Read, read, read! Students are encouraged to read nightly for at least twenty minutes. They should spend time reading a varitey of materials, both fiction and nonfiction. Students are also encouraged to write regularly. Start a journal with a friend or relative and take turns writing in it. Writing every day, even if it's for just a few minutes, will help improve your child's skills. Students are expected to instantly recall addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. Therefore, reviewing these facts daily will greatly benefit them to perform more complex computations throughout the school year.