January 10, 2013
Dear
Parents:
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 or the array games. 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 are now on the RAH folders. The school
still is not ready to send home the flashcard packets. They will
be coming soon! In the meantime, either have your child work on
Xtra Math or flashcards for a few minutes. Mark your initials by
Falcon Fast Facts on the RAH folder each day.
Please continue to have your child use Xtra Math and SumDog. If you need
the passwords, please let me know.
Family Writing:
Don't
forget to have your child do or finish the fiction story that was assigned
before vacation. I must have them all turned in by Monday, January 17, so I can
scan the pictures, and have them ready for students for a technology
lesson.
This week's
writing:
Everyone has a
wish. What is yours? Write about your wish and tell
why it’s important to you. Use the graphic organizer to think
through what you want to say before writing your paragraph. Be
sure you have a beginning, middle, and ending.
http://forestridge.salemkeizer.net/ School
website
