www.ixl.com
Math Homework Website
Students will be required to practice math a minimum of 20 minutes/week at home. I will do my best to make recommendations on what students should be working on, based on what we are working on in class. Students should look for the starred skills for these recommendations. Login information will be sent home the first week or two of school.
www.powerspelling.com
This is the link to a website that provides an optional spelling practice option.
www.arbookfind.com
This is the link to a website for checking which books are AR (Accelerated Reading) and what levels they are.
It also provides a way to search by title, theme, or level for a book to interest your child.
Quick Search Instructions/Help Page (click for the link)
Advanced Search Instructions/Help Page (click for the link)
How-to Video for using arbookfind.com (click for the link)
IL = Interest Level (LG = Lower Grades; MG = Middle Grades; UG = Upper Grades)
BL = Book Level
Example: BL 3.2 means that the book is appropriate for students who are reading at a 3rd grade, 2nd month
level. We take the STAR test (computer-based, adaptive reading test) every 6-8 weeks to give us information about
students' reading levels to help with choosing books for each child. Please keep in mind that the STAR test is
just one snapshot of information that we use to best help each student with his/her reading.
AR Pts. = AR Points possible if a child achieves a 100% on his/her quiz. If a student gets less than 100%, he/she will get a
percentage of the total points possible.
Example: If a book is worth 3.0 points and a student gets an 80% on the AR quiz, he/she will earn 80% of the
3.0 AR Points, or 2.4 points, for that quiz.
The number of points possible for each book is determined by Renaissance, the creator of AR, and that number is
determined by the difficulty and length of the book
NOTE: If you still have questions, please feel free to contact me for more information.