Families~
Thank you so much for meeting with me during conferences. It's always nice to sit down and talk about the progress made thus far, but more importantly the future goals of each student. I appreciate your time and support during that process.
In class, we've just gotten started on a lot of 2nd Quarter skills and projects. The students learning their multiplication facts will be a HUGE part of math the entire rest of the school year. We are still working on any number x0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 10. Most students are well underway with that process as they are hard workers and are excited for the challenge. Some great study strategies at home include flash cards, the online game called Math Magician, MobyMax Fact Fluency, or one of the best ways is to print off timed sheets (the link is under the Math tab off to the side of this blog) and have the students set a 3 minute timer. This is EXACTLY what the Friday tests include. The rest of the year (and 4th grade) is such a struggle for students who do not master their facts with memorization.
In addition, any skills we discussed as potential struggles for your child can be addressed by them continuing on MobyMax and Dreambox, both which cater exactly to the needs of the individual child. Oh, and keep trying to encourage reading at home, but again, only if you are ready to help in the process of falling in love with reading. Have conversations about any books they've been interested in and assist them in finding similar books they can get from our school library or Oswego Library. Don't let them say they don't enjoy books, because they are TOTALLY ENTHRALLED with the books we do as read alouds (BFG, The Twits, Bunnicula, The Whangdoodles).
Looking forward to a productive middle of the year, even with all the breaks from we school that are upcoming. As always, we will find a way to RISE ABOVE IT!
