Eureka Math Homework Helper

Please take note:  Math homework can be solved using ANY  strategy.  Use what works best for your family.  Below you will find a video to help with homework following the Eureka Program.

Please use this link to get to Eureka Math's website for Parent Support.  There is a ton of resources there, including more videos and specific helpers that go with each lesson.

Welcome Back:)

It's hard to believe we've already completed the second week of school!  At this point we're fully immersed in our second grade curriculum.

Reading
We've started our Journeys Unit with the story Henry and Mudge (a great series if you're looking for a good read for your student).  We're focusing on putting the story events in order, known as Sequence of Events.  You can support this work at home by asking:
"What happened first in the story?  Next?  How did the story end?"

Writing
We're learning to look at our world through writers eyes...always with the thought in mind that that could be a great story!  We're writing about small moments or seed stories...stories that have actually happened to the student but are a snippet of time (minutes instead of hours or days).  Support this by pointing out things that happen in your students life that they could write about.  For example:
                           The night the air conditioner broke and we were so hot!
                            The walk to school in the morning.

Math
We have begun a pilot program that the district is trying out, called Eureka Math.  We began this new program by learning about number bonds and adding ones, then tens in problems such as 43+6=...we looked for an easy problem to solve first such as 3+6=9 and then added the tens to get our answer of 43.

Watch the video below for an idea of how we're doing this.  This is not  homework that the students had, but simply an example of how we're solving problems right now.

Follow this link to see a newsletter from another district that gives you the terminology, vocabulary, and examples of what we're doing in this Module for the next few weeks.

Social Studies
Our student teacher, Ms. Berback, has been teaching the students about cardinal directions (North, South, East, and West).  Ask them about playing Simon Says with directions!!