Parents, For Your Information: 24 words, 9 new words—
is, can, play, run, sleep, eat, jump, good, cat
LREMEMBE
ISTEN to your
R:
child
read this
This story
is to be
story
aloud.
READ
ALOUD.
Sam
Sam is a cat.
Sam can play.
Sam can run.
Sam can sleep.
Sam can eat.
Sam can jump.
Sam is a good cat.
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nts,
Dear Pare
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Factual Recall
We completed this
assignment together.
___________________________________
(Child’s Signature)
___________________________________
(Parent’s Signature)
The Questions
j..............................j
Answer these questions together and write the answers on the lines.
1. What is the cat’s name?
__________________________________________________________________________
2. What are three things the cat can do?
________________________
________________________
________________________
3. What kind of cat is Sam?
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Parents, For Your Information: 35 words, 8 new words—
likes, to, he, will, go, up, look, down
L ISTEN to your
child read this
story aloud.
Sam will play
Sam is a cat.
Sam likes to play.
He will go.
He will go up.
Sam will go up, up, up.
Sam will look down.
Sam will jump.
Sam will jump down.
Sam will run.
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Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension and Fluency: Grade 1
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nts,
Dear Pare
Sk i l l
his
e cat sees
h
t
y
r
o
t
s
ct is not
In this
a
f
is
h
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.
r
o
a mirr
e
reflection in in the story. While th
ted
message,
is
h
t
y
directly sta
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n
help to co
in order
e
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illustrations
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ust make a
n. Thus,
w
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the child m
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ry
why the ca
in
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for this sto
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are wo
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ces from t
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akin
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Making Inferences From Text
We completed this
assignment together.
___________________________________
(Child’s Signature)
___________________________________
(Parent’s Signature)
The Questions
j..............................j
Help your child write a one- or two-word answer for each question.
1. Where did Sam go? ___________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
2. What did he see? _____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
3. Why did Sam jump down? ____________________________________________
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Parents, For Your Information: 30 words, 4 new words—
in, here, out, it
L ISTEN to your
child read this
story aloud.
Sam is in
Sam will go in here.
He is in. Sam likes to
go in. He will look out.
Sam likes it in here.
Sam will sleep. Sam
will sleep in here.
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nts,
Dear Pare
Sk i l l
this
ins to read
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of the sle
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or she
ly respond
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Identifying the /ē/ Sound
We completed this
assignment together.
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(Child’s Signature)
___________________________________
(Parent’s Signature)
The Questions
j..............................j
Go on a “long-e” hunt. Many of the words in this story have a “long e.”
That means that you say the name of the letter e when you say the
word. Below, write all of the “long-e” words in the story (be sure to write
a “long-e” word every time it appears in the story):
___________________________________ ___________________________________
___________________________________ ___________________________________
___________________________________ ___________________________________
___________________________________
Bonus: Which word has an e that is not the long sound? _______________
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