Week of August 17th

1.    Last Friday's decimal quiz was returned today. We went over the correct answers in class and students  were asked to bring the quiz home tonight for you to see. If your child did not perform well, please sit down and go over the quiz again with them. I noticed many students were having difficulties borrowing when subtracting and making  multiplication errors. Many students are also struggling with
the process of long division, especially when the divisor is also a decimal. This material will be seen again on future quizzes and  tests. Below are two websites in addition to the online textbook that you
can use at home to help your children. These sites are also included under "helpful websites".

• • This is a website that lets students practice their multiplication facts. It  
    will help them work on learning them as well as their speed. It allows     
    them to practice a mixture or focus on specific tables.                         
    www.teachingtables.co.uk/timetable/tgame1.html
    
  • This website creates worksheets for a variety of skills. It creates worksheets   
    in a variety of formats and on many of them you can stipulate what you     
    want. It is fast and no two worksheets are the same. This means you can     
    create many forms of the same worksheet.
    http://www.Math-Aids.com

2.    Please  remember to check your child’s agenda each night. Homework is now being given and several students have already received zeros or incompletes.  
       
3.  Also please make sure that your child is keeping up with their unit 1 study guide so  that is does not become overwhelming for them. Part A should be complete by now and we will begin looking at Part B concepts tomorrow.