We have had a great first two days of our third week of school - I can't believe we are already 3 weeks in!!! :) We have had conversations in our classroom about outside school activities that we are in (football, baseball, piano, etc.), and I enjoy being able to watch the kiddos doing these activities. Please send me schedules or recital dates, etc. and I will try my best to get to everything that I can.
In math, we have been working hard on using different strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems (examples of these are listed in the blog post in the last post (August 26). On Friday, the kiddos will show us what they know about these strategies on an assessment during math. This week in math we have also got logged into and started playing games on ST Math. The games that the students play are reinforcing what we are teaching in second grade. This was started at the end of your child's first grade year - so your child was familiar with it. :) Two or three times a week, ST Math will be a math station that they rotate through. If your child is interesting on playing ST Math at home they can login at home and play!
Homework will "officially" start next week. Here is an example of what your child's homework will look like. Your child will have one sheet of homework for the entire week. Students are required to read at least 15 minutes, and complete a short math activity each night. What is nice about the math activity is that your child can choose which activity that is done on which night. The different activities include a math game, fact practice, and 2 sections where the student has to solve problems. Here are the directions for homework. I will be sending home additional information about homework in Friday Folders and next week when homework starts, but I wanted to start providing you with information so that you have a chance to review and I can answer any questions that you have!
Almost everyone remembered to bring their library books back today! If your child forgot - just send them with their books tomorrow. :)
Have a wonderful evening!!
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