We had such a fabulous day in first grade!!! I have changed a couple of things about our reading program and I have to say the students did great and adapted very well.
Reading: This week we are focusing on the sun and Earth and how they impact one another. We will be reading text about activities that happen during the different seasons as well as continuing to study the reason for the seasons. We have different sight words that I will be sending out tomorrow so you can study those at home.
As far as the phonics, we have four different groups studying four different skills depending on what your student specifically needs.
Writing: We continue to study nouns and proper nouns during class. Students are starting to notice both in everything that we read. Please encourage your students to look for these words in their reading at home!
Math: Numbers to 20, numbers to 20, numbers to 20!!! Once again we continue to look at the fundamentals of our numbers up to 20. Our focus is on place value and what truly makes up a number. Last week I included a website to help students master their place value skills. Take some time to look at this website with your student.
**Reminders**
-DEARABBY and math logs due Friday
-Celebrations of Success from 12:00-12:30 on Friday, November 4th
10.31.2011
10.28.2011
Friday, October 28th
Here we are again at the end of yet another week. I have many, many items to share with you all today as well as some reminders for the following week.
Creative Writing: Today we had a writing workshop where we focused on the writing skills we have learned this year. The important skills we worked on included capitalizing all words at the beginning of sentences and including punctuation at the end of a sentence. We have been studying nocturnal animals and today we read a fictional story about a baby bat and her journey to find her mother. On the way she finds a family of birds and tries to live with them but notices quickly that birds and bats are very different. After we listened to the story, the students were asked the following question: Would you rather be a bird or a bat? Why?
Listen to the podcasts to find out what we thought!
Pretty cool, huh?!
Friday Spotlight: This is something new that I am going to implement in order to share out some of the great things your students are doing and learning in class. Each Friday I will choose 3 students to share something they have learned with the class. Students may choose to read a page out of a challenging book, they may choose to read some sight words, they may choose to read the shared reading, they may choose to complete a challenging math problem, etc. I will be video recording these Friday Spotlights and posting them on our classroom website. Be on the lookout-your student could be the star!!!
**Reminders**
-DEARABBY, Math Log, and Spelling Words went home today in O.W.L binders
-Report Cards will be coming out soon-stayed tuned to find out when!
-Celebrations of Success will be on Friday, November 4th at 12:00
Creative Writing: Today we had a writing workshop where we focused on the writing skills we have learned this year. The important skills we worked on included capitalizing all words at the beginning of sentences and including punctuation at the end of a sentence. We have been studying nocturnal animals and today we read a fictional story about a baby bat and her journey to find her mother. On the way she finds a family of birds and tries to live with them but notices quickly that birds and bats are very different. After we listened to the story, the students were asked the following question: Would you rather be a bird or a bat? Why?
Listen to the podcasts to find out what we thought!
Pretty cool, huh?!
Friday Spotlight: This is something new that I am going to implement in order to share out some of the great things your students are doing and learning in class. Each Friday I will choose 3 students to share something they have learned with the class. Students may choose to read a page out of a challenging book, they may choose to read some sight words, they may choose to read the shared reading, they may choose to complete a challenging math problem, etc. I will be video recording these Friday Spotlights and posting them on our classroom website. Be on the lookout-your student could be the star!!!
**Reminders**
-DEARABBY, Math Log, and Spelling Words went home today in O.W.L binders
-Report Cards will be coming out soon-stayed tuned to find out when!
-Celebrations of Success will be on Friday, November 4th at 12:00
10.27.2011
Thursday, October 27th
I can not even believe tomorrow is Friday! This week has gone by faster than any other probably because we have been so busy in the classroom. I have had such a great time meeting with all of you to discuss your student's progress. It has been so nice to get the opportunity to talk about next steps together as well as talk about all of the wonderful things your little ones are doing in class.
Day and Night: After meeting with some of you this week I have realized that our "trip to outer space" was a big hit this week. Earlier this week we took a trip in our imaginary spaceship to view the Earth and the Sun from outer space. Together we discussed how the world turns, or rotates, on its axis and how this movement creates day and night. Today we discuss the different seasons and touched upon the reason we have our seasons.
Powerpoints: We continue to work on our nocturnal animal powerpoints. The students are really working hard and have really taken ownership over their projects. I can not wait to share this project with everyone- I think you will be very impressed!
Math: Right now we are really diving into place value and number sense. We are looking at numbers from 10-20 and discussing what each digit actually means (ex: in the number 17 we have 1 group of ten and 7 ones). What an important concept to understand! Check out the following website with your student to practice place value: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/games/place_the_penguin/big_sound/full.shtml
Wishlist Item: I would like to start sending some books home with your students that I KNOW they can read. I would greatly appreciate any gallon size plastic bags to help me with this project. More to come on this...
Tomorrow is Friday!!!
Day and Night: After meeting with some of you this week I have realized that our "trip to outer space" was a big hit this week. Earlier this week we took a trip in our imaginary spaceship to view the Earth and the Sun from outer space. Together we discussed how the world turns, or rotates, on its axis and how this movement creates day and night. Today we discuss the different seasons and touched upon the reason we have our seasons.
Powerpoints: We continue to work on our nocturnal animal powerpoints. The students are really working hard and have really taken ownership over their projects. I can not wait to share this project with everyone- I think you will be very impressed!
Math: Right now we are really diving into place value and number sense. We are looking at numbers from 10-20 and discussing what each digit actually means (ex: in the number 17 we have 1 group of ten and 7 ones). What an important concept to understand! Check out the following website with your student to practice place value: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/games/place_the_penguin/big_sound/full.shtml
Wishlist Item: I would like to start sending some books home with your students that I KNOW they can read. I would greatly appreciate any gallon size plastic bags to help me with this project. More to come on this...
Tomorrow is Friday!!!
10.25.2011
Tuesday, October 25th
What a beautiful couple of days we have had recently. The kids and I have been enjoying the weather and the incerdible changes taking place just outside our window...Fall is such an intersting season. Speaking of seasons, this is our unit of study this week.
Reading: This week in reading we are focusing on asking and answering what, why, where, when, and who questions before, during, and after we read. We are reading a variety of fiction and nonfiction texts on changing seasons and the things that occur during different seasons. Today we read a book, Time to Sleep, and discussed "hibernation" and what animals hibernate during the winter season.
Our phonics study this week is the silent e, long vowel combination (made, gave, gate,etc.) We are noticing these words everywhere! As you read with your student at home be sure to incorporate looking for words with this pattern.
We are still working on our powerpoint presentations on nocturnal animals. The students are doing such a fabulous job- I just can't wait to share their work with all of you. Coming soon!
Math: We took the pretest for Numbers to 20 today in math. Make sure you are continuing to work on the addition and subtraction facts to 10 as this will help students greatly during this unit. Today we played a number memory match game using words and numbers.
Reminders:
*DEARABBY, Math Log, Spelling Test Friday
Reading: This week in reading we are focusing on asking and answering what, why, where, when, and who questions before, during, and after we read. We are reading a variety of fiction and nonfiction texts on changing seasons and the things that occur during different seasons. Today we read a book, Time to Sleep, and discussed "hibernation" and what animals hibernate during the winter season.
Our phonics study this week is the silent e, long vowel combination (made, gave, gate,etc.) We are noticing these words everywhere! As you read with your student at home be sure to incorporate looking for words with this pattern.
We are still working on our powerpoint presentations on nocturnal animals. The students are doing such a fabulous job- I just can't wait to share their work with all of you. Coming soon!
Math: We took the pretest for Numbers to 20 today in math. Make sure you are continuing to work on the addition and subtraction facts to 10 as this will help students greatly during this unit. Today we played a number memory match game using words and numbers.
Reminders:
*DEARABBY, Math Log, Spelling Test Friday
10.24.2011
Sight Words
Our sight words for this week are the following:
made
green
gave
five
don't
its
goes
found
first
fast
Please make sure you review these words at home with your student! If your student is having trouble with sight words, I suggest making flashcards at home and placing them around the house; a place that is easily accesible by all. Some places to think about posting the words: on the wall by your student's bed, on a mirror that your student uses, on the refirigerator in the kitchen, etc. The more your students sees these words, the quicker they will learn them.
Along with using flashcards, familiarize yourself with the words as well! This way when one of the words comes up in text you can point it out to your student.
made
green
gave
five
don't
its
goes
found
first
fast
Please make sure you review these words at home with your student! If your student is having trouble with sight words, I suggest making flashcards at home and placing them around the house; a place that is easily accesible by all. Some places to think about posting the words: on the wall by your student's bed, on a mirror that your student uses, on the refirigerator in the kitchen, etc. The more your students sees these words, the quicker they will learn them.
Along with using flashcards, familiarize yourself with the words as well! This way when one of the words comes up in text you can point it out to your student.
10.21.2011
Friday, October 21st
Reading: Today we continued our study of fiction/nonfiction books. We discussed features that are usually found in nonfictin text such as photos, captions, and vocabulary words. We read a nonfiction article on owls and learned a lot of cool new information.
New spelling words were sent home today in your students take home folders. Study these over the weekend- the pretest will be on Monday. If your student receives a 100% they do not have to take the test again on Friday!
Math: This week we have really focused on the relationship between addition and subtraction through fact families. Overall, the students have done very well. The only fact family that continues to confuse students is any with a 0 (5,0,5: 5 + 0 = 5; 0 + 5 = 5; 5 - 0 = 5; 5 - 5 = 0). I try to send home a short graded assessment each day- check this to find out how to help your little one!
Science/Writing: We have been working sooooo hard on our nocturnal animals research projects. Almost every group is done with the writing portion of the project so now we are one to creating the powerpoints-FUN! I will be posting the projects as students finish.
Reminders:
**Spelling, DEARABBY, Math Log due on Friday
New spelling words were sent home today in your students take home folders. Study these over the weekend- the pretest will be on Monday. If your student receives a 100% they do not have to take the test again on Friday!
Math: This week we have really focused on the relationship between addition and subtraction through fact families. Overall, the students have done very well. The only fact family that continues to confuse students is any with a 0 (5,0,5: 5 + 0 = 5; 0 + 5 = 5; 5 - 0 = 5; 5 - 5 = 0). I try to send home a short graded assessment each day- check this to find out how to help your little one!
Science/Writing: We have been working sooooo hard on our nocturnal animals research projects. Almost every group is done with the writing portion of the project so now we are one to creating the powerpoints-FUN! I will be posting the projects as students finish.
Reminders:
**Spelling, DEARABBY, Math Log due on Friday
10.20.2011
Nocturnal Animals
This week we have been reading and writing about nocturnal animals. The students have begun a special research project that will be finished within the next week or so (hopefully)! Each student was given a partner and a specific nocturnal animal. The students have been using books and the internet to research and answer important questions on their animal. Once the research is done, the students will be creating powerpoints/podcasts on their special animals. I will be posting the projects as the student finish...so keep an eye out for them on the blog!
Reminders:
**DEARABBY due tomorrow
**New spelling words go out tomorrow
Reminders:
**DEARABBY due tomorrow
**New spelling words go out tomorrow
10.18.2011
Tuesday, October 18th
I hope everyone had a GREAT Fall Break! I forgot to send out the spelling list yesterday so we will just start that up next week. I will be sending home some sight word lists this week in your student OWL binders.
Reading: This week our unit of study is focused on nocturnal animals. All of our reading this week will revolve around this unit. The following is our shared reading for the week:
Along with the nocturnal animals theme we are also comparing and contrasting fiction and nonfiction text. This is something very simple to keep in mind when reading with your student at home. Discuss the genre of the book they are reading and ask them how they know! Please know that it is very, very important for students to read nonfiction text. Try to keep a supply of child-friendly magazines or articles around for your student to read.
This week we continue or study of syllables and breaking up and chunking words. I am so impressed with the student's abilities to break up a word into a syllables!
Math: Last week we finished our subtraction unit. I will be sending home the graded tests at the end of this week. One concept that I noticed many of the kids struggling with was fact families. We are taking just a bit of time this week to review the relationship between addition and subtraction. We have completed numerous activities using manipulatives this week to help us better understand fact families. Today students worked in pairs with a set of dice to create fact families. Please be on the lookout for homework this week. If the students do not finish their work in class they are expected to finish at home!
Reading: This week our unit of study is focused on nocturnal animals. All of our reading this week will revolve around this unit. The following is our shared reading for the week:
Five nocturnal animals.
Sitting by the door.
The firefly flashed around.
And then there were four.
Four nocturnal animals.
Sitting by the tree.
Beaver left because of bat.
Then there were three.
Three nocturnal animals.
Sat on tractor new.
Bat hung upside down.
Then there were two.
Two nocturnal animals.
Looking for some fun.
Hungry owl caught both mice.
Then there was one.
One nocturnal animal.
Watching for the sun.
Raccoon left before it rose.
Then there was none.Along with the nocturnal animals theme we are also comparing and contrasting fiction and nonfiction text. This is something very simple to keep in mind when reading with your student at home. Discuss the genre of the book they are reading and ask them how they know! Please know that it is very, very important for students to read nonfiction text. Try to keep a supply of child-friendly magazines or articles around for your student to read.
This week we continue or study of syllables and breaking up and chunking words. I am so impressed with the student's abilities to break up a word into a syllables!
Math: Last week we finished our subtraction unit. I will be sending home the graded tests at the end of this week. One concept that I noticed many of the kids struggling with was fact families. We are taking just a bit of time this week to review the relationship between addition and subtraction. We have completed numerous activities using manipulatives this week to help us better understand fact families. Today students worked in pairs with a set of dice to create fact families. Please be on the lookout for homework this week. If the students do not finish their work in class they are expected to finish at home!
10.14.2011
It's Been A While...
Whoa, buddy! I am so sorry I have neglected to update since last Thursday. We have been busier than ever in here and I have just not had the time lately to post. Anyways, let me get some reminders out while I'm on
Gosh, I think that is it! One highlight I want to share from last week is our fun new way to read by ourselves. I have noticed lately that the students are straying away from reading by themselves during station time. Clearly, this makes me very sad because this is such an important thing to help students become better readers. So....on Friday we read by candlelight!!! With a certain spooky holiday coming up I thought it would be fun to try and, boy, did the students love it! We turned off all of the lights, got our book baskets and battery powered candles, and read for 15 minutes straight. I have to say it was pretty magical. I tried to take some pictures, but you can imagine how they turned out with all the lights being out. Take a look (you really can't see anything except for the little speckles of light...ha).
Also, really quickly, I want to share with you what I have been doing over this Fall Break. Yesterday, I decided that it was finally time to organize our classroom library. I was thinking it would take an hour or so, no big deal, right?! Ha, no! It was an all day project but I am so excited about the results. In our classroom the students will now have two seperate libraries to choose from-the Lexile Library and the Genre Library. Let me tell you a little about each one...
Lexile Library-
The Lexile Library is basically a leveled reader library. Below you can see the books are leveled from A-Z. After meeting with me in small group, students will be sent to the Lexile Library to pick a "just right" book. It is so very important that students read on their level or a tad higher, otherwise it is unlikely they are actually getting anything from the book.
Genre Library-
As a teacher I believe it is very important to have students reading on their level, but I also KNOW it is just as important to give students the opportunity to read books of their choice. There will be time for CHOICE using the Genre Library. In this part of the library books are simply sorted by fiction and nonfiction. During STAR time students may choose books from this library to read.
That is all for now. See you bright and early on Monday!!!
- Fall Conferences start this Monday. If you have not yet signed up please follow the directions from this link to do so: http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/112345645434654085
- Spelling Words will go out on Monday this week. We did not have spelling words this week due to Fall Break :)!
- We finished our unit on Subtraction this week. Test scores will be going home next week. I may also be sending home some homework next week...be on the lookout...nothing horrible I promise!
Gosh, I think that is it! One highlight I want to share from last week is our fun new way to read by ourselves. I have noticed lately that the students are straying away from reading by themselves during station time. Clearly, this makes me very sad because this is such an important thing to help students become better readers. So....on Friday we read by candlelight!!! With a certain spooky holiday coming up I thought it would be fun to try and, boy, did the students love it! We turned off all of the lights, got our book baskets and battery powered candles, and read for 15 minutes straight. I have to say it was pretty magical. I tried to take some pictures, but you can imagine how they turned out with all the lights being out. Take a look (you really can't see anything except for the little speckles of light...ha).
Also, really quickly, I want to share with you what I have been doing over this Fall Break. Yesterday, I decided that it was finally time to organize our classroom library. I was thinking it would take an hour or so, no big deal, right?! Ha, no! It was an all day project but I am so excited about the results. In our classroom the students will now have two seperate libraries to choose from-the Lexile Library and the Genre Library. Let me tell you a little about each one...
Lexile Library-
The Lexile Library is basically a leveled reader library. Below you can see the books are leveled from A-Z. After meeting with me in small group, students will be sent to the Lexile Library to pick a "just right" book. It is so very important that students read on their level or a tad higher, otherwise it is unlikely they are actually getting anything from the book.
Genre Library-
As a teacher I believe it is very important to have students reading on their level, but I also KNOW it is just as important to give students the opportunity to read books of their choice. There will be time for CHOICE using the Genre Library. In this part of the library books are simply sorted by fiction and nonfiction. During STAR time students may choose books from this library to read.
That is all for now. See you bright and early on Monday!!!
10.06.2011
All About Frogs
Well, we did a lot in class today but I am only going to share out one very special thing that we did in science. Today we learned a little bit more about frogs and their intersting life cycle. We created a short podcast to tell everyone what we learned about the life of a frog. Check it out!
Reminders:
**DEARABBY and Murphy Math Logs are due TOMORROW!
**Conferences start the week of October 17th. Please sign up on volunteerspot as soon as possible...spaces are filling up fast!
Reminders:
**DEARABBY and Murphy Math Logs are due TOMORROW!
**Conferences start the week of October 17th. Please sign up on volunteerspot as soon as possible...spaces are filling up fast!
10.05.2011
Wednesday, October 5th
We have just had a delightful day in our classroom. Thank you to everyone who has already signed up for a conference on volunteerspot. If you have not done so yet, you can find the link on yesterdays blog, or on your e-mail.
Reading: This week we have been focusing on monitoring our comprehension. Students are learning how important it is to think while you read. In order to help us tap into those inner voices today we made "thinking caps" and, believe it or not, they actually worked :)! After we made the thinking caps, we practiced using them while we read Frog and Toad Are Friends. As we read we recorded our inner thoughts on chart paper. I have to say the students are getting pretty good at listening to their inner voices while they read!
In our phonics study we made "sh" and "th" words out of playdoh. Check it out!
Math: Today we got to play a bunch of really neat subtraction games. One of the games we played was a partner match game. Each student was given a subtraction number sentence. Without talking the student had to find the person in the class that had a different subtraction sentence with a matching answer (ex: 6-5; 8-7)We are continuing to go over all the different ways to solve a subtraction problem. We will be taking the subtraction test next week so make sure you are going over those facts.
Science: We are currently learning about amphibians, with a focus on frogs and toads. Today in science we read about frogs and toads while using our thinking caps. We have decided that frogs and toads are pretty interesting animals!
Reminders:
**Fall Break is next Thursday and Friday!
**Sign up for conferences when you get the chance
Reading: This week we have been focusing on monitoring our comprehension. Students are learning how important it is to think while you read. In order to help us tap into those inner voices today we made "thinking caps" and, believe it or not, they actually worked :)! After we made the thinking caps, we practiced using them while we read Frog and Toad Are Friends. As we read we recorded our inner thoughts on chart paper. I have to say the students are getting pretty good at listening to their inner voices while they read!
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| Check out our thinking caps! |
In our phonics study we made "sh" and "th" words out of playdoh. Check it out!
Science: We are currently learning about amphibians, with a focus on frogs and toads. Today in science we read about frogs and toads while using our thinking caps. We have decided that frogs and toads are pretty interesting animals!
Reminders:
**Fall Break is next Thursday and Friday!
**Sign up for conferences when you get the chance
10.04.2011
Conferences
It's time for Fall Conferences! I have set up a sign up sheet online at VolunteerSpot.com. Please follow the directions, look at the times and dates, and choose something that is convenient for you and your family. The conferences will be no longer than 30 minutes! Thanks!
Sign up here!
http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/112345645434654085
Sign up here!
http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/112345645434654085
Tuesday, October 4th
Reading: Today in reading we continued to tap into our inner voices. We read from, Frog and Toad Together, and recorded our thoughts as we went. The students definitely had some intersting thoughts on the book.
Encourage your students to ask, connect, and comment on books as they read them at home. This is such an important piece to understanding a text.
We completed a quick phonics lesson today on "th" words. Students created a list of words with "th" at the begining and "th" at the end.
Math: At this point in the chapter students have learned how to subtract numerous ways including the use of manipulatives (fingers, cubes, etc), the use of pictures, and the use of number bonds. Slowly but surely students are learning their facts. Keep up the good work at home!
Science: Today we continued to work on our "Diary of a Bee" book. The students completed the second page of the book using words, pictures, and captions.
Reminders:
**It is walk to school week!
**DEARABBY and Math Logs due on Friday
We completed a quick phonics lesson today on "th" words. Students created a list of words with "th" at the begining and "th" at the end.
Math: At this point in the chapter students have learned how to subtract numerous ways including the use of manipulatives (fingers, cubes, etc), the use of pictures, and the use of number bonds. Slowly but surely students are learning their facts. Keep up the good work at home!
Science: Today we continued to work on our "Diary of a Bee" book. The students completed the second page of the book using words, pictures, and captions.
Reminders:
**It is walk to school week!
**DEARABBY and Math Logs due on Friday
10.03.2011
Monday, October 3rd
Hello, all! I hope everyone enjoyed this beautiful weekend and found time to relax and rejuvinate for this week. Can you believe it is already October? I can't...the time has just gone by so fast. Today we made our snack calendars for the month of October. This has been working very, very well with the kids...thanks to everyone for your help with this task!
Reading: This week we our big focus is montoring our comprehension through inner conversations. It is so incredibley important for kids to understand how a good reader reads- and a good reader reads by listening to that inner voice while they read. This may seem strange but this is actually quite a complex concept for some of our little guys and girls. Today, I modeled how to REALLY listen to that inner voice while reading a story. I introduced the kids to my special "thinking cap"- this cap helps me tap into those voices so I know I am thinknig while I'm reading. Later this week, students will be getting their very own thinknig caps...woohoo!
The phonics concept we are focusing on this week are the consonant digraphs "sh" and "th". Today we created words with "sh" at the beginning and at the "end" of the word. You will see the spelling words also correlate to this concept. **We took the spelling pretest today. I will be sending those home tomorrow. Remember- if your student gets a 100% on the pretest they do not have to take the test at the end of the week.
Our shared reading for this week is titled "Amphibians", take a look:
AMPHIBIANS
Living in water
or living on land,
Being an amphibian
Must be grand!
If I were a frog,
Salamander or toad,
I would jump in a lake
or crawl on a road.
Living in water
or living on land,
Being an amphibian
Must be grand!
Math: We are still working on our subtraction facts to 10 and, boy, have we come a long way since the beginning of the unit. Today we learned how to use number bonds to create subtraction sentences. Once we figured out how to do this we really got into some complex subtraction problems. Keep an eye out for the math sheet I send home each night. I try to grade student sheets as they finish so you know what they need the most help with. Check out the following math website: http://www.aplusmath.com/. This website has games for your student as well as printable flashcards!
Science: This week we are learning about amphibians. We will specifically study the life cycle of the frog and how this life cycle is similar to others that we have studied this year. We will also be finishing our books that we strated last week, The Diary of a Bee.
Reminders:
**Snack calendar went out today
**DEARABBY, Math Log due Friday
Reading: This week we our big focus is montoring our comprehension through inner conversations. It is so incredibley important for kids to understand how a good reader reads- and a good reader reads by listening to that inner voice while they read. This may seem strange but this is actually quite a complex concept for some of our little guys and girls. Today, I modeled how to REALLY listen to that inner voice while reading a story. I introduced the kids to my special "thinking cap"- this cap helps me tap into those voices so I know I am thinknig while I'm reading. Later this week, students will be getting their very own thinknig caps...woohoo!
The phonics concept we are focusing on this week are the consonant digraphs "sh" and "th". Today we created words with "sh" at the beginning and at the "end" of the word. You will see the spelling words also correlate to this concept. **We took the spelling pretest today. I will be sending those home tomorrow. Remember- if your student gets a 100% on the pretest they do not have to take the test at the end of the week.
Our shared reading for this week is titled "Amphibians", take a look:
AMPHIBIANS
Living in water
or living on land,
Being an amphibian
Must be grand!
If I were a frog,
Salamander or toad,
I would jump in a lake
or crawl on a road.
Living in water
or living on land,
Being an amphibian
Must be grand!
Math: We are still working on our subtraction facts to 10 and, boy, have we come a long way since the beginning of the unit. Today we learned how to use number bonds to create subtraction sentences. Once we figured out how to do this we really got into some complex subtraction problems. Keep an eye out for the math sheet I send home each night. I try to grade student sheets as they finish so you know what they need the most help with. Check out the following math website: http://www.aplusmath.com/. This website has games for your student as well as printable flashcards!
Science: This week we are learning about amphibians. We will specifically study the life cycle of the frog and how this life cycle is similar to others that we have studied this year. We will also be finishing our books that we strated last week, The Diary of a Bee.
Reminders:
**Snack calendar went out today
**DEARABBY, Math Log due Friday
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