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Star Homework What is Star Homework? Star Homework is weekly skill practice with activities for students to complete each night. Unfinished class work or extra skill practice may also be sent home as needed. What does a student do to earn stars? 1★= read for 20+ minutes and super speed math 2★=read for 20+ minutes, super speed math and super speed reading What happens the next day? Do they turn anything in? When students enter the classroom each morning, they should unpack their Take Home Binder and put it into the Binder Bin. I will check the Star Homework page for circled stars and parent initials. Stars will be recorded on a chart. What do students earn? On Friday, we will count up all of the stars we have earned for the week to see if we met our class goal. If so, students earn a class reward. We will also look to see if we met or beat the previous week's total. If we did, it's Sticker Time! Star Homework What are ways to practice spelling words? You pick! •Write words 3 times each. •Rainbow words – Write each letter in a different color or write one word on top of itself with 3 different crayons •ABC order – Put words in alphabetical order. •Highlighter words – Use a highlighter to color spelling rule. •Fancy words– Write words with curly/shaky/bubble letters. •Type words on a computer. •Use words to write sentences, story, or poem. •Practice spelling words out loud without looking. •Take a spelling pre-test •Illustrate your words •Write the words and a rhyming word Star Homework What is Super Speed Math? You will need: clock w/second hand or timer and someone to check your work •Students use the sheet of math facts to orally read and answer as many problems as they can in 1 minute. Homework partner should follow along to check and give answers when necessary. Before beginning they should set a goal then mark number of problems completed correctly on the star homework sheet. What is Super Speed Reading? You will need: clock w/second hand or timer and someone to check your reading •Students should begin with level 1 on the Super Speed Reading sheet. As the student reads, the homework partner should follow along and fix any mistakes. Mark your ending level on the Star Homework sheet. The next time you do Super Speed Reading, you may start with the beginning of the level that you ended with the day before as long as you had all of the words correct in all of the previous levels.