Name _______________________

October Homework Menu

-Students are to read each night with their families (at least 10 minutes)

-Each school night choose one activity from the menu (except Fridays)

-Parents please initial next to activities completed

_____ write color words _____ see how many times you can find these words around your house (look at cereal boxes, in books, in magazines, …) here, want, went, with, look _____ tell someone the two parts of a sentence, make up 2 sentences _____ show someone what it means to be safe during a fire drill _____ read a short story and retell the important events _____ change the beginning sound of ring and see how many words you can make _____ change the ending sound of had and see how many words you can make _____ add telling parts and make these into sentences Our class _______________________. My friend _______________________. _____ preview a book and make predictions of what it will be about, then read it and check your predictions

_____ practice counting forward and backwards by 10’s _____ make a pattern using objects in the house _____ tell someone the attributes of a triangle _____ use a calendar to find the day of the week for the 15^th, 20^th, 7^th, 1^st, and 10^th _____ count backwards from 20 _____ tell someone the difference between summer and fall _____ practice your scientific observation skills with an object in your house _____ find things in your house shaped like a circle _____ make a shape monster and describe its body parts _____ compose/decompose the number 10 in 3 ways (examples: 7+3 =10, 11-1=10 (answer is always 10)(it need not be a number sentence, you can also draw a picture)

Please return on Friday, October 30th. Do at least 15 to get a prize.