HOMEWORK INFORMATION
MATH FACTS -7~ TEST Wednesday, January 5, 2010
We will be doing math facts fast practice every day.
Some days we will practice addition/ some subtraction/later
we will go to mixed operations. This will help
your child to become proficient in this. They
are beginning to do quite well on these daily
practices!
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MATH FACTS TESTS CAN BE FOUND IN READING BELOW.
MATH
When your child's math homework comes home, we have ALWAYS gone
over how to do it in class. We will almost always do several like the ones
on your paper on our dry erase boards, and then do 1 on the actual homework
page, so they will know what to do, and so that you can see an example.
MATH FACTS TEST
This is a timed test. That is the only way to test for mastery. If they have
all the time that they need, and can add on their fingers, they have
not "learned" their math facts. Knowing many of them without thinking will
make the math that they do daily much easier. There will be good payoff for
the effort used in learning these facts. We practice several days a week on
their dry erase boards in class.
Our Tests will continue to be on Wednesday. We will add the next number each
week. Example - week 1 is +0, week 2 is +1,week 3 is +2 etc.We will do throgh
9 in addition before we start subtraction. Please do some fast drill with
your child. If your child misses more than 2, he/she has not adequately
mastered their math facts.
SAXON PHONICS
We will have Phonics homework every night as a general rule. Every 10th
lesson is an Assessment that has no homework side. We will have math
homework each night. It will reinforce what we have done in class that
day.
SPELLING & VOCABULARY TESTS
Spelling words and the Reading/Vocabulary words will be on the website
usually by Wednesday night for the following week. Spelling tests will be on
Thursday and Vocabulary tests are on Friday each week.Early in the year, your
child will only need to recognize the correct word in a choice of 3 words.
Later in the year, they will need to be able to choose the correct word to go
in a sentence.
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES
When we are at the end of some of our Science or Social Studies Unit, your
child will bring their book home to study for the test. I will send a note
prior to that to let you know when the test is, and that the books will be
coming
home.
Thanks for all your help at home to make your child successful.