No Math Night
There is no Math Night tomorrow night. It has been postponed. I will upload an October calendar for our class later tonight. It's ready to go, but the district has blocked yet another website so I cannot load onto the blog until I get home :)
Monday, October 1, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
IXL
This week we will be focusing on addition facts in math. In second grade it is the goal for the kiddos to master these facts (sums up to 20) and be able to immediately recall them. Memorization is a great way to learn these; however, during the school day there's no time for that. Below is a link to a website that has free flashcards you can print for practice at home.
For IXL this week any second grade strand that's addition would be a great idea.
This week we will be focusing on addition facts in math. In second grade it is the goal for the kiddos to master these facts (sums up to 20) and be able to immediately recall them. Memorization is a great way to learn these; however, during the school day there's no time for that. Below is a link to a website that has free flashcards you can print for practice at home.
For IXL this week any second grade strand that's addition would be a great idea.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Halloween Party
UPDATE
UPDATE
Our Halloween Party will be on Wednesday, October 31st. This Wednesday is actually NOT an early release. The party will be from 1:30-3:00. Please email me, send in a note or comment on this post by next Friday the 5th if you're able to help at the party or by simply sending in an item so I can give your info to those in charge of party planning :) Party set-up will begin at 1:00.
100's Chart
Here is a 100's chart that you can print to use at home for help with math if you'd like. The method that we use at school is to count up which means if the problem is 6+8, the child should start on the biggest number (8) and count up 6. During subtraction it's the same technique only they'll "hop" backwards. We also encourage using the patterns of a 100's chart and the fact that if you go up or down from a number it is + or - 10. Students may choose to use this shortcut. For example if the problem is 22 +12, they would begin on 22 and then instead of "hopping" 12 times they would go down one (+10) and then over 2 in order to make 12.
As we move forward in math over the course of this year and do two-digit subtraction and addition these techniques and familiarity of the 100's chart will be helpful.
100s Chart
Here is a 100's chart that you can print to use at home for help with math if you'd like. The method that we use at school is to count up which means if the problem is 6+8, the child should start on the biggest number (8) and count up 6. During subtraction it's the same technique only they'll "hop" backwards. We also encourage using the patterns of a 100's chart and the fact that if you go up or down from a number it is + or - 10. Students may choose to use this shortcut. For example if the problem is 22 +12, they would begin on 22 and then instead of "hopping" 12 times they would go down one (+10) and then over 2 in order to make 12.
As we move forward in math over the course of this year and do two-digit subtraction and addition these techniques and familiarity of the 100's chart will be helpful.
100s Chart
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
IXL Usernames
Good morning! I wanted to let you know that I changed a few of the IXL usernames last night in order to make things easier when signing in as a class in the computer lab. From now on the last three numerical digits on the ends of every username are 274. There were about 4 kiddos whose number was 695 (I have no idea why) so those few got changed to 274. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you have problems logging in. We will be doing IXL in computers today for the first time so hopefully any problems that may arise can be fixed in computer class this afternoon. Thanks!
FYI- We will be dicussing as a primary staff the possibility of changing these log-ins to being more simple and similar to AR sign-ins (they won't allow them to be exactly the same.) I will let you know if this happens.
Good morning! I wanted to let you know that I changed a few of the IXL usernames last night in order to make things easier when signing in as a class in the computer lab. From now on the last three numerical digits on the ends of every username are 274. There were about 4 kiddos whose number was 695 (I have no idea why) so those few got changed to 274. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you have problems logging in. We will be doing IXL in computers today for the first time so hopefully any problems that may arise can be fixed in computer class this afternoon. Thanks!
FYI- We will be dicussing as a primary staff the possibility of changing these log-ins to being more simple and similar to AR sign-ins (they won't allow them to be exactly the same.) I will let you know if this happens.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
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