Math August 22nd

Hello Parents,
We are moving through the place value and decimal unit for both 5th and 6th grade classes.  Both classes will have a test on all material covered this coming Monday, August 27th.  A study guide will go home on Friday, for the students to complete... I will also send home the answers for you to check their study guide for errors. 

Our involvment with ixl is becoming smoother!  Thank you all for your patience! If you would like to check your student's progress on ixl, at any time, you may go to your home computer/laptop (it won't pull up the reports on the ipad)  log into ixl with your child's username and password.  Once you are in the site, you can click on the exact skill under each practice section to see how they did on that skill (there is tiny picture of a bar graph to the left of the section number/letter that will give you a detailed report)  if the "bar graph" icon is faded, that means your child has not attempted that section yet.  You can also pull up your child's rewards tab at the top of the page and see what he/she has mastered there.  Your students should have the username and password memorized or written in the binder.

Ixl gives your student immediate feedback if he/she misses a problem, so make sure they are skipping through the explanations of why they missed a problem.  If they miss one, they need to read below it what went wrong, and then move on!

Mad-Minute Multiplication is going well! Ask your child what "set" they are one, and require them to do flashcards on their iPad app.  You can set the app to just give you a specific range of times tables so that your child is getting the exact practice he/she needs!

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Thanks,
Lissa