Homework for Mrs. Espericueta and Mrs.

Garzas Class Week of September 23 Due Monday, September 30, 2013 (Draw a circle around the number for the items that you completed) Daily: Read 15 minutes *please initial Monday____ Tuesday_____Wednesday___ Thursday____ Weekend ____ Language Arts: (Choose at least 2 items) 1. Read a book and write a connection you make. It can be a text-to-self connection, text to text or text-to-world connection. 2. Draw a picture of a mental image you got while reading a book. Write the words or sentence from the book that made you get that image. Visualization is a reading strategy that helps us in comprehension. 3. Explore this website to meet author and illustrator Kevin Henkes: http://www.kevinhenkes.com/ The video can inspire children to see themselves as authors and illustrators. It is also cool to see the process they follow when making a book. Word Sorts: (Choose two) Spanish words this week. (Parents, we are focusing on the spelling patterns not the meaning) 1. Sort words and explain categories. Read words out loud as you sort Parent initial ____ 2. Blind sort- An adult will lay down one word from each category. Read the words one by one to your child without showing them the word. Have them tell you which column to put it in. Parent initial ____ 3. Word Hunt- Help your child hunt for words in a book that follow their pattern for the week. Try to find 2-3 words to add to each category. Parent initial ____ 4. Writing Sort- Call your words in random order and have your child write them. Parent initial ____ Math (Choose at least 3 items) including *mandatory sheet 1. Show the number 43 in as many ways as you can (tens and ones, base ten blocks, expanded notation, etc). challenge: instead of the number 43, use the number 598. 2. *Sheet attached 3. Problem solving: Our class collected 9 cougar hearts in P.E. and 2 hearts in the cafeteria. How many did they have in all? Write a fact and show how you got your answer. Use the KWC chart (K-What I know, W-What I want to know, C- special conditions). 4. Write these numbers in order from greatest to least: 145, 126, 78, 2, 71 5. Find your tens and ones on this website http://www.321know.com/g3_12bx1.htm Parent initial _____ Science/Social Studies (mandatory) Home project- See Letter attached This weeks topics in Social Studies are Round Rock history, U.S., state and city symbols, and culture. Students Name:__________________________ Parent Signature:__________________________