*Ask your children about school and encourage them to talk about their day.
*Stay involved, and feel free to contact your child's teacher with any questions or concerns.
*Do not talk negatively about school in front of your child.
*Make sure your child is getting plenty of sleep and is ready for school each day.
*Make sure your child reads every day.
*Help your child complete his or her homework every night.
*Teach your children to be responsible for their actions and their school work.
http://fun-in-first.blogspot.com/2013/07/tips-for-parentshow-to-help-my-child.html
Bright Ideas: Parent Tips to Support 2nd Grade Math Learning and Have Fun at Home
Find ways to practice number operations
- Prepare for multiplication by helping your child think in groups. Ask “how many fingers do five people have?”
- Try a variation on the card game “War.” When the higher card takes the lower card, subtract the lower number from the higher number, and the player who won that play wins those points.
- Give your child the change in your pocket and ask how many different ways she can make 25 cents.
- Play a variation on the game “Go Fish.” Instead of asking for cards with numbers that match, players take turns asking for cards that, added to the card she has, adds up to 10. Count face cards as zero, aces as 1’s.
At this age kids are developing more complex ways of reasoning — they like strategic thinking games like checkers, chess, Monopoly, and Clue. Some family games that help develop math skills:
- Dominoes
- Mancala
- Cribbage
Bright Ideas: Ten Tips to Help You Raise Children Who Love Reading
1. Read aloud to your children every day
2. Get a library card
3. Take your children to the library to borrow books each week
4. Discuss books and set an example of reading
5. Buy books you know will interest your child
6. Take children to storytimes, author visits, etc.
7. Create a comfortable reading space for your child
8. Visit the web sites of favorite authors and illustrators
9. Once a week, cook together using a children's cookbook
10. Buy your children a good dictionary and use it regularly
Learn more at childrensbooks.about.com/od/forparents/a/resolutions.htm
2. Get a library card
3. Take your children to the library to borrow books each week
4. Discuss books and set an example of reading
5. Buy books you know will interest your child
6. Take children to storytimes, author visits, etc.
7. Create a comfortable reading space for your child
8. Visit the web sites of favorite authors and illustrators
9. Once a week, cook together using a children's cookbook
10. Buy your children a good dictionary and use it regularly
Learn more at childrensbooks.about.com/od/forparents/a/resolutions.htm
September 8 - 11
This week, we will have a shorter time to finish the weekly homework and to practice the spelling words before our test since we have no school on Monday. We will begin this week to have the Fun Friday activities attended by the students that finish the weekly language arts homework page. Please encourage your children to work on this page each night this week so they can finish it and return it on Friday. I hope that your children are enjoying their baggy books and reading them each night. If you feel that a change in level is needed, let me know so that we can find a better fit for your child. Thanks to all of you for being supportive of your children's education!
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