January 30, 2012

Hello 3A Math Families:

Wow!  That is so exciting to say….3A!  Way to go to all the kids.

This week, we will continue working on numbers to 10,000.  We spent some time reviewing late last week about place value and actually took what we already know about place value as we added thousands and ten thousands to the mix.

We will continue to work on place value this week.  We will also be able to determine which numbers are greater than or less than another number, be able to accurately identify numbers if we add or subtract by 10 or 100.  Please continue working with your children every night on their math problems.  It is very important that they are able to share things with you in order to reinforce the concepts they are learning in class.  It is always helpful to give them additional practice problems relating to their homework.

Please note that I am planning on a few tests this week – Wednesday and Friday. 

Homework:

Monday, 1/30/12 - Practice:  WB Ex. 2, p.10-11; EP:  Exercise 1B, p. 7-8

Tuesday, 1/31/12 - Practice: WB Ex. 3, p. 12-13

Wednesday, 2/1/12 - Practice:  Exercise 1C, p. 9-10

Thursday, 2/2/12 - Practice: WB Exercise 4, p. 14-16

Friday, 2/3/12 - Practice:  Additional PV worksheets. 

This will be a short unit, so our end-of-unit test is currently planned for the week of February 6^th.  If that changes, I will let you know.

It is a pleasure working with your children.  They are really excited to be in 3A. 

Mrs. Winkler

Wrapping up 2B this week!

We are nearly there.  The students will be taking their cumulative test for 2B on Wednesday.  I hope they’ve been studying at home and can demonstrate to you the concepts they have learned so far.  They were given a practice test last week for homework and were given several nights to review each of the concepts.  Please make sure that they concentrate on the areas that give them difficulties. 

The new 3A materials have arrived in the classroom.  You will soon see a different workbook coming home with your student for homework. We will start with place value.

As always, it is a pleasure working with the children.  I love watching them come up with different solutions to problems that we have in class. 

Mrs. Winkler

January 16, 2012

Week of January 16, 2012

This week in math, we are working on congruent shapes and patterns.  We will be reviewing Unit 14 on Thursday and preparing for a unit test on Friday. 

We will be taking our Cumulative 2B test next week.  I will be sending home a practice test for your child to work on for several days.  Please make sure they are ready for the test by going over everything with them.  Also, give them additional problems that cover the concepts that we have learned in 2B. 

Mrs. Winkler

2B Singapore Math

Welcome back!

I hope you all had a wonderful winter break and that you got some much needed rest.

We are on our last unit in Singapore Math 2B and will soon be ready to move up to 3A. The students have been working hard to master the necessary skills. We will be working on Unit 14 - Geometry for the next few weeks.

Our homework schedule is as follows:

Monday 1/9/12 - WB 168-171
Tuesday 1/10/12 - WB 172-173
Wednesday 1/11/12 - Worksheet 191-192
Thursday 1/12/12 - Test Day! Worksheet
Friday 1/13/12 - WB 174-175, 180

There will possibly be additional worksheets on several different nights. I will not commit until I see how the students are doing with this unit. The worksheets, if assigned, will go hand-in-hand with what they are doing in class and in their workbooks.

As always, it is a pleasure working with your children. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.

Warm regards,

Mrs. Winkler