We have been working hard at breakfast to eat quietly and focus on ourselves. Teachers are passing out positive praise tickets to those who are following breakfast expectations. Our class already earned a free iPad time celebration for doing so well!
Reading
In poetry we practiced our fluency poems Kites are Flying and Cloud. We added are to the word wall. The kids also got to practice spelling CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words!
At the math station the kiddos are practicing addition. We rolled 2 dice and recorded the numbers then added them together to get the sum. The kids also practiced counting on by finding the sum to addition sentences.
In the word work station the kiddos have been focused on spelling No Excuse Words.
At storytelling the kids are using the puppet pals app to create their own story. They must come up with the who, what, and where together. Then they can record their skit and play it back to hear themselves.
The kids are playing a math app, math ninja, where they have to solve addition problems by counting on to progress to the next level. Writing
At writing we are working on opinion pieces. We know to draw our picture, write our opinion, and tell why. The kids are working hard to use neat handwriting as well.
Math
We have been playing many fun addition games focused on counting on. We played a simple +0,1,2 game where the kids rolled a number dice and a +0,1,2 dice to quickly count on. We played collect 10 where the kids used primary number cards in a 3x3grid and found sums of 10. They could use 2 cards or more if needed. For example, they could collect 10 by 3+7 or 3+4+3. We also played part whole bingo. The kids rolled 2 dice and added them. Then made a tower of that many. The kiddos then had to use that tower to fill in missing towers on their bingo board. This game really encourages fluent math thinking because if we rolled a 6 and 2 to get 8 the kids could put it on open towers of 4 and 4 or 5 and 3, etc.
