First Day of Homework!

Happy Monday!
 
Today, your child will be assigned his or her first homework assignment! If you look in your child's purple homework folder, you will see an agenda with today's assignment on it. The homework assignment should also be in the folder. If for any reason you ever have to print out a new homework page, you can! You simply need to access ThinkCentral. (Directions below).

Here are some tips to getting homework done in third grade:

• Set up a space for your child to complete his or her homework. Make sure there are as few distractions as possible. In front of the TV is not a great place!!
• Designate a time for homework every night. Maybe it's before dinner, after dinner, or right when they get home. Being predictable with a schedule will really help!
• Help them and check their work! Many parents see this as "cheating," but all I care about is that they are learning the material.

 
The great thing about ThinkCentral, is that our literacy and math curriculum are on there. Here are some instructions for how to access ThinkCentral:

 

 

At Home Connection for Families: How to Access Think Central (Math Expressions & Journeys) from Home
1.       Go to Think Central   www.thinkcentral.com
2.       Click on either Reading & Language Arts or Mathematics
3.       Click on either the Math Expression logo or Journeys logo.  It doesn’t matter what one, after logging in you will have access to both.
4.       To log on your name is your student ID number and password is password.   Username:  6-digit number (student specific) Password:  password   *The first time that you login you will need to choose State (Washington), District (Bellevue) and School (Phantom Lake).  But, if you check “Remember my information” it will be saved on your computer and you will not have to enter the information again.
5.       After logging in successfully you will see the screen to the right.  Click on MY LIBRARY to access resources.
6.       In your library you will see the following resources:   ·         Journeys Practice Book ·         Journeys Student eBook ·         Journeys Family Connection ·         Math Expressions Activity Book   Click on a book cover to access the materials in the book.
The following directions will assist you in printing Math Expressions Homework and Remembering pages.
7.       Click on the cover of the Math Expression book that you are currently using (volume 1 or 2).
8.       Use the green “previous or next” arrow buttons to navigate through your math book to get to your current lesson OR click on the lesson in the Contents.
9.       Once you find the lesson that you need the homework for, click on the Resources dropdown menu.    You will then be able to click on either Homework, Remembering or another resource.
10.   When the page appears, click print.

 I'll send this as a hard copy as there are pictures that go with the directions, but I have no idea how to get them to show up!

 

Happy Homeworking!!

 

-Mrs. McGaffey