is not due until after Thanksgiving and there will be homework time allotted for it the week following Thanksgiving, but you may wish to take some pictures for it on Thanksgiving Day itself.

My Thanksgiving Customs Project

One of our social studies standards asks the students to “describe the diversity of American culture by explaining the customs and celebrations of various families and communities.” In order to help students reach this standard we are asking each child to complete a “My Thanksgiving Customs” Project with their families.

For this project, your child will be asked to draw, take photographs or cut out pictures showing how your family celebrates Thanksgiving.

Their completed project should have:

-A title and cover for the booklet.

-Two drawings or pictures of Thanksgiving foods they traditionally eat in the booklet.

-Two drawings or pictures of the people they spend the day with in the booklet

-Two drawings or pictures of customs/practices your family has for Thanksgiving Day in the booklet.

The students will present their story to the class and we will compare and contrast the different ways we celebrate the day.

These are the things we will be looking for when we grade this project:

• Completion

• That the work is done by the student with adult assistance only

• Neatness in both handwriting and coloring

• Creativity

• Thoughtful answers

• Students ability to explain their examples to the class

The project is due November 30th, the Friday after we return from Thanksgiving break, but your child may need to do some of the preparation work on Thanksgiving to figure out the content of the booklet.

We look forward to learning all about your traditions and sharing with each other the similarities and differences that make Thanksgiving great. As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.