Homework: Reading Response Letters, Math Worksheets, & Daily Edit Quizzes- Oh My!

In reviewing our "Reading is Thinking" lesson from Friday, we discussed our Reading Response Letters yesterday.  Reading Response Letters are letters that students will write to me about their independent reading book once every two weeks.  These letters will be due on Fridays, starting with the girls' letters due this Friday (8/30).  However, just like Friday Homework, students may turn it in at any time during the week that it is due.  These letters are worth a reading grade and a writing grade, 10 points for each.  Students have a purple assignment description sheet behind the "Reading" tab in their binders.  Below is a fantastic example of a Reading Response Letter that we wrote together in class after reading Chapter 3 in our read aloud book.  

As I have mentioned before, students do not have much math homework.  We are involved in many activities at school, so students mostly use the time at home to study math facts or to study for upcoming tests and quizzes.  We have finished Chapter 1 in math, and students took their completed practice worksheets home today in their Flyer Folders.  If a paper has a check on it, the worksheet needs no corrections and can stay at home.  However, I may have wrote, "Fix:" and then listed certain problems that I would like a student to correct.  When the student has made the corrections, the worksheet(s) should come back to school for my review.  Because we are finished with Chapter 1, I want to make sure that students have cleared any misconceptions.  

Finally, students will have their first Daily Edit Quiz this Friday.  Our morning work last week focused on math.  This week we are focusing on writing.  Therefore, students are involved in daily edit practices each morning.  We review each skill after students have finished the morning work, and students are quizzed on these skills on Fridays.  For example, we have discussed synonyms and apostrophes this week.  As long as students pay attention during morning work and correct their answers, they will do great on the quiz (5 questions).  Students keep morning work in the front of their binder for the entire week. 

All of this information can be found in our class handbook in the "Homework Expectations" pages.  As always, please let me know if you have any questions.