Parent support in their child's education in a key for success. This site offers information and links to topics and strategies that parents can use which enhance school success for their child.

Houghton Mifflin offers this site to parents to use as a reference when there are questions about our math lessons and homework. There are buttons that offer demonstrations of the concepts, a glossary, as well as ideas for activities and stories you can do and read at home to reinforce your child's math learning.

An article that outlines the research on fact fluency. It also points out two strategies that we are using- Making 10 and Doubles- when adding or working with our facts. This is the article I talked about on Math Night.

Translate your child's Oral Reading Fluency score or find books that are at your child's Lexile level.

(The NWEA/MAP tests give a Lexile level for your child.)

A discussion about bullying and what you can do with and for your child.

An organization's website devoted to Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Offers information about what AD/HD is, tips for managing it more successfully, as well as supportive articles and research about related issues and questions or concerns parents may have about AD/HD.

A link to the MN Dept. of Ed website and the Minnesota Standards document for Language Arts K-12. It begins with Kindergarten so page through the pdf document to find the standards specific to 3rd graders.

A link to the Minnesota Dept. of Ed web page and the Minnesota Standards for Mathematics pdf document. It begins with Kindergarten, so page through until you find the 3rd grade standards.

A site for parents, kids and teens with information on health, wellness, nutrition, safety and medications. There are recipes for nutritious snacks and for cooking with kids. Great place to look for health and wellness information.

Articles and ideas with links to other features such as fruit or veggie calculators, information about asthma, family activity ideas and much more.