ANNOUNCNG A NEW WEBSITE!!
Chets Creek PTA has sponsored 'supportchetscreek.com' for parents, friends and neighbors to use when shopping on the internet. Businesses under this website, a branch of 'shoptoearn', will donate a percentage of your sale back to the school. Many popular businesses are connected with this on-line shopping mall, so please remember to use 'supportchetscreek.com' when looking for on-line merchandise! If you have any question how to use the site, please contact Pam Witt @ 821-8172.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Are You Ready For 3rd Grade?
Things that your child should know before entering 3rd grade:
1. Combinations of 10 (The student should fluently know the entire fact family for each combination such as… 3+7=10 7+3=10 10-7=3 10-3=7)
2. Combinations of 20 (The student should fluently know the entire fact family for each combination such as… 12+8=20 8+12=20 20-8=12 20-12=8)
3. Combinations of 100 (The student should fluently know the entire fact family for each combination such as… 40+60=100 60+40=100 100-40=60 100-60=40)
4. Skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, 25s (up to 100)
5. Time to the hour, half-hour, quarter-hour, 5 minutes
6. Elapsed Time (ex: Emily started baking cookies at 2:30. She finished baking cookies at 4:15. How long did she bake cookies for?)
7. Knows the value of coins and knows how to add coins
8. Finding change for items purchased (Ex: If Bob bought a game for $3.20 and he gave the cashier $5.00 how much change would he get?)
Extra things that you could help your child work on before entering 3rd grade:
1. Skip counting by 3s, 4s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, 15s (up to 100) (also known as “multiples”)
2. Strategies for adding 9 quickly (ex: 45+9 is like 45 +10=55(-1)=54 )
1. Combinations of 10 (The student should fluently know the entire fact family for each combination such as… 3+7=10 7+3=10 10-7=3 10-3=7)
2. Combinations of 20 (The student should fluently know the entire fact family for each combination such as… 12+8=20 8+12=20 20-8=12 20-12=8)
3. Combinations of 100 (The student should fluently know the entire fact family for each combination such as… 40+60=100 60+40=100 100-40=60 100-60=40)
4. Skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, 25s (up to 100)
5. Time to the hour, half-hour, quarter-hour, 5 minutes
6. Elapsed Time (ex: Emily started baking cookies at 2:30. She finished baking cookies at 4:15. How long did she bake cookies for?)
7. Knows the value of coins and knows how to add coins
8. Finding change for items purchased (Ex: If Bob bought a game for $3.20 and he gave the cashier $5.00 how much change would he get?)
Extra things that you could help your child work on before entering 3rd grade:
1. Skip counting by 3s, 4s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, 15s (up to 100) (also known as “multiples”)
2. Strategies for adding 9 quickly (ex: 45+9 is like 45 +10=55(-1)=54 )
Finding Doubles
Miss. Sasso’s first grade class shared some of their strategies with us for finding doubles during our afternoon Math workshop. We played a game called Finding Doubles. The object of the game was to find doubles, doubles plus one and doubles minus one. Every first grader was paired with a second grader. I’m sad to report that Miss. Sasso’s first graders beat some of my second graders. I’m sure the rain all week affected their thinking skills. It was a fun learning experience for all the students. Thank you Miss Sasso for sharing!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Guest Readers
Thank you to our BUDs Club Readers. Mr. Duncan, Mr. Swanson and Mr. Robinson who stopped by to read to our students. The children loved it!
Enjoy our artwork and our May bulletin board showcasing our “Work Over Time.”
Our field trip to MOCA was also a hit! Thanks again to all our chaperones. We appreciate all you do.
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