Happy New Year! Welcome to 2025!
January 2025 Newsletter Welcome to the New Year 2025! We hope everyone had a fabulous winter break! As you start the new year, here are some ideas to ease students back: Review and Reset the Routine Use what worked in the fall and change the things that did not work. What did your students positively respond to? Bring more of that strategy into your instruction during the new year. What did they struggle with? Spend some time reviewing the processes and make the necessary changes. Set new goals Share new expectations and encourage students to set personal goals. Help your students succeed by explaining your expectations. Teach them how to set personal goals and give them direction on how to achieve them. Engage in Community Discussion Have your students share experiences from their break that relate to your topic of instruction. Bring math into it. Have your younger students calculate how often they did something during the break, such as eating a cookie, sledding, watching a holiday movie, etc. Then, have them double the number. For older students, have them calculate the ratio of how many days they slept in to the number of days they were off school. Incorporate Fun and Engaging Activities Bring something new to ‘ordinary’ learning activities. For example, when playing math card games, incorporate physical activities. Here are some ways you can bring physical activity into gameplay: -Turn your math card games into relay races -Have students practice even and odd numbers by incorporating hopscotch: hop on one foot for an odd number, hop on two feet for an even number. -For games such as Swim to Ten, make a large game board on the floor and have the students become the game markers We are here for you As you get back into your routine, don’t forget that we are here to support you all year long. If you find yourself behind schedule or fresh out of ideas, reach out! We’re here to help make this school year a great success! Sincerely, Your RightStart Math partners, Teresa, Rachel, Maren, and Kathleen
Math Facts: Fun, Games, & Discounts
December 2024 Newsletter Keep math fun during the winter break! Everyone looks forward to winter break, but we also don’t want our students to lose the progress they’ve made this year. You can keep math fun even as your students develop fact fluency by sending them home with fun Winter-Themed Bingo Cards that encourage continued practice over the break. Get creative! Use these fun Bingo Cards to spark a little friendly competition over the winter break as you encourage a fun way to practice math facts. Give them goals to achieve during the break with a promised award for those who achieve those goals. Then, when January rolls around, consider having a celebration or party as they share their achievements with one another in class! If your parents do not have the Math Card Games Kit, we are offering a special holiday discount of 10% off the kit. The code they will need to use is: PAR24MCG10. This code is for parents and teachers who want to purchase the Math Card Games Kit. Make sure to place your order before December 31st, 2024, though! Because that is when the discount code expires. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re here to help make this school year a great success! Sincerely, Your RightStart Math partners, Teresa, Rachel, Maren, and Kathleen
