Letter to Parents for Incoming Second Grade Students

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Dear Families of Incoming 2nd Graders: As families begin to make plans for spending a fabulous summer together, we would like to remind you to look for ways to include some mathematics practice or games so your child, or children, will be ready for the work ahead in September. Try to make time to count objects. Put objects in groups and count how many in each group. Identify pennies, nickels, and dimes. Count them and make equal trades (one dime = 10 pennies or 5 nickels = 25 cents and vice versa). Add and subtract numbers. Draw and identify circle, square, triangle, rectangle and 3-D shapes. Identify these shapes and other shapes whenever you see them (stop signs, route numbers). Tell time to the nearest half or quarter hour and try minutes after and minutes before. Identify days of the week, months of the year, and dates. Your home is full of opportunities to explore math with your child and, at the same time, build his or her self-confidence and understanding of mathematical ideas. We want all students to become mathematical thinkers. Practice during the summer is an important way to help reinforce ideas learned during the past school year. Linked to this page is a calendar full of practice matched to the standards that students should have mastered in their grade. The activities in this calendar are intended to be enjoyed and inviting and use items that can be found in your home. While doing the activities, keep in mind that an understanding of math and a sense that math is enjoyable will help children develop skills that they will need for success their entire lives. Other ways to incorporate practice is to visit and interact with appropriate websites using the internet. Mrs. Rankin's webpages, Exploring Math at UMPS, offer suggested sites and resources that the children may use for practice during the summer. Click on the grade level tab and begin to explore all of the virtual activities and games that are available on the internet. Additionally, we are offering a Concepts and Big Ideas webpage which uses common items to get your student to sharpen their math skills. Happy summer! Have fun investigating with mathematics. Mrs. Margaret Rankin Upper Moreland Primary School Math Coach

Mathematics in the Summertime

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Dear Families of Incoming 2nd Graders:

As families begin to make plans for spending a fabulous summer together, we would like to remind you to look for ways to include some mathematics practice or games so your child, or children, will be ready for the work ahead in September. Try to make time to count objects. Put objects in groups and count how many in each group. Identify pennies, nickels, and dimes. Count them and make equal trades (one dime = 10 pennies or 5 nickels = 25 cents and vice versa). Add and subtract numbers. Draw and identify circle, square, triangle, rectangle and 3-D shapes. Identify these shapes and other shapes whenever you see them (stop signs, route numbers). Tell time to the nearest half or quarter hour and try minutes after and minutes before. Identify days of the week, months of the year, and dates. Your home is full of opportunities to explore math with your child and, at the same time, build his or her self-confidence and understanding of mathematical ideas.

We want all students to become mathematical thinkers. Practice during the summer is an important way to help reinforce ideas learned during the past school year. Linked to this page is a calendar full of practice matched to the standards that students should have mastered in their grade. The activities in this calendar are intended to be enjoyed and inviting and use items that can be found in your home. While doing the activities, keep in mind that an understanding of math and a sense that math is enjoyable will help children develop skills that they will need for success their entire lives.

Other ways to incorporate practice is to visit and interact with appropriate websites using the internet. Mrs. Rankin's webpages, Exploring Math at UMPS, offer suggested sites and resources that the children may use for practice during the summer. Click on the grade level tab and begin to explore all of the virtual activities and games that are available on the internet. Additionally, we are offering a Concepts and Big Ideas webpage which uses common items to get your student to sharpen their math skills.

Happy summer! Have fun investigating with mathematics.

Mrs. Margaret Rankin
Upper Moreland Primary School Math Coach