Dear Howard Parents and Students,
For those of you that have previously used the Middle School math
packets, this year's packets will look a little different. Rather than
assigning students a particular packet to work on based on their math
group, this year we have decided to send home two complementary packets.
The intention is for students to work on problems from either packet
for approximately 20 minutes at a time, and to only do the problems that
the student feels is attainable. Parents and tutors are welcome to help
students when they are struggling, but the goal is to maintain existing
skills and increase fact fluency, rather than master new material.
Both of the packets start off with addition and subtraction. The red
packet starts out with addition and subtraction computation, and the
blue packet begins with word problems that utilize addition and
subtraction. Parents are encouraged to consider their child's comfort
level with word problems when determining which entry point is most
appropriate.
The packets can be download from the Howard School Math Lab blog by
clicking here (Red Packet and Blue Packet) and clicking on the Blue and Red summer math
packet links respectively.
Please feel free to contact Nick Ray at nray@howardschool.org if you have any questions or concerns.
Have a great summer!
Mr. Ray
