Week 9 -- 10/30/17

Happy Halloween!!

We have a busy, busy week this week. It is Halloween with our costume parade and our party. It is also book fair week and we will have a visit from the Sheriffs office. They will be sharing their job as a community helper with us. Below you will find the dates to remember.

Monday -- visit from the Sheriff's office

Tuesday -- We will visit the book fair to make our wish lists. You may send in money to purchase the items on the wish list or you may visit our book fair on Family  night which is Thursday from 6-8.

Tuesday -- Halloween party at 1:00.

Thursday -- Family Night at the book fair from 6-8. 

**Students will not have any homework on Tuesday!! Have a fun and safe Halloween!!!

Along with all these fun events we will be learning

•  to use context clues when encountering unknown words.
•  sort words according to long and short vowel sounds.
• create our community helper posters to share with our classmates
• practice closed syllables
• use format matters and good habits of discussion when participating in classroom discussions and answering questions.

Last week we...

• All did really well on our spelling test.
• used the beginning sound to guess unknown words.
• completed our outlines for our community helper posters.

Math news from Miss Garcia

Well, we are getting better at saying “Commutative Property!”  Last week I had listed the following example.  

Here’s an example of Commutative Property:

7 + 2 = 9

2 + 7 = 9

Now we are taking it one step further by finding the missing addend in an equation.  For example:  __+ 3 = 9 or 6 + __ = 9

Again, this will also lead the 1st graders into working with Fact Families!

Here’s an example of a Fact Family (in which the students will eventually fill in the missing addend,subtrahend, difference or sum:

__ + 2 = 9

2 + __ = 9

9 - __ = 7

9 - 7 = __

Here are a few more examples, this is one way that we set them up in class, in a “Fact Family House.”

Fun Family Activities

Continue to skip count by 10’s, 5’s and even 2’s driving in the car or playing outside.  We learned the “Zero Rule”...Any number added to zero is the same number!  We are also keeping track of Data during or weekly graphs.  Make a family graph at home!

Monday	Commutative Property Worksheet
Tuesday	No Homework - Happy Halloween!
Wednesday	Fact Family Worksheet
Thursday	IXL H.13 Related Subtraction Facts