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E-mail me at

hodgel@mustangps.org

Planning Time: 11:30- 12:20

Phone Number at Mustang Valley:

324-2541

Useful Websites

	www.starfall.com
	www.familylearning.org.uk
	www.mightybook.com
	www.funbrain.com
	www.spellingcity.com
	www.arcademicskillbuilders.com
	www.softschools.com
	www.kidsreads.com

Welcome
To Ms. Hodge’s Webpage

Thank you for visiting our class webpage. I hope you will find the information useful. Please e-mail me with any questions or concerns you might have. Together we can have a great 1^st grade year!

HOMEWORK
Most weeks homework will be the same. Reading is most important and should be done every night for at least 20 minutes. 25 Sight words each nine weeks will need to be practiced at home, as well as Math Facts. I will send home flash cards for Sight Words and Math Facts. Spelling Words go home each Monday, test is usually on Friday.

Monday	Read 20 minutes. Spelling Words come home. Practice Sight Words and Math Facts when necessary.
Tuesday	Read 20 minutes. Practice Spelling Words, Sight Words, and Math Facts as necessary.
Wednesday	Read 20 minutes. Practice Spelling Words, Sight Words, and Math Facts as necessary.
Thursday	Read 20 minutes. Practice Spelling Words, Sight Words, and Math Facts as necessary.
Friday	Friday Reading Homework focuses on comprehension and various reading skills. Must be done with parent, signed, and returned every Monday. Practice Sight Words and Math Facts as necessary.

General Class Information

Together we will be helping your child begin a rewarding and fun start to their education. This is the foundation for the next twelve years. Let’s make sure we begin to turn them into lifelong learners with a desire to be responsible and active in their own education!

Most importantly will be remembering to return Book Packets daily with the Reading Log showing that you have read with your child!

Class News

Everyone is doing a great job of getting the homework done each night. It’s so important to begin that routine now of putting school work first so that it becomes a habit. We are working hard at using handwriting lines and pulling our pencils the correct direction. You can help with this at home as your child practices their spelling words. Spelling words are getting harder! Don’t forget to practice at home!! Check out spellingcity.com. Sight Words can be copied and put on index cards, then play matching games such as Memory with them. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you.

Spring Break is here! March 15-19!!

Theme for the week of March 22-26 is Weather and Spring.

Phonics focus – compound words, -ew –ue and -ui

Math Facts – +9 Final Test is April 1st!

Spelling Words

Spelling Words will come home almost every Monday. The first test is usually the second or third week of school. We begin with 10 words, which then become review words the following week. In other words, each week we will have ten new words and 10 review words. There will also be three challenge words.

Spelling for March 22-26

New Words Review Words

backpack	herself	might	light
baseball	lunchbox	right	pie
bluebird	inside	night	tie
brainstorm	outside	tight	lie
flashlight	suitcase	bright	high

Challenge Words:

picture

thought

remember

Sight Words
I will be sending home a set of flash cards each nine weeks. There will be 25 words for your child to know quickly. These are words that are found frequently in material your child will be reading this year and will help them with their fluency and confidence in reading. Please take time to make sure your child can read these words.

Third Nine Weeks Sight Words

where	they
who	new
why	were
when	want
which	any
there	give
that	know
this	too
those	many
thank	put
these	live
think	knew
their

Math Facts
Match Facts are learned in sets, such as +0 or +1’s. Flash cards will come home with your child to practice with. Each set will be practiced for approximately one to two weeks and a final test will be given. Each child will need to be able to pass the final test in 3 minutes. This area is still under construction. Please look for links to practice tests in the future.

+0	-2
+1	10-
+doubles	+9
-0	oddball +
-1	oddball -
-doubles	doubles +1
+2

Reading/Language Arts and Math Curriculum

To view the skills that will be covered in each quarter or 9 weeks for Reading/Language Arts and Math, you can click below to open the PDF File.

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