According to ExploreLearning, Reflex Math is the world's most effective math fact fluency system available to students in grades two-eight. The Immaculate Conception students participating in the grant program for the school year, have access to Reflex Math anywhere there is an internet connection.
Two teachers at Immaculate Conception School in Annandale, Suzanne Hoffman, a second grade teacher and Robin Bloom, a fifth grade teacher, have been awarded a Reflex Math Learning Grant for the 2015-2016 school year. Pictured is Suzanne Hoffman with a student. (courtesy photo) Two teachers at Immaculate Conception School in Annandale have been awarded a Reflex Math Learning Grant for the 2015-2016 school year. Suzanne Hoffman, second grade teacher, and Robin Bloom, fifth grade teacher, were awarded the grant after applying for the ExploreLearning grant in September. The teachers were chosen from more than 2000 applicants in New Jersey.
According to ExploreLearning, Reflex Math is the world's most effective math fact fluency system available to students in grades two-eight. The Immaculate Conception students participating in the grant program for the school year, have access to Reflex Math anywhere there is an internet connection. They use personal login codes and passwords to access their individualized fact practice games both at school and at home on computers and iPads. Their progress and success in fact mastery is monitored by the teachers and used to support their differentiated math experiences in the classroom.
The teachers are thrilled with the progress their students are making. Suzanne Hoffman states, "The students are engaged and so excited when it's Reflex time in our classroom. Their math fact fluency is getting stronger every day. They are able to quickly recall the basic addition and subtraction facts needed to solve many of the real-world problems we encounter in math." Robin Bloom, too, sees great results. According to Bloom, "I love Reflex. My students are excited to learn every day. Fluency of multiplication and division facts is essential in every mathematical concept going forward."
Immaculate Conception School in Annandale is a 2013 Blue Ribbon School of Academic Excellence and the only Catholic School in Hunterdon County. The school offers a rigorous academic program seeking to foster in each student spiritual growth, academic excellence and moral integrity.
The school is currently accepting registration for the 2016-17 school year. For more information or to take a tour, please contact the school office at 908-735-6334 or visit the school website at www.icsannandale.org.