Mmmmmmm! Just look at those wonderful cookies! We had a fun week working on them and deciding what some of our goal words would be. I was pleased to see that so many students chose "kindness" which is a wonderful attribute, as well as "humble" (I'm not going around bragging that my cookies are the best!) I hope your students had a good first week of school. I really enjoyed meeting and getting to know them better. We will be doing quite a bit of review so that I can see where everyone is and move up from there. It is good to get back into the swing of things! I will be checking planners this Friday for reading minutes.
* New Math Update
Your students have been learning that "part + part =whole. You will be seeing many papers with a box on it (like a horizontal domino.) We join or combine the number of objects in each "part" of the box to get the whole, which is written on top. Then we can write number sentences from this picture. For example: If I add 2 dots +3 dots I will have 5 dots. With that information I can cover one of the boxes and say "5 subtract 2 leaves ...(look at the box) 3! You can make 4 number sentences (2 adding and 2 subtracting) for each box picture. These are commonly called "Fact Families" It helps create a visual picture of the math concept and can easily be practiced at home, waiting for the dentist, etc.
Thanks for all of the class donations and the kleenex, it is always welcome!!!
