March Newsletter

Our students at Clinton Elementary are taking enormous leaps in their learning. Those students who have struggled with learning are starting to take off. Students are reading fluently and with expression. Others are becoming math masters with their addition and subtraction facts. All of these accomplishments are due to all the work done at school and at home since the start of the school year.

Let us keep the growth going, with the coordinated efforts between home and school teaching our children how to be responsible and how repeated practice helps us grow. Remember to read to/with your child each night and practice their math facts. They also need to see how much the adults in their lives value the practice needed to grow as a reader and math student.

Thank you for your continued support at home!

Mrs. K. McCartan

Hello March! The calendar might say spring but oftentimes March feels a lot like winter but muddier. I found the following website https://buffalo.kidsoutandabout.com/ with fun ideas to keep our kiddos busy here in Buffalo. I especially love the Buffalo Favs section which gives lots of great ideas for weekends and school breaks. Don't forget to check out the Free section to see what you can do with the kids on a budget. Enjoy and hopefully we'll see the sun again soon!

Children learn math best through activities that encourage them to:

• explore

• solve problems using information they have gathered themselves

• explain how they reached their solutions

Children learn better when they can connect math concepts and procedures to their own experience.

What tips can I use to help my child?

Be positive about math!

• Let your child know that everyone can learn math.

• Let your child know that you think math is important and fun.

• Point out the ways in which different family members use math in their jobs.

• Be positive about your own math abilities. Try to avoid saying "I was never good at math" or "I never liked math".

• Encourage your child to be persistent if a problem seems difficult.

• Praise your child when he or she makes an effort, and share in the excitement when he or she solves a problem or understands something for the first time.