Assalamu Alaykom,
Dear
Parent/Caregiver:
Over
the next three weeks, your child will be working with numbers from 0 to 1000. The
student will represent and describe numbers such as 894 in a variety of ways
and situations. Relationships among numbers and among digits in numbers will be
emphasized as students rename, round, compare, and order numbers, explore number
patterns, and develop number sense. Your child will also work with money to estimate,
count, and write money amounts up to $10 and work with bills up to $100.
Throughout
this time, you and your child can practise some at-home activities such as the
following:
•
You and your child can play a game using two sets of number cards labelled 0 to
9. Shuffle the cards and, without looking, choose 2 cards to form a 2-digit number.
Ask your child to say the number, and to write the number in expanded form
using numbers and words. For example, 75 can be made from two cards numbered 7
and 5. In expanded form, it is written as 70 + 5 and in expanded form with
words, it is 7 tens 5 ones. After your child has had lots of practise with 2-digit
numbers, you can play the same game with 3-digit numbers, using three sets of
numbered cards.
•
Say aloud various 2- and 3-digit numbers and ask your child to find the cards
to make the numbers.
•
Choose a book with a large number of pages. Open the book to a random page and
ask your child to tell you the numbers 1 greater than, 1 less than, 10 greater than,
and 10 less than the page number.
•
Your child can count out the amount of money required when making a purchase in
a store with you.
You
may want to visit the Nelson Web site at www.mathk8.nelson.com
for more suggestions to help your child learn mathematics and for books that
relate children’s literature to numbers up to 1000. Also check the Web site for
links to other Web sites that provide online tutorials, math problems, and
brainteasers.
If
your child is using the Nelson
Mathematics 3 Workbook, pages 9 to 18 belong to Chapter 2. There is a page
of practice questions for each of the 9 lessons in the chapter and a Test
Yourself page at the end. If your child requires assistance, you can refer to the
At-Home Help section on each Workbook page.
