Dear
Parents:
Is there
a parent who would like to organize the winter party on Tuesday, December 18 at 3 p.m.?
Please let me know if you are interested. Also let me know if you'd like to contribute,
and I'll give the first parent who contacts me to organize the party your
contact information!
Continue
the great work in reading with your child for 30 minutes each day and
recording it in the RAH folder. The first part this term in reading, we’re
working on character qualities, point of view, cause and effect relationships,
recounting stories, theme, moral and lesson, sequence of events, and compare and
contrast.
Math: Continue playing the array games a couple of times a week. 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! For third graders (and second graders who are ready), looking on the
backside of the array, tell 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: We've been
working on fiction stories and developing the main character through physical
descriptions, dialogue, and actions.
Your child should know about setting (time and place) and plot
(problem/conflict and solution) as well.
Choose a character that is having
the best time of his/her life. What
happens to him/her to make it the best? It is ok to choose a different topic
for the fiction story, if this one doesn’t encourage the flow of writing! Include a beginning, middle, and
ending. Include a beginning, middle,
and ending. 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.
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 11, 2012.
All book orders are due by December 7. They should be back before winter
vacation!
