Thursday, March 17, 2011

Online Help with Math

One of our parents purchased a membership to and incredible mth website, and I've seen remarkable improvement in their child's math understanding. The site uses Oregon state math standards. The student who is using it, says it's fun, too! I'll add it to our links.
http://www.ixl.com/math/standards/

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Homework for Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Due Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Dear Parents:
Please make sure your child completes ALL the assignments and returns them by Wednesday, March 30. Thank you!
Assignments:
Family Writing: We all have things we like to do with our friends or family. Think about something you really like to do with your friends or family. Why do you really like to do this thing? Explain what you like to do and why you like to do it.
Working and writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns.
Literacy: Language arts homework, “The End of a Volcano Tale” format and skills to the Oregon third grade reading assessment. It will benefit your child greatly to complete it each week. PLEASE feel free to help your child with it, even on some of the reading, if necessary.

Don’t forget to help your child to remember to read 30 minutes each evening and to bring the RAH (Read at Home) folder back to school each day. If you don’t have time to read one evening, please still sign the card with 0 minutes written in.

Math: The homework packet has a practice sheet that has similar questions to the math state assessment.

Homework for Thursday, March 10, 2011

Due Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Dear Parents:
Please make sure your child completes ALL the assignments and returns them by Wednesday, March 16. Thank you!
Assignments:
Family Writing: Read one short story or finish up a chapter book at your reading level. Retell the story to your parent. Fill in the summary sheet that’s attached. Proofread your paper carefully.
Working and writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns.
Literacy: Language arts homework, “The Great Volcano Debate” format and skills to the Oregon third grade reading assessment. It will benefit your child greatly to complete it each week. PLEASE feel free to help your child with it, even on some of the reading, if necessary.

Don’t forget to help your child to remember to read 30 minutes each evening and to bring the RAH (Read at Home) folder back to school each day. If you don’t have time to read one evening, please still sign the card with 0 minutes written in.

Math: The homework packet has a practice sheet that has similar questions to the math state assessment.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Homework for Thursday, March 3, 2011

Due Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Dear Parents:
Please make sure your child completes ALL the assignments and returns them by Wednesday, March 9. Thank you!
Assignments:
Family Writing: Everyone has jobs or chores. Tell the importance of one of these jobs or chores. First, brainstorm the importance of one of these chores. Then, go through your list and choose three really strong reasons why this chore is important. Next, think what your topic is, and write a topic sentence. Write a detail sentence about one of your brainstormed reasons. Write another sentence about that same reason, backing up your answer with a specific example. Do the same with the next two reasons. Finally, write a concluding sentence. You should have a total of 8 strong sentences. Proofread your paper carefully.
Working and writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns.
Literacy: Language arts homework, “A Student’s Journal” format and skills to the Oregon third grade reading assessment. It will benefit your child greatly to complete it each week. PLEASE feel free to help your child with it, even on some of the reading, if necessary.

Don’t forget to help your child to remember to read 30 minutes each evening and to bring the RAH (Read at Home) folder back to school each day. If you don’t have time to read one evening, please still sign the card with 0 minutes written in.

Math: The packet includes a quilt pattern for multiplication practice and a practice sheet that has similar questions to the math state assessment.