Dear parents,
The October parent teacher conferences will be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 16th, 17th and 18th. You can sign up for a 20 minute slot by visiting the wejoinin site: https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/dqvad. Conferences begin at 1.30 and the last sign up is at 6.30. There are no sign ups between 4.50 and 5.30. At the conference we will discuss your child’s progress so far this year and your child will provide samples of their work. We will be setting goals when this is appropriate for your child.
The 4th graders also have their field trip to the American West Heritage Center on Thursday October 12th. If you haven’t returned your permission slips please do so and remember that we are leaving at 8.30 am from the North Shore parking lot by school bus. The bus returns at around 2.45 pm.
Last week we started using the IXL online math program. IXL is a program that dovetails with the Common Core curriculum (https://www.ixl.com/) and has a series of questions that the children work through. It is a great program that we will be using it in class (each student has to log a minimum of 40 minutes per week in school), along with the expectation that it is used at home as well. Probably every 2 weeks I will be posting which sections can be attempted at home. Each child should be aware of the grade and sections that they can be working on.
The sections that can be attempted so far are:
6th grade: A1 – A5 (whole numbers); B1 – B7 (multiplication); R1 – R3 (ratios).
5th grade: A1 – A7 (place values and number sense); B1 – B7 (addition and subtraction); C1 – C5 (multiplication); O1 – O4 (mixed operations).
4th grade: A1 – A4 (number sense); B1 – B5 (addition); C1 – C4 (subtraction).
3rd grade: A1 – A8 (numbers and comparing); C1 – C3 (addition); P1 – P2 (estimation and rounding).
Naturally, if a child’s curiosity makes them want to try other areas then that is fine; but if they are making a lot of mistakes, it is probably better that they are taught it first before they attempt any more.
I will be sending out the new IXL usernames and passwords in the near future, once they have been updated in October.
If you have any questions about PTC, field trips or IXL, then please email me.
Many thanks – John