January 28, 2013 Dear Parents and/or Guardians, Hello!

I hope that you are all doing well and enjoying the snow. The month of January has gone by so quickly for me, and I have been enjoying getting to know your students and beginning to teach some lessons. To give you some ideas on how to help your child get some extra practice at home, I have put together a resource list of websites that make learning fun and are easy to use: Multiplication Fact Practice http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/car-wash http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/multiplicationPicnic.ht m http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/moonmaths.swf Place Value Practice http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html http://www.starrmatica.com/standalone/starrMaticaplaveValueMysteryNumbers.s wf http://www.mathcats.com/explore/reallybignumbers.html Rocks and Minerals http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/activities/activity18/activi ty_18_09-03-26.swf http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/school/applets/bcscience7/rock//index.htm http://www.mineralogy4kids.org/ Working with Words http://www.funbrain.com/whichword/index.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/penguinsonice.shtml http://mrnussbaum.com/readingpassageindex/#3 I hope these activities prove to be valuable resources for your family. Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a wonderful week! Sincerely, Miss Duff