Misc. Info

Thank you for returning report card envelopes, and remembering to empty out blue folders on Friday. Your child will be bringing home his or her first math quiz today. We have generally have a quiz every Friday on any material we may have covered this year. It will typically have items that are review from a long time ago, as well as content for the week we jsut learned. This helps to keep the concepts fresh in your child's mind. We will not have new lessons in math on Fridays. After the quiz the children will be able to play Menu Math games, just as they do throughout the week when their work is finished. This week we will be starting double digit addition. We call this regrouping, but you may have learned it as carrying. This is usually the hardest thing we do in math all year, so your child may need extra support and practice depending on his or her ability.

We are also starting to add more homework this week. Your child will continue to read every night for 20 minutes, and do spelling words. I am currently adding in a math assignment to be done sometime during the week. It will almost always be a family involvement activity or game, as well as a worksheet to practice that concept. I hope you have fun working together on homework. More assignments will be added as the year goes on.