In Math, we've completed the Summer Refresher and the 1st chapter in our text, which explores data. Today the children had their first "test." Because it was their first experience with this kind of written assessment, we're calling this a practice test and their scores won't be recorded. They had to respond to my verbal explanations of each problem in different ways, sometimes by writing in an answer, sometimes filling in a "bubble." I'll be sending these home tomorrow. Please go over them with your child. I was happy to see that most had a good understanding of our work with Venn Diagrams, which are a difficult concept for many 1st graders. We are ready to begin our next chapter, on number sense. Please take the time to look over the daily work and ask your child to show you what they learned. The completed daily math pages in the Home folder stay home, while the workbook should always be returned the next day. Homework pages assigned in the workbook are circled, so there should never be a question of what page is to be done. Math homework should take only about 5 minutes to complete and is not given every day.
Hopefully, the worst of the hot days are behind us!