Math- First graders continue to work on solving missing addend problems. Example: Sam had 6 marbles in a jar. Sally gave him some more and now Sam has 11 marbles. How many marbles did Sally give him? They discussed how you can set the problem up as an addition problem (6+___=11) or as a subtraction problem (11-6=___).
Second graders played a game called close to 100. This is a great game to play at home with a deck of playing cards 1-9. Deal out 6 cards and the student has to choose 4 to create 2 two digit numbers that come as close to 100 as they can get. Example:
You can take 8 and 4 to make 84 and 1 and 6 to make 16.
84 + 16 = 100
The objective of this game is to get students thinking about using place value to add two 2 digit numbers together to make 100.
Reading- We will be wrapping up our non-fiction reading unit next week. We also continue to work on our decoding strategies. Several students started new books during our book clubs and are enjoying our new stories.
Writing- We will finish up our animal books and create our videos this week.
