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© <strong>Letterland</strong> International Limited. All rights reserved.HomeworkActivitiesHomework activities are intended to provideadditional practice in reading and writing the Unitwords.Homework activities for Days 1 through Day 4are listed on the Homework page for each unit.The same activities are used every week with thenew words and sentences from the current Unit.For each of the four daily assignments belowthere is a “Classroom Prep” paragraph withsuggestions for demonstrating or reminding thechildren of what they need to do for homeworkthat day. You will, of course, want to spend moretime with this in the first few Units until childrenand parents are used to the routine. It will continueto be important to at least briefly review thehomework assignment each day throughout theyear preferably near the end of the school day.A letter explaining the activities for parentscan be found on page 31. It would be very helpfulto demonstrate and discuss the activities at aparent meeting early in the school year. Childrenwill need support at home to complete theseactivities. When that is not possible due tolanguage differences or parent working hours theschool should strive to provide extra help for thosechildren during the school day, or before or afterschool to complete homework assignments.Day 1 Homework• Classroom Prep As shown in the illustration,children circle the lists of Tricky Words, TrickyWords for Review, Review Words, the assignedlist of New Words (A, B, or C), and the NewSentences. This makes clear to the children andparents which words they are to read forhomework.• Assignment Children read through once all thewords and sentences that they have circled, andthen go back and read it all again. The child hasa parent or other adult sign under the Day 1assignment on the Homework page.Day 2 Homework• Classroom Prep Demonstrate the Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check method (see pages 30-31)on the board. Then have children practice two orthree words on their own. After a few weeks,have a child demonstrate on the board.• Assignment Children follow the steps on theLook-Say-Cover-Write-Check reproducible(p 30). These steps are also included in theparent letter (p 31).Day 3 HomeworkClassroom Prep To encourage children to writebetter sentences, say something like this. ImpyInk is a very good writer. We want to belike Impy Ink and write very interestingand imaginative sentences. Tell me whichsentence is more interesting. 1) The catran. 2) The sleek gray cat charged afterthe squealing mouse. Talk about why it ismore interesting. Let children try to say someinteresting sentences with one of the Unit words init. Prepare the children to expect the importantfollow-up step below when they return with theirsentences on the next day.)28
• Assignment Children write five (5) sentencesusing at least one List word in each one.• Follow-up When children bring in thesentences they have written, let them share someof them in whole group or better yet in smallgroups. After a child reads a sentence, discusswith the class what makes the sentenceinteresting and occasionally discuss what mightbe done to make it even more interesting.Day 4 Homework• Classroom Prep Tell children that they need tohave some one at home read out the New Words,a few Review Words, and New Sentences.(Tricky Words are included in the sentences.)The child writes the words and sentenceswithout first seeing the Homework list untildone. Then any missed words should bepracticed using Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check.• Assignment Children take a practice spellingtest at home. They practice missed words withthe Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check strategy.© <strong>Letterland</strong> International Limited. All rights reserved.29
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