Important Dates and Updates

November 2- Early Release, Parent/Teacher Conferences. Dismissal at 12:50. You should receive a reminder from Signup Genius if you scheduled a conference through this site.   November 8- No school for students -Teacher In-Service Day November 11- No school, Veteran's Day

If your child fills up one page in their RAH reading log, they will receive two stickers for their bucket.  If your child has a longer book that takes a few nights to read, have him/her log pages or chapters each night on the log so that they get reading credit for their hard work.   Please have your child leave all toys at home.  This has become a distraction for many students during the school day.  If they attend SAFE and bring toys for that program, please remind them to leave the toys in their backpack and not show them to classmates.  Thank you for your support! We are in need of more foaming hand soap.  Unscented is best if you can find it.  Thank you for your donation. We wash our hands at least three times a day and the foaming soap allows us to scrub in line while waiting for the sink.

Last week, your child was introduced to a website called IXL. IXL is a comprehensive learning program offering unlimited math practice problems in thousands of skills—all of which are aligned to New Hampshire Standards. One of the best things about IXL is that your child can access it from home, so you have a chance to see your child's progress! 

To get your child started on your home computer, please follow these easy steps:

1. Go to https://www.IXL.com/signin/stratham
2. Enter your child's username and password in the upper right corner and click the button to sign in. 
   Your child's username:
   first letter of first name and last name@stratham 
   example: jhackett@stratham
   Your child's password: sms
3. Click on math and navigate to your child's grade level.
4. Select a specific skill to practice from the list of skills. You can hover over any skill to see a sample question.  Then, click on the link to begin.

In addition to making practice exciting, IXL is designed to help your child learn at his or her own pace. The program is adaptive and will adjust based on your child's demonstrated understanding of the material. All of your child's results will be saved, so you can monitor his or her progress anytime by clicking on the Analyticstab at the top of the page. For on-the-go practice, you can download IXL's free tablet apps for iPad, Android, or Kindle and sign in with your child's username and password.

Specific skills will be posted periodically for your child to practice at home. Logging onto IXL is optional homework for your child.  However, I do highly encourage your child to spend some time at home on IXL.  Over the years, I have seen a direct correlation between confidence with math skills and stronger number sense with practicing IXL at home/school.