Spring Update

Well March has come and gone so quickly! We have been very busy writing words and sentences using the Fundations program as a guide. Working with our magnetic letter boards has helped us to tap and blend the letters as we spell with the tiles. This practice helps us to attack unknown words with more confidence when reading.

In Math, we are finishing up on addition and subtraction. We have been working on finding the missing addend in an equation and finding ways to solve the unknown number. We have learned to use connecting cubes, counters, ten frames, number lines and our fingers to assist us when we don't know the answers. We have learned that there are many different ways we can solve problems! We have also played subtraction bowling as a fun addition to our unit!

Read Across America!

This week we celebrated Read Across America. In honor of Dr. Seuss we kicked off the celebration with a school wide assembly. We were visited by the Cat in the Hat, heard a story from a mystery reader, wore crazy socks one day and red and white clothes on Friday. We have also been reading Dr. Seuss books all week!

                                                                    "Silly Socks"

100th Day!

Yes! We made it to 100 days. No! It was not the last day of school as many of the kids had hoped! The collections put together were great and we enjoyed counting them and admiring the projects that some had created. Take a peek.

RAH Program

As you know, the Reading at Home Program has begun. Now until the end of the school year, your child will be able to take home 2 books from our class library each week to practice reading for fluency. Fluency is the ability to read text with accuracy, speed and expression. So if the books are easy to read they should be! It is important, however, that your child read the books repeatedly for practice.

Happy Valentine's Day!

It was a great party....a big success! Have a wonderful LOVE day!
Thank you to everyone who helped out!!

Math Update

What have we been learning in Math for the last few weeks? Addition and Subtraction. Along with playing many games we have been solving story problems together and finding different ways to solve the problem.....fingers, connecting cubes, number lines, counters, equations, and pictures. We have also been talking about equations, how to create them and solving missing addends. The hardest part of math is TALKING math and trying to explain what we are doing.

Star Lab

What a fun time Star Lab was!! We had a great opportunity to visit the night sky inside a big black lab. We learned about constellations and the various directional positions they were seen in the sky at night. We also observed some of the planets.