Our First Holiday is Over

I hope everyone had a fabulous Labor Day Weekend! We won’t have another break until the middle of October, which will give us time to get our schedules and routines cemented down.

In math we have been using Front Row Ed, and this week I will be introducing the students to two new websites.  Each site is described below so you understand what the students are talking about as they use each one:

Front Row Ed:  This site is a great place to learn, reinforce and practice the various concepts we have learned in math.  It allows me to find any holes your child may have and tun guides them through the missed concepts so they are not behind.  I can also assign your child the concept we are working on in class and reinforce what we have learned in class.  The last thing that it does is move the students from one concept to another at their own speed, once they have mastered the current concept.  I use this program in class and may add Front Row to homework, but not right now.

Reflex Math:  Reflexmath.com is a math fluency site.  We will be using it in class to solidify  your student’s math fact fluency in addition, subtraction and we will add multiplication and division either after we have completed these units, or when your child completes the addition and subtraction portion of the program.  They may access this site at home and practice, but please do not let their siblings or any one else use their account.  It is adaptive and if anyone else uses their account, it will skew your child’s results and practice.

Prodigy Math:  Your student will be bringing home a letter on Tuesday explaining this website.  This is the website we will be using for homework.  Your child should use Prodigy 3 nights a week for about 15 minutes each time.  This site is game based  and is adaptive according to your child’s learning needs.  There is no need to report your student’s use of this site, it reports student use to me at the end of every week.

Spelling Sort
All students will be on the same sort again this week.  This will allow us to learn additional sorts as a group before choosing a variety of them for homework.  Individual sorts will start next week.

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Have a great week!