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About Mathematics Homework

Dear Family,

Homework is an important link between learning in school and learning outside school. It can extend the work we are doing in class, provide an opportunity to practice previously learned skills, or prepare students for the next day's lesson. Here are some suggestions for making the homework experience successful for your child.

• • In first grade, math homework activities might include working on a problem, playing a game we learned in class, collecting information (from family members) for a data project, or solving a story problem.

• • Children will bring home the materials and directions needed to do homework activities. First graders may need your help and attention in completing these tasks—reading a problem, playing a game, being reminded of directions, and so on.

• • Establish a quiet place to work (whether at home, in an after-school program, or some other place) and a system for bringing homework back and forth to school.

• • Certain materials, such as Primary Number Cards and game directions, will be used again and again throughout the year. Because they will be sent home only once, please help your child find a safe place to store their math materials—maybe in a math folder, an envelope, or a shoe box—so that he or she can easily locate and use them when needed. If your child regularly does homework in more than one place, we can talk about how to obtain the necessary materials for each place.

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