Family Engagement Irving ISD
April 13, 2020 * Newsletter
Dear Families,
As we begin week 4 of “Learning-at-Home” we hope that you and your family are settled into a routine for learning and for spending quality family time together. This week we are sharing with you additional activities and strategies for coping with the stresses of our current situation, as well as some easy and entertaining math activities for you and your kids!
We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future newsletters.
We are here for you!
Erin Yacho and Liesl Payne
eyacho@irvingisd.net lpayne@irvingisd.net
Parent & Family Engagement Coordinators
Irving ISD
Let's make this a great week. We challenge you and your family to complete all of these activities this week.
Tuesday: Write about a special memory with a family member and hide it somewhere in the house. Give them clues throughout the day to help them find it.
Wednesday: Send someone outside of your family a text or give them a call to let them know you appreciate them.
Thursday: Take a gratitude walk where you live and find 5 things you are each thankful for.
Friday: Play a game with the family. (Check out games you can play with playing cards and dice below!)
During this time of "at-home learning", we encourage you to share stories with your family about your ancestors and possible struggles that they endured. A good question to ask yourself is, "How could we make our ancestors proud?".
You might also have your child call other relatives if possible and ask them to share stories. Write these stories down as a family in a journal so that your children will always have these "treasures".
Let's Get Back to the Basics!
A great way to help your children at home is helping them practice Math fact fluency. For our early elementary students this means knowing simple addition and subtraction facts; as our children enter higher grades, they need to know their multiplication facts from memory. Math fact fluency is an essential tool for math problem solving.
See the following link for fun games that can be played with a deck of cards and start building your fact fluency today!!