There are many special events coming soon for our first graders! Please mark your calendar for the following:
This week will be the last homework packet with a word study component. Math homework will continue until May 24. After Memorial Day, we encourage the children to continue reading every night.
There is no school on Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day.
On Thursday, May 30, our specials will run on a Monday schedule, so we will have P.E. but not library.
On Friday, May 31, at 1:00 pm Mill Run will hold the First Grade Awards Ceremony. We will send an invitation with more information very soon.
Field Day will be on Monday, June 3, with the rain date being Tuesday, June 4. Stay tuned for more information.
Thursday, June 6 is the last day of school. We will have an End of the Year party from 1:00 - 2:00 pm.
Please have your child bring his/her backpack to school every day until the last day, since we will send materials home a little at a time during the last 6 or 7 days of school. It's too much for the children to carry if we save it all for one day.
In academic news, we will finish our math unit on computation strategies this week. This week and next, I will be giving several five-minute timed quizzes to assess the children's ability to recall addition and subtraction facts to 18. I will also check ReflexMath to supplement these grades. Thank you for reviewing math facts with your child. Confidence is so important!
We are continuing with reading testing this week and next. The children do not need to study to prepare for this. Simply continuing healthy eating and sleeping habits is tremendously helpful. As mentioned before, I will provide a summary of your child's scores in the fourth quarter report card. They are doing quite well so far!
In Social Studies, we will finish the year with a study of Australia, Alaska, and Hawaii, focusing on geography and wildlife.
Finally, the LCPS Math Department recently sent a newsletter to teachers with some summer math activity suggestions. I thought I would share them with you, so that you can explore these links at your leisure. Enjoy!
Summer Math Activities!
Check out these interactive and engaging math activities to share with students and parents!
Click each title to link to the website.
At Home With Math
http://mixinginmath.terc.edu/materials/athomewithmath.cfm
The ten everyday math activities on this site build math into the things most families already do—ordinary routines such as figuring out ways to save money, to share fairly, or to get somewhere on time. With these activities, children practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and using other important math skills while doing tasks that are a regular part of life. Available in English and Spanish!
Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com/
Give your brain a workout with Logic Games, Number Games, Thinking Blocks for word problems, and much more!
Math in the Home Activities http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/index.html
Math in the Home, Math at the Grocery Store, Math on the Go, and Math for the Fun of it—activities to engage students in problem solving, communicating, and reasoning about mathematics!
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This week will be the last homework packet with a word study component. Math homework will continue until May 24. After Memorial Day, we encourage the children to continue reading every night.
There is no school on Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day.
On Thursday, May 30, our specials will run on a Monday schedule, so we will have P.E. but not library.
On Friday, May 31, at 1:00 pm Mill Run will hold the First Grade Awards Ceremony. We will send an invitation with more information very soon.
Field Day will be on Monday, June 3, with the rain date being Tuesday, June 4. Stay tuned for more information.
Thursday, June 6 is the last day of school. We will have an End of the Year party from 1:00 - 2:00 pm.
Please have your child bring his/her backpack to school every day until the last day, since we will send materials home a little at a time during the last 6 or 7 days of school. It's too much for the children to carry if we save it all for one day.
In academic news, we will finish our math unit on computation strategies this week. This week and next, I will be giving several five-minute timed quizzes to assess the children's ability to recall addition and subtraction facts to 18. I will also check ReflexMath to supplement these grades. Thank you for reviewing math facts with your child. Confidence is so important!
We are continuing with reading testing this week and next. The children do not need to study to prepare for this. Simply continuing healthy eating and sleeping habits is tremendously helpful. As mentioned before, I will provide a summary of your child's scores in the fourth quarter report card. They are doing quite well so far!
In Social Studies, we will finish the year with a study of Australia, Alaska, and Hawaii, focusing on geography and wildlife.
Finally, the LCPS Math Department recently sent a newsletter to teachers with some summer math activity suggestions. I thought I would share them with you, so that you can explore these links at your leisure. Enjoy!
Summer Math Activities!
Check out these interactive and engaging math activities to share with students and parents!
Click each title to link to the website.
At Home With Math
http://mixinginmath.terc.edu/materials/athomewithmath.cfm
The ten everyday math activities on this site build math into the things most families already do—ordinary routines such as figuring out ways to save money, to share fairly, or to get somewhere on time. With these activities, children practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and using other important math skills while doing tasks that are a regular part of life. Available in English and Spanish!
Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com/
Give your brain a workout with Logic Games, Number Games, Thinking Blocks for word problems, and much more!
Math in the Home Activities http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/index.html
Math in the Home, Math at the Grocery Store, Math on the Go, and Math for the Fun of it—activities to engage students in problem solving, communicating, and reasoning about mathematics!
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