November 29, 2012

Dear Parents: 

         

            Continue the great work in reading with your child for 30 minutes each day and recording it in their RAH folders.  In reading we’re working on characteristics of characters in the story, setting (time and place), problem/solution.

            Math: All array cards should have been completed by now.  Second graders actually only need to know their multiplication (arrays) through 5X5, but I've included all the arrays because many of the second graders are ready for them!  I’m still waiting on three students to turn theirs in.  Continue playing the array games Multiplication Pairs and Count and Compare. Play this week several times.   Please keep the arrays and the games to play periodically.  It’s a great way to practice multiplication facts and division facts.  There should be a factor on the back of the array, near the product (answer when you multiply).  See if your child can determine the other factor.  That’s division!

            If you don’t have computer access for you child, please work on flashcard practice.  Second graders need to know their addition facts through 10 + 10 (or 20’s) and subtraction facts through 20’s.  Third graders need to know addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts through 10’s (11’s and 12’s would be nice, too!)  Falcon Fast Facts will officially begin in January and it will be added to the RAH minute folder.. 

            Please continue to have your child use Xtra Math and SumDog.  If you need the passwords, please let me know. 

       Family Writing:  Write about how you celebrated Thanksgiving or about one thing you did during your time away from school.     

Please use the graphic organizer to think through the paragraph before beginning your draft on notebook paper.  Skip lines on the notebook paper, so there is room to revise and edit the story.  If the first draft is neat, a final copy is not necessary.

            Family writing is due Tuesday, December 4, 2012. 

            In social studies we continue to learn about geography.  Your child should know his/her address, including city, state, county, country, continent, and hemispheres.  We’ve been learning the continents and the oceans.  Ask your child about this!!

           

            New book orders are attached.  I’ll send the order in on December 7.  They should be back before winter vacation. 

http://forestridge.salemkeizer.net/  School website

http://forestridgec4.blogspot.com/    Our classroom Blog site

November 15 Homework

Continue the great work in reading with your child from 30 minutes each day and recording it in their RAH folders.  In reading we’re working on predicting, determining the most important events or details, sequencing, and retelling stories.

            Math:  Now’s the time to play the array games at home.  I’m hoping your child has already shown you how to play Multiplication Pairs.  If not, the directions are attached.  Also the game Count and Compare and  is attached.   Play this week several times.   Please keep the arrays and the games to play periodically.  It’s a great way to practice multiplication facts and division facts.  There should be a factor on the back of the array, near the product (answer when you multiply).  See if your child can determine the other factor.  That’s division!

            If you don’t have computer access for you child, please work on flashcard practice.  Second graders need to know their addition facts through 10 + 10 (or 20’s) and subtraction facts through 20’s.  Third graders need to know addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts through 10’s (11’s and 12’s would be nice, too!) 

            Please continue to have your child use Xtra Math and SumDog.  If you need the passwords, please let me know. 

       Family Writing:  Write a paragraph about an interesting person you know. You may make up parts of the paragraph to make your person more interesting!  Describe him/her in detail including the person’s action, thoughts, and what he/she says.  You can add your own voice to it, by including your feelings into the paragraph. Include a beginning, middle, and ending.         

Please use the graphic organizer to think through the paragraph before beginning your draft on notebook paper.  Skip lines on the notebook paper, so there is room to revise and edit the story.  If the first draft is neat, a final copy is not necessary.

            Family writing is due the Tuesday after you get back from Thanksgiving vacation, November 27. 2012. 

            In social studies we continue to learn about geography.  Your child should know his/her address, including city, state, county, country, continent, and hemispheres.  We’ve been learning the continents and the oceans.  Ask your child about this!!

           

            I will send Scholastic Book orders in on Friday, November 16 this month.  That should give us one more time to order before winter vacation.  I’ll have to send that order in quickly for us to get them back before vacation.

November 8, 2012

          Continue the great work in reading with your child from 30 minutes each day and recording it in their RAH folders.  In reading we’re working on predicting, determining the most important events or details, sequencing, and retelling stories.

            Math:  Finish the arrays at home.  Cut them out and place them in a container (zip lock bag works great).  Directions are attached.  Have child practice telling you the product of the arrays.  Bring the arrays back in a plastic bag by next Tuesday.  Be sure your child’s name is on the bag.  I’ll send them back home next week with some games.

            If you don’t have computer access for you child, please work on flashcard practice.  Second graders need to know their addition facts through 10 + 10 (or 20’s) and subtraction facts through 20’s.  Third graders need to know addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts through 10’s (11’s and 12’s would be nice, too!) 

            Please continue to have your child use Xtra Math and SumDog.  If you need the passwords, please let me know. 

       Family Writing:  Write something in which you are thankful for about your family or the world around you.   Give examples and explain further.  You can add your own voice to it, by including your feelings into the paragraph. Include a beginning, middle, and ending.           

          Please use the graphic organizer to think through the paragraph before beginning your draft on notebook paper.  Skip lines on the notebook paper, so there is room to revise and edit the story.  If the first draft is neat, a final copy is not necessary.

            Family writing is always due the Tuesday after it is assigned, the event or holiday story is due Tuesday, November 13, 2012.

            In social studies we’re learning about geography.  Be sure your child knows his/her street number and address. …phone numbers, too!  Show your child a map while you are traveling, and help him/her find locations and roads you’re traveling.

November 1, 2012

          Continue the great work in reading with your child from 30 minutes each day and recording it in their RAH folders.  In reading we’re working on predicting, determining the most important events or details, sequencing, and retelling stories.

            If you don’t have computer access for you child, please work on flashcard practice.  Second graders need to know their addition facts through 10 + 10 (or 20’s) and subtraction facts through 20’s.  Third graders need to know addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts through 10’s (11’s and 12’s would be nice, too!) 

            Please continue to have your child use Xtra Math and SumDog.  If you need the passwords, please let me know. 

Family Writing:  Tell about a fun event or holiday in which you have participated.  What made it fun?  Describe one thing about that event or holiday.

          Please use the graphic organizer to think through the story before beginning your draft on notebook paper.  Skip lines on the notebook paper, so there is room to revise and edit the story.  If the first draft is neat, a final copy is not necessary.

            Family writing is always due the Tuesday after it is assigned, the event or holiday story is due Tuesday, November 6, 2012.

            Students’ science inquiry papers are attached.  We did this sheet together in class.   We wrote a measurable question (Will an ice cube melt faster on a metal or Styrofoam surface?), a hypothesis (I think the ice will melt faster on a metal surface because the metal absorbs the temperature around it.—This channeled quite a discussion!), a procedure, data collection, and an analysis.  Please go over the process with your child.  Later in the year, they’ll be doing a science inquiry mostly by themselves.