Hello First Grade Families,
I can't believe how fast this quarter is going. We are already almost 1/2 way through. First graders have been very busy.
Last Week We...
- shared knowledge about penguins with Mrs. Loop's class who had been learning about polar bears. They taught us all about polar bears. After learning all about polar bears we wrote great facts about all we learned.
- started our non-fiction research projects by choosing an animal and reading all about it with a partner.
- added adjectives to sentences and tried to find adjectives in sentences.
- studied words that were in the ame family.
This week we will...
- practice spelling words in the -ale family. (sale, male, whale, inhale)
- continue working with adjectives
- work with a partner to research an animal and begin a slide show.
Valentines Day --
Valentines day falls on a school day this year. Our class will be exchanging Valentine cards. Please plan on sending in 20 Valentines for our class. Due to a limited amount of time please have your child sign the cards but not put who the card is to. This makes passing the cards out much easier. If you have any regular size Kleenex boxes please send them in we will be using these as our Valentines day mail boxes.
REMINDER: Book orders are due Tuesday, January 31. If you are interested in ordering books please submit your order online or send in your order to school with your child. Use Code HLFMD.
Math News from Miss Garcia
I cannot believe that it is the last week of January and the beginning of February! 3rd quarter is rushing by as we continue to review math concepts and introduce new strategies in both 1st and 2nd grade!
The first graders finished up their unit on Non-standard measurement unit and moved onto composing (making) and decomposing (breaking down) to make a sum of ten. This will also continue to introduce the students to the Associative Property.
Associative Property:
Add 2 + (6 + 4) = 2 + 10 = 12
The 6 and 4 can be used to compose a 10. So.... 2 + 10 = 12
Mrs. Bloomfield and I always send home an example on the homework pages: Here is an example of decomposing 4 into 2 and 2 in order to compose a 10 by adding 8 to 2.
Example:
8 + 4 = ___
↙ ↘ (decompose 4 into 2 & 2)
2 2 (add the 8 to 2 to compose a 10)
(8+2) = 10 + 2 = 12
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As a first grade class we will continue to work on this concept during the week. As the week progresses we will add a two digit number to a one digit number without “renaming” The 100 charts that the kids have in their binders are a great tool to use for these kind of addition problems! Please DO NOT tell them the answer, have them use a resource (100 chart) from their binder. You are NOT helping your child out by just telling them the answer.
23 + 4 = 27 31 + 5 = 36 54 + 2 = 56
Week 22 Homework
January January 30th - February 2nd
Monday
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Worksheet - Decomposing
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Tuesday
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Worksheet - Decomposing
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Wednesday
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Worksheet - Add a two digit number to a one digit number without regrouping/renaming
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Thursday
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IXL - D.16 Add a two digit number to a one digit number without regrouping/renaming
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Have a great week!
Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garcia
