First Grade HomeworkDue on Friday

Name: ___________________________ March 23rd – 27th, 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 H)

This week’s reading comprehension text:

Animals (Lexile 550)

Option 1 – LANGUAGE SKILLS

Nouns – A noun is a person, place or thing. Circle the nouns in each sentence.

The baby was crying. The ball went through the hoop. Bunnies can hop quickly.

Verbs – A verb is an action word or state of being. Circle the verbs in each sentence.

The pig rolled in the mud. We raked leaves in the yard. Bunnies are cute.

Adjectives – An adjective describes a noun. Circle the adjectives in each sentence. Then underline the noun it describes.

Sandy picked the pink roses. Alex wiped his dirty hands. Today is a hot day!

Pronouns – A pronoun takes the place of a noun. Circle the pronoun that best completes the sentence.

He / Him saw a blue bird’s nest. Them / They were using crayons.

She / Her likes to draw and paint. Mom came to have lunch with us / we.

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 to 9) – Quiz on Friday (addition & subtraction)

First Grade HomeworkDue on Friday

Read the following numbers. Write how many tens and ones in each number.

tens onesseventeen ______ ______twenty-two ______ ______sixty-three ______ ______

What time is it?

Write the number that is 20 more. (Hint: Use or picture a hundred chart.)

Twenty More20 ____30 ____45 ____62 ____

What’s the value? Write the value of the money in cents.

Create and use a number line to solve the following problem. There are 12 fiction and non-fiction books. 8 books are fiction. How many books are non-fiction books? Show your work. Include an equation.

Equation: ______________________________________

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 (addition and subtraction up to 9) Directions: Set timer for 1 minute. Answer as many problems as possible before time runs out.

Total correct

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6 + 2 = ________ ______ = 9 - 4

______ = 7 + 0 7 - 2 = ________

9 - 3 = ________ 5 + 4 = ________

6 - 4 = ________ ______ = 8 - 5

______ = 3 + 6 5 - 3 = ________

4 + 5 = ________ 7 - 4 = ________

-94 +

43 +

72 -

87 -

92

+54 -

72 +

63 -

82 +

81

First Grade Reading Homework (Lexile 550)Directions: Your child will read the following passage nightly with you. Initial the bottom of the page each night after you are done. Complete the ten comprehension questions at the end of the passage. At the end of the week, your child will take a comprehension test covering similar questions to this passage. Then, your child will read a new passage that he/she has not practiced and answer the questions.

First Grade HomeworkDue on Friday

Animals

There are lots of animals.

An elk is in the deer family. An elk can swim well and run fast. A male elk has big antlers.

Giraffes have long necks and are very tall. They have short horns and spots.

Elephants are large animals. They live in the grasslands and forest and have trunks.

Camels can live a long time without water and food. Some of them have long winter coats.

A zebra lives in the grasslands and has black and white stripes. Zebras are in the horse family. The hair on the back of their necks stands straight up.

A kangaroo has a pouch for its baby. It hops with strong back legs. Kangaroos eat plants and grass.

A hippopotamus has almost no hair. It spends a lot of time in the water. Hippopotamuses eat water plants and grass.

There are many kinds of animals.

Parent Initials: Mon ___________ Tue ___________ Wed ___________ Thu ___________

Animals – Lexile 550Reread this nonfiction report all about animals. Then listen while the teacher reads the questions and answers out loud. Then, bubble in the best answer. If you see a at the end of a question, go back into the text and prove your answer.

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First Grade HomeworkDue on Friday

1. Why do you think the author wrote this article?O a. to teach the reader about the different animalsO b. to entertain the reader about animals O c. to teach the reader where animals live

2. Which two animals live on the grasslands? O a. kangaroo and hippopotamusO b. elephant and kangarooO c. elephant and zebra

3. Camels can live a long time without? O a. drinkingO b. sleepingO c. moving

4. Which animal is in the horse family? O a. zebraO b. elkO c. camel

5. Read this sentence from the story.

Some of them have long winter coats.

Which meaning of the word coats is the same one used in the sentence above?O a. sweaters with a zipperO b. jacketsO c. hair or fur

6. Why does the kangaroo have strong back legs? O a. because it needs strong legs to eat plantsO b. because it needs strong legs to carry its babyO c. because it needs strong legs to hop

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7. This article is titled Animals. Another good title for this story might be ______________.

O a. PetsO b. Zoo AnimalsO c. Farm Animals

8. You can tell this text is NON-FICTION because __________________.O a. the text is not trueO b. the text tells facts about animals O c. the text has more than one animal

9. Which detail describes a kangaroo? O a. spends a lot of time in the waterO b. has strong back legsO c. has antlers

10. Which animal has the least amount of hair? O a. camelO b. hippopotamusO c. zebra

Test-Taking Considerations Check over your work and make sure you bubbled in one answer for each question. Do not hurry through your work. Remember The Tortoise and the Hare! Check that you underlined your proof in the text and wrote the question number.

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