October Journal is due the last day of October.

Homework for the week of October 20th:

Monday: Excel Math 26
enVision Math Topic 4.1
Decodable Book 13 - The Cab

Tuesday: Excel Math27
enVision Math Topic 4.2
Decodable Book 14 - Sis the Cat
Reading Comprehension: Sentences, Using pictures to complete sentences

Wednesday: Excel Math 30
enVision Math Topic 4.3
Decodable Book 15 - Picnic
Reading Comprehension: Pictures -Fact Questions, Thinking Questions

Thursday: Excel Math 31
enVision Math Topic 4.4
Decodable Book 16 - Nat's Nap

October Response Journal is due the last day of October.

Homework for the week of October 6 - 10, 2008
Students will receive different homework assignments.

Monday: Decodable Book 6 - The Map and Reading Practice Words - Unit 2 Lesson 1
Reading Comprehension Story - Crossing the Street - sequencing
Excel Math 18

Tuesday: Decodable Book 7 - Hip - Unit 2 Lesson 2 - Reading Practice and Story
questions
Reading Comprehension Story - Alyssa's Dance - Sequencing
Excel Math 19

Wednesday: Decodable Book 8 - Snap the Ant - Unit 2 Lesson 3 - Reading Practice
and Story Questions
Reading Comprehension Story - Elly and the Cookie - Sequencing and Sentence Reading Practice
Excel Math 20

Special Projects
Five Senses Booklet extended until October 17th.
September Response Journal is extended until October 17th.

-Students will have different homework assignments. I will
list the assignments, but your child may not have all the
assignments listed.

Homework for the week of Sept. 29 - Oct. 30, 2008

Monday: Reading : Real-World Reading - Mrs. Benson's Class
Real-World Reading - Red Barn's Foods
Miss Snow
Math: Practice 2-2
Excel Math #13

Tuesday: Decodable Reading Book #4 - What Mom Makes for Me
Reading - Sequence Order
Math Excel 14
Language: Nouns

Parent Conference night is Tuesday, September 30th. A confirmation note has been sent home with the date and time for your conference.

Special Projects:
*Five Sensense booklet is due Sept. 26, 2008 for students that have not turned it in yet.
*September Response Journal is due the last day of September.

Students will have different homework assignments. I will list the assignments, but your child may not have all the assignments listed.

Homework for the week of September 23 - 26:
*Tuesday, Sept. 23rd:
Decodable Book 3 - The Baby(Read story to parent. Sign signature page after your child has
read the story.)
Reading Comprehension: Fishing
Excel Math 10
Language: Nouns

Wednesday, Sept. 24th:
Reading Comprehension: Trains, Meg
Excel Math 11
Language: Nouns

Thursday, Sept. 25th
Reading Comprehension: The Book, Good Cookies
Excel Math 12
Language: Nouns, Words That Name Things

Homework is very important to your child's learning.
Many of the skills that your child needs to master
before going to the next grade can be reinforced
through homework. Homework assignments will be
based on what your child needs to practice. Students
will have different homework assignments. I will
list the assignments, but your child may not have all
the assignments listed.

*Special Projects:
1.Make a Five Senses Booklet.
Directions are in your child's homework folder.
Booklet is due by September 26, 2008.

2.September Response Journal - Due last school day
of September

Homework Assignments for Sept. 23 - 26.

Tuesday, Sept. 23rd: Decodable Book 3 - The Baby (Read story and sign signature page.)
Excel Math 10
Reading Comprehension:Fishing
Language: Nouns

Wednesday, Sept. 24th:


Thursday, Sept. 25th:

Welcome to 2008-2009 School Year!!!

About Me

I am currently a first grade teacher. I have taught 31 years with the Houston Independent School District; 18 years in special education, 2 years in second grade, and 11 years in first grade. Teaching is more than a profession. It's a lifestyle - a part of my existence. First grade has been an enjoyable experience for me. This grade is the foundation for success in the later grades, a time to strengthen their knowledge and enhance their skills. I hope this year will be fun and exciting and that they will develop a love for learning. One of my favorite quotes is on an Esseence of Teaching plaque, "What nobler profession than to touch the next generation - to see children hold your understanding in their eyes, your hope in their lives, your world in their hands. In their success you find your own and so to them you give your all."

Homework Assignments for the Week of August 25, 2008