Wilmington Christian Academy

A list of the words will come home on Monday.  Each student is to return the bottom half only to school the next day. There will be a "Home Test" for Tuesday night's practice. Pretend to be the teacher and call out the words for your child to "take a test". Practice words spelled incorrectly.  Make sure sure your child writes neatly. The Spelling test will be on Friday.

For a fun way to practice Spelling words, go to www.spellingcity.com Then type in the Spelling words for the week and choose one of the choices listed below (Play a Game, Take a Test, etc.).

Handwriting

Though there is no handwriting assigned for homework, please encourage your child to practice correct cursive formation when writing at home. Please refer to the "Cursive Formation Guide" and "Correct Hand Position" guides sent home the first day of school.

The grading system we use for handwriting is as follows:

S+     Fantastic!--Perfect paper

S      Good Job--Needs a little improvement

S-     Acceptable--Needs improvement

N      Needs Improvement

U      Unacceptable--Messy and shows little effort

Phonics

We are working on mastering the following (Click on the links.):

• Phonics Rules
• Phonics Charts

Math

The math concepts we are working on are:

• First, middle, last
• Inside/outside
• Sorting
• Right and left
• Heavier and Lighter
• Addition and subtraction word problems
• Word problems containing extraneous information
• Counting dimes, nickels, and pennies (combined)
• Pairs of things
• Time to the nearest hour
• Tally marks (counting by 5's)
• Doubles,+1, +0, -1, +2, -2, and doubles +1 facts--The concept for adding one is, "Go to the next number." The concept for adding zero is, "The number stays the same." The concept for subtracting one is, "Go to the number before." The concept for adding two is "Go to the next even/odd number." The concept for subtracting two is "Go to the previous even/odd number." The concept for the doubles +1 facts is, "Find the sum of the double and then add one more." When doing fact homework worksheets, please set a timer for your child for two minutes. Students should be able to complete the entire sheet in the two minute time limit.

Reading

The weekly tests are due every Monday. Of course, students may take AR tests other days of the week as well as Mondays if they are prepared to do so. However, having the weekly tests due on Monday gives students the opportunity to finish reading books over the weekend and to then take their tests during our weekly library time.