A letter will be coming home on Monday explaining a few of the changes that we will made to homework starting this week. Please sign and return the bottom portion of the parent letter by Wednesday.
I have also attached the new Reading in the Edges page and the new Math at Home page so that you can see the changes on there as well.
Thank you so much for your support.
Dear Parents,
As we enter December, I am writing
to let you know of a few changes to your child’s homework. Your child will continue to have reading and
math homework each day. Both homework pages still need to be turned
in on Friday.
The “Reading in the Edges” homework
has changed slightly since the beginning of the school year. I am continuing to ask that your child read
for at least 20 minutes each day for homework. I know that there are times when your child
may not have time in the day to read for 20 minutes. It is my hope that they can try to find at
least a few minutes in the “edges” of their day to get some additional reading
in even if it is in the car or while waiting for an appointment.
In
addition to reading, I am going to have your child reflect on his/her book
at the end of the week. I am
also asking that you sign the “Reading in the Edges” paper at the end of the
week stating that your child did do the reading that they have marked down for
the week.
In
math, we are currently learning multiplication and division. Although it is important to practice all math
facts including addition and subtraction, at this time practicing
multiplication facts is going to be extremely beneficial for your child.
If students aren't fluent in the
multiplication facts, it really does slow down the amount of problems that they
are able to complete.
For “Math At Home” your child is
going to get 1 additional multiplication
page that they need to complete as part of their homework for the
week. We have talked in class about ways
to practice our multiplication facts.
These include writing down the facts, flash cards, having someone quiz
us on our facts, or even working on Prodigy.
On the new Math at Home page, your child will
need to write down how he/she practiced the multiplication facts. The
sheet that is attached to the Math At Home page need to be completed and turned
in on Friday. Each
day there is a column for parent initials.
Please initial this stating that your child did practice the way that
was stated. Your child will probably
have additional time during the week to complete other ways of studying the
facts.
I appreciate you taking the time to
read this letter. I want to make sure
all families understand the changes in homework going forward. Please
sign the bottom half of this sheet and return to school with your child by WEDNESDAY, December 3rd. Thank you for your continued support.
Name: _________________ Date: ___________
MAH- Math At Home
Directions: Our top priority right now is to become
fluent in our multiplication facts.
Attached is a multiplication page that need to be completed and turned
in with this page on Friday. In addition
to these pages, you can practice multiplication on x-tra math, use flash cards,
write the facts down, have someone “quiz” you, or practice on Prodigy.
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How I Practiced
My Facts
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Parent Initials
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Name:
________________________ Week
of: ___________________
Reading “IN THE EDGES”
Reading in the Edges- Reflection: At the end of the week
you need to reflect on your reading for the week. You should keep “notes” about your book on
sticky notes or on a separate piece of paper so that you can answer one of the
questions below. You might want to think
about which question you will answer at the end of the week so that you can
focus on that while reading this week.
For your reflection you could…Describe your favorite part of the
book? What can you infer about
one of your characters? What
is the message or theme in this
book?
Don’t forget to use punctuation, capitals, and indent your
paragraph. You need to turn in thoughtful 4th grade work.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My child did do this reading throughout the
week.
Parent Signature: __________________________________
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Date/Day:
_____________________________________________
Book Title:
_________________________________________________
Amount of Time: 1-15 min 16-30 min 31-45 min 46-60 min Other
(circle one)
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Date/Day: _____________________________________________
Book
Title:
_________________________________________________
Amount
of Time: 1-15 min 16-30 min 31-45 min 46-60 min
Other
(circle one)
Date/Day: _____________________________________________
Book
Title: _________________________________________________
Amount
of Time: 1-15 min 16-30 min 31-45 min 46-60 min
Other
(circle one)
Date/Day: _____________________________________________
Book
Title:
_________________________________________________
Amount
of Time: 1-15 min 16-30 min 31-45 min 46-60 min Other
(circle one)
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