January News

It is great to be back into the swing of things in 1T!  We are moving ahead.
Language Arts: 
Students should be confident reading words with short vowels as we are beginning to work on long vowels and consonant blends and digraphs.  
The silent 'e' makes the vowels long; 'hop' becomes 'hope' and 'tub' becomes 'tube'
When two vowels go walking the first one does the talking in words such as pie, meat, boat.

In writing we are working on creating a picture in the reader's mind using descriptive words (adjectives and adverbs). Ask your child about the 'Suitcase' writing lesson we are doing.  Students were asked to describe items inside the suitcase; The small, brown old-fashioned suitcase with a worn leather handle and metal fastener.  Ask your child about the item he/she described.

Math:
We are working on a strategy in addition and subtraction we call 'Counting on' and 'Counting back'.  We 'count on' or 'count back' 1, 2 or 3.  For 4 or more we have other strategies.

Start with the greater number and count on.
See: 7+1=___   Think: 7...8
See: 2+8=___   Think: 8...9,10  
And of course it is the same for 'counting back'. 
Note: The goal is to do this without a number line, but some children may still need one for support.