Starting this week, we will alternate between SAGE practice and IXL practice.  Your children will be resetting their passwords in class tomorrow and will then have access to the SAGE portal.   As with IXL, I will do my best to have the SAGE assignments available by Monday, with a due date of the following Monday (meaning it must be completed by Sunday evening in order to be considered on time).   The benefit of SAGE is that the assignment will be listed for your child when they log in.  There is no need to record a weekly list of assignments.   An additional benefit is that your child will be able to practice language and science concepts as well.

I have created an assignment that your students will have access to upon logging in.   The assignments will vary in length and will contain a mixture of math, language and science. Some weeks it will be one subject, some weeks it may be all three, but it should never take longer than  20-30  min/night to complete the work.

I know the number of websites and online practice tools seems overwhelming at times.  I am doing my best to try and mitigate these feelings.  The reason for alternating between IXL and SAGE is to hopefully eliminate some of the stress while at the same time allowing your children  a variety of ways to practice skills they have learned in the classroom.   Practicing SAGE on a regular basis will allow your children to become more familiar with the format that they will see during the summative testing, which will in turn decrease some of the test taking anxiety they may feel.

This practice is designed to help your children be successful and is a requirement of our classroom and an expectation of the school.  Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding the expected practice.