Mathematics

Mathematics so far has been working with practical math that we can use in our classroom. For example, "Teacher, when is Lunch?" or "Teacher, what is today?" So how successful was the class at mastering these concepts (We took the first test on Tuesday). I would like to say that I have successfully taught them these concepts, to the point of mastery. As a teacher, I can see I need to be more specific in teaching these concepts, but that said, I also need to keep moving forward with the rest of math or we won't learn every concept that should be taught in third grade. Parents, please help me fill in some of the gaps.


Here are the concepts from the past two-and-a-half weeks:

1. Month and Years
2. Counting Patterns,
3. Reading a clock to nearest 5 min.
4. Number Line, 
5. Fractions of an hour,
6. Addition, 
7. Subtraction,
8. Addition and Subtraction Fact Families,
9. Unknown Addends, 
10. Adding 3 Numbers,

To fill in some of the gaps. Yes, you as the parent are the mortar in the freshly laid row of bricks, now if you could fill it in with some love and motivation I think we might be able to help the students finish learning these concepts. Don't worry there are a few concepts we will be reviewing in class, until we get it right. The students will be bringing home the chapter test, and a worksheet to practice what they missed. Please take the time to work with them on these, as it re-explains the concept, and then they practice it one more time.