September
15, 2014
Dear
Families,
Today we are
starting our math and reading homework.
My expectations are that students will read for twenty minutes and
practice math facts for fifteen minutes daily.
That is thirty five minutes separate from the homework I send home on
Monday. Kids will be completing a bar
graph of their daily work. Back in the
classroom, on Friday, we’ll total the amounts for the week and add them to a
weekly graph. All of these graphs will
be collected into individual folders for each student. That way kids can see their progress at home
and in reading and math fluency assessments.
Reading can
be a combination of Read to Self, Read to Someone and Listen to Reading. We want them to advance and improve so the
last one, Listen to Reading, should not dominate. I am available to help you and your student
pick Good-Fit books that they can read independently.
Have you checked out the Math Learning
Center resources for families? This is a
great tool for Math Facts Practice.
Here’s the link: www.mathlearningcenter.org/resources/families
You can also use flash cards or write
up a quick fact sheet for your student. They
should be solid in addition; thirty facts in a minute and a half, then
subtraction, multiplication and finally division.
I’m certain there will be questions
and I am willing to make modifications on an individual basis, based on student
need. Kids are always invited to do more
and the graphs can accommodate that.
Let’s try it out for a few days and we can talk about it at Back to
School Night on Thursday.
Thanks
so much,
Valerie
McKenzie
