Friday, April 30

  

Friday, April 30
Late Start

Word Family Focus: -ob
Math: Subtraction with Fingers
Fingers are very useful at a young age to see an abstract concept such as subtraction become a concrete visual for 'taking away'. The kids will be practicing a variety of subtraction statements such as this:
There are 4 apples in the apple tree  (put up 4 fingers) 2 apples fall off the tree, (take down two fingers) How many are left? 4 apples take away 2 apples is 2!”
They will also learn another finger technique called 'Touch and count back’  Let’s say there were 7 birds in the tree and 3 birds flew away. I’m going to touch my head to keep 7 in my brain and count back 3 using three fingers. 7 {touch head }….6, 5, 4 {counting using your three fingers to hold a place for each three that flew away}. 4 is my answer!  7 take away 3 is 4! 
I have 5 shirts and 2 get dirty.  How many are clean?  I will put 5 in my brain and then count back 2!  5….4, 3 (holding up one finger for each dirty shirt). 3 shirts are clean.”  This concept can be VERY difficult and will take lots of modeling.   

Guided Drawing

Your child will create a step by step drawing guided by me. It will take more than one day to complete so we will do some today and the rest next week. The drawings will be sent home next Friday.

Phy Ed Today
If the weather cooperates, PE will be outside from now on. Mr. Ronnenberg is getting the children ready for Track & Field Day!

*URGENT* 
Moms, please take a photo of you and your kindergartner and email it to me right away...Thank you!
tongenc@maplelake.k12.mn.us

Enjoy the weather this weekend!