Happy Monday!

Homework packets came home today, thank you very much for always ensuring the homework packets are sent back. Last’s week packets and 1st grade spelling tests will be returned home tomorrow.

Kindergarten:

This week we are working heavily on beginning sounds and continuing to stretch out CVC words (constant, vowel, constant) such as: cat, hat, big, dog, mom, dad, etc. They are all doing AMAZING with this! We are also beginning touch math this week. Touch math is the way I introduce addition to the class, I will post a YouTube video below explaining it. We will be working on addition sums to 5!

First grade:

This week we are looking at the long vowel a and all the spelling patterns that go along with that during our daily 5 rounds. Our spelling words are focusing on the “bossy r”. These skills will help with decoding words in their weekly books. In math we will be working on sums to 20 and beginning unit 2 (missing addends, use of number lines, math vocabulary, number sentences).

Touch Math: I use touch math as a strategy for solving addition and subtraction problems. Touch math is a strategy very similar to counting on but it encourages the students to memorize touch points rather than relying on their fingers to solve math problems. Touch math is a great strategy  for both Kindergarten (sums to 10) and First grade (sums to 20).