Hi Everyone,

I hope everyone is staying safe and sanitized this first week of our Covid inspired classroom! I am going to be sending out lessons once a week for parents to explore with their students. These lessons should take anywhere from 15 minutes to half an hour and are to be practiced TWICE a week. Lessons will usually revolve around various websites since finding free software that works on both Microsoft Windows and Mac OSX can be a little tricky.

For the first week please navigate to the website:

https://www.starfall.com/h/math1/

Here your child can practice their addition, subtraction and base 10 skills with colorful graphics and a wonderful digital interface. Please make sure that they practice all of the following lessons on this page:

1. Addition <=10

2. Subtraction <=20

3. Add and Subtract

4. Compose and Decompose

5. Base Ten Practice

6. Coin Monkey

You may have to allow Flash to run on your web browser before you can access some activities. If you need help with this, please email me and I’ll help you get it working.

If you have never been here before then you are in for a treat! This is an exceptional website that focuses on reading, math and mouse and keyboard usage. If you have already downloaded the Starfall app on a touchscreen device, please allow your student to work on the website on a desktop computer so that they will also be developing mouse and keyboard skills.

We will be visiting Starfall several times throughout the semester and after they complete this lesson feel free to let your student explore all of the wonderful pages that this website has to offer! There is a paid version of this website that unlocks many more activities if you feel that Starfall is a benefit to you student's education.