Happy February First Grade Families,
I hope everyone had a great weekend. First graders have been busy, busy this week. We practiced adjectives, spelling words in the ale family and worked really hard on our research projects. We used books and websites to help us learn about our animals and used a tree map to record the information.
This week in first grade we will...
- combine 2 simple sentences with a conjunction.
- spell words in the ate famliy.
- use google slides to create a slide show with all the information learned about their animal.
- write Valentine appreciations for our classmate.
- write about what our hearts are full of.
HOMEWORK REMINDER -- first graders will have math and reading nightly. Please help your child remember to get this completed.
Valentines Day
Our class will be celebrating Valentines day on Tuesday February 14, We will have a short celebration as that day is our MUSIC day. We will be exchanging Valentines cards and playing a fun Valentines day game. Please send in 20 valentines with your child signature. Do not fill out who it is too.
Here are some pictures of the first graders conducting their research.
Math News From Miss Garcia
Happy Monday! Last week our 1st grade classes focused on adding a two digit number to a one digit number without “renaming” We quickly introduced adding a multiple of ten to a 2-digit number which the classes will continue to work on this week. Mrs. Bloomfield and I are also assessing the standard: “solve” word problems that call for the addition of three whole numbers. Again, the 100 charts that the kids have in their binders are a great tool to use for these kind of addition problems!
For example:
Mrs. Bloomfield had 3 candy hearts, Miss Garcia had 8 candy hearts and Miss Rowlett had 5 candy hearts. How many candy hearts did the teachers have altogether?
3 + 8 + 5 = _16_
The teachers have 16 candy hearts.
(Students must solve the equation and answer in a complete sentence.)
The kids can also utilize their 100 charts to find a number. Once they choose the number they have to tell you one less that the given number, one more than as well as 10 less and 10 more…
Let’s say they choose “32” One less is 31, one more than is 33. 10 less than 32 is 22 and 10 more than 32 is 42. The student’s begin to see a pattern in how the numbers on the chart are organized. We are practicing this in class too!
22
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31
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32
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33
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42
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Decompose & Compose a Ten
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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Students playing a card game in which they have to figure out the missing addend to make a ten. This was a great way to practice these number combinations!
Happy February!
Miss Garcia & Mrs. Bloomfield
Week 23 Homework
February 6th - 9th
Monday
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Worksheet - pg. 45 & 46
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Tuesday
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Worksheet - pg. 113 & 114
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Wednesday
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Worksheet - pg. 115 & 116 - Branch addition
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Thursday
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Worksheet - Branch Addition
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