TITLE 1 TIDBITS:
LOOKING BACK: It's crazy, but the 2013-14 school year is quickly coming to an end! Your second grader (soon to be third grader) started the year working mostly on math problems with numbers to 20. He/she is now able to add and subtract two and three digit numbers with regrouping! Your child can also add three three digit numbers and read numbers in the thousands. We've come a long way!
In April many second grade classes worked on a Geometry Unit. Students learned the difference between plane (2D) figures and space (3D) figures. They practiced finding and counting flat surfaces, vertices, and edges. They were also introduced to terms like polygons and angles and practiced dividing shapes into equal parts; a nice lead-in to fractions.
While classes worked on Geometry, they continued to review three digit addition and subtraction with regrouping, as these are difficult concepts to master, and like anything, if you don't practice, it's easy to forget crucial steps needed to solve these types of problems.
Many second grade classes are working on their Money Units; practicing coin recognition and counting various coin combinations to $1.00. Since this standard was removed from the First Grade Common Core, this may be your child's first exposure to counting money in his/her classroom. Title Math students, however, often have an easier time with money as it's a skill we practice all year when students do their weekly coin counts in here.
A few second grade classes have begun their Measurement Units. Those students have been measuring using inches, feet, and yards as well as centimeters and meters.
LOOKING AHEAD: Second grade classrooms will be working on Telling Time (to the nearest 5 minutes) and Graphing. Students will collect data as well as read and create picture graphs and bar graphs. In Title Math we also graph the results of our Monthly Poll question each month. Do you know which rainy day activity was the winner for April?
Finally second graders will end their year with a brief introduction to multiplication and division and a little work with fractions.
I would like to thank all of my Title I families for the opportunity to work with your children. It has been so rewarding to see how far these students have advanced their math skills. I hope you are noticing progress as well.
SUMMER TIPS: My best advice for avoiding summer regression in Math would be to keep practicing basic addition and subtraction facts. Flashcards, websites, math games, worksheets, etc., can really help your child to keep his/her skills sharp. Look for a Title I Math Summer Practice Packet to come home from me in the near future. Any part of the packet that is completed and returned to me in the fall will earn your child a small reward. HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER!
In April many second grade classes worked on a Geometry Unit. Students learned the difference between plane (2D) figures and space (3D) figures. They practiced finding and counting flat surfaces, vertices, and edges. They were also introduced to terms like polygons and angles and practiced dividing shapes into equal parts; a nice lead-in to fractions.
While classes worked on Geometry, they continued to review three digit addition and subtraction with regrouping, as these are difficult concepts to master, and like anything, if you don't practice, it's easy to forget crucial steps needed to solve these types of problems.
Many second grade classes are working on their Money Units; practicing coin recognition and counting various coin combinations to $1.00. Since this standard was removed from the First Grade Common Core, this may be your child's first exposure to counting money in his/her classroom. Title Math students, however, often have an easier time with money as it's a skill we practice all year when students do their weekly coin counts in here.
A few second grade classes have begun their Measurement Units. Those students have been measuring using inches, feet, and yards as well as centimeters and meters.
LOOKING AHEAD: Second grade classrooms will be working on Telling Time (to the nearest 5 minutes) and Graphing. Students will collect data as well as read and create picture graphs and bar graphs. In Title Math we also graph the results of our Monthly Poll question each month. Do you know which rainy day activity was the winner for April?
Finally second graders will end their year with a brief introduction to multiplication and division and a little work with fractions.
I would like to thank all of my Title I families for the opportunity to work with your children. It has been so rewarding to see how far these students have advanced their math skills. I hope you are noticing progress as well.
SUMMER TIPS: My best advice for avoiding summer regression in Math would be to keep practicing basic addition and subtraction facts. Flashcards, websites, math games, worksheets, etc., can really help your child to keep his/her skills sharp. Look for a Title I Math Summer Practice Packet to come home from me in the near future. Any part of the packet that is completed and returned to me in the fall will earn your child a small reward. HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER!