May/June
By Kelly
Brenner
Literacy
Math Coordinator
Reading
Tip
Summer
is fast approaching and research says that students who read over the summer do
not lose any skills they have previously learned. So this is the time to make sure you have a
library card or a public library schedule.
Libraries all over the area have so much going on over the summer that
it is a great place to keep up your child’s reading habit.
Once
you have found out about the library schedules, parents should set a schedule
for daily reading and at least once a week visit to the Library. Between 30 and 60 minutes of reading a day
should help keep your child’s skills current.
Plus it will give you that much needed “quiet time” in a busy activities
packed summer.
Math
Tip
Just
like reading if children do not practice the skills they have learned, they
will lose up to 50% of them. So for the
summer here are some grade specific activities you and your child can practice
to keep the Math skills fresh
1st
graders- Practice identifying counting and exchanging coins. (Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, and Quarters up to
a dollar). Practice telling time on the
hour, ˝ hour, and quarter hour with an analog clock.
2nd
graders – Practice immediate recall of addition and subtraction facts and
telling time on the hour, ˝ hour, quarter to, quarter past, and to the minute
using an analog clock.
3rd
graders – Practice immediate recall of addition and subtraction facts and
multiplications and division facts up to 10.
Plus practice telling how much time has passed. (I.e. swimming lessons start at 10 and end at
10:45. How much time has gone by?)
4th
graders – Practice immediate recall of multiplication and division facts up to
12.
5th
graders – Practice immediate recall of multiplication and division facts up to
12. Also practice recognizing fractions,
adding and subtraction fractions with like and unlike denominators.
6th
graders – Practice using percents, fractions, and decimals.
FYI-
Many resources for the above concepts are available at Walmart, Alberstons,
Target, Raleys, and the Parent Teacher Aids store.