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4 Paris Homework |
Reading well is a
key to success in school. I would like to invite you to help me to help your
child become a better reader. Each Monday your child will have a short reading
homework assignment that asks you to listen to him or her read out loud
and answer a couple of questions. Included in the instructions will be a hint,
or tip, that you can use to help your child with the assignment. Please sign the
bottom of each assignment indicating that you did listen to your child read out
loud and assisted him or her with the questions. This is meant to be a team
effort among students and parents. The assignment is due on Thursday.
Each night your
child should be reading for 20 minutes. The reading comprehension activity
on Monday night counts as the reading for that night. Many children have their
own books they enjoy reading at home on a nightly basis and I encourage them to
continue to do so. There will not be a recording log to keep track of this.
This is sent home
on Monday. Students can choose to do all the activities at once and pass
this in before Thursday, or complete a row each night and return the duotang on
Friday.
Each student has a multiplication log that should be kept in the agenda each day. This year, your child should be working on learning the multiplication facts, if they are not already known. Our school’s Plan For Improvement includes mastery of these facts at the Grade 4 and 5 levels. The zero, one, two, five and ten times tables should be recalled quickly by now. That just leaves 21 facts to learn. Please spend 10 minutes each night on these if there isn’t quick recall and record in the Log. We will be doing timed quizzes to check their progress with this outcome.
Yours in teaching,
S. Paris