In writing, we are delving deeper into our author study of Eric Carle as this work becomes foundationally tied to where our book study project has led.
In math, we more formally bring in the plus sign with our helpful friend, Gus the Plus.
(Next week, we meet his brother...)
After a couple more days with addition as our focus, subtraction moves into center stage. As we make this shift, it is important that we help the children see it as a kind of continuation. When we are subtracting, we are still working with a part, part, whole relationship among numbers. Instead of putting two parts together to make the whole, we are now taking the whole apart into the two smaller parts.
HOMEWORK
Reading:
10 minutes each night. Reading can include reading stories, the poems in
the binder, and practicing sight words.
the binder, and practicing sight words.
Your child should ideally be spending time with familiar texts (such as the
printed books they bring home), as they help reinforce sight words in context
and using word solving strategies. However, these books are not real meaty
when it comes to comprehension, so they should also be spending time with
trade books (high quality children’s literature- like from the local library or
bookstore). These books lend themselves better to conversations. When you
read to them, you are also providing important modeling of a fluent reader
and a pleasant reading experience.
printed books they bring home), as they help reinforce sight words in context
and using word solving strategies. However, these books are not real meaty
when it comes to comprehension, so they should also be spending time with
trade books (high quality children’s literature- like from the local library or
bookstore). These books lend themselves better to conversations. When you
read to them, you are also providing important modeling of a fluent reader
and a pleasant reading experience.
Math:
Remember, math should be done for 10 minutes each night.
Monday: I.1 Add with pictures - sums up to 5 Tuesday: I.2 Addition sentences - sums up to 5
Wednesday: I.3 Add two numbers - sums up to 5
Thursday: I.4 Make a number using addition - sums up to 5
You are welcome, and in fact encouraged, to continue having your child practice their addition skills by using real world objects- especially if they complete the IXL tasks quickly. Yay for math fact fluency!
