9/1/09 Welcome to the NEW SCHOOL YEAR! Any posts below this are from last year...

Part 1 (Minute Math):   Please have your child do Minute Math every day, Monday through Thursday.  We will do Friday in class.  This is an EASY A!  Minute Math is graded like this:  your child gets 20 points per day that they work on minute math.  Thus, by Thursday they have 80 points.  They get 20 more points for doing Friday’s in class... 100 points!  A+ for just spending one minute on math!

Part 2 (Telling Sentences; Capital I):  There are six sentences on this piece.  There are six blanks.  There is a word box with six sentence parts in it.  Have your child use bits from the word box to complete sentences that make sense and are “telling sentences”(statements).  For example:
#1 says “The girl _________________________.”   You could choose “buys the bear” from the word box to make the sentence, “The girl buys the bear.”  Part B has you child choosing part of a phrase from the word box and adding to it to make their own sentence.  For example: your child might choose “The man” from the word box and make the sentence “The man goes fishing” or “The man is driving.”