Summer Assignments from Mrs. Wall

 Hi Parents and Guardians of future 2nd graders!

I'm looking forward to meeting you all in August and enjoying a great year of learning with your children. 

Reviewing 1st grade skills over the summer will help reinforce what your children learned this past school year and will help prepare them for 2nd grade. I'm asking for your help to make sure your child completes assignments for RQ and IXL during the summer break. 

Read n Quiz (RQ): Please have your child read and test over 2 books over the summer. I'm not assigning a minimal reading level for each child, but please do not allow your child read a book below level 1.0.

IXL: Please have your child work on any unfinished Math and Language Arts sections of 1st grade IXL (NOT 2nd grade!) Check to make sure he/she reaches a Smartscore of at least 80 on each section, but if you'd like your child to work beyond that, please do so. 

Addition and Subtraction flash cards: if your child struggles with quickly recalling basic math facts, please practice addition and subtraction facts with flash cards at least once a week. You may also want to check out XtraMath for online practice.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. I'll be checking my email over the break. Thank you for helping get your child ready for 2nd grade!

Melanie Wall 

2nd grade

St. Ann Catholic School