Today we started our day with a math fluency activity. There have been more of these coming home recently. These fluency activities are to help students figure out strategies to count and find how many more are needed to make a specific number up to 10. The more they practice these strategies, the more fluent they will become.
After our fluency activity, we transferred our informational Fox writing from our graphic organizer to lined paper. I was SO impressed with students writing skills today! I cannot wait to show you at conference time! After writing, we had recess (indoor in the am, and outdoor in the pm). After recess, we had reading groups working on reading our leveled readers, sight word practice, the "and" sight word page, and we listened to "Froggy's Worst Playdate." After reading groups, we finished strong with our math lesson of the day. We are working on "Part" + "Part" = "Whole/Total." We are working on writing our number sentence/equation both ways. Our focus is to keep the total by the = sign and the two "parts" on both sides of the + sign. The more you can help your child individually at home with this, the more comfortable they will become.
Students know that it doesn't matter which "part" comes first, just that both parts need to be by the plus sign. The equation can start or end with the total! Equations can be written both ways:
8=2+6
6+2=8 or
2+6=8
Reminders:
1) Tomorrow the Take Home Book Exchange is due. Please be sure your child has a sticky note! :)
2) If you haven't returned the Kindergarten Conference pamphlet, please do so! :) I need it returned for every student, if you have other students that attend Prairie View, please notice the kindergarten pamphlet is different from the rest of the school. Thank you for your help and patience as we pilot this new conference system!
3) Grandparents Day is March 18th from 8:15-9:00am for both AM and PM kinders!
Have a great night!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer
