Monday, May 3

                                                             
 Monday, May 3

Sight Word Focus: were

Word Family Focus: -og

 Literacy Jobs 
~Fresh, new activities are in the Literacy Shelf to work on independently. Skill activities include, CVC words, sight words, fine motor work, writing, last names and more.
 Handwriting: Poem

Library Day

Math: Subtract with a Picture

Today’s lesson will start by reviewing the two previous subtraction strategies we learned: subtracting with fingers and with objects. For the first part of the lesson, the kids will work with 10 snap cubes and 1 ten frame to solve problems like this:

 There were 8 horses at the farm. Put 8 snap cubes down on your ten frame. 2 horses ran away. Take away 2 snap cubes. How many horses are left?  

Next, they will use their fingers to solve problems like this:

There were 10 goats in the pasture. Show me your 10 goats. 6 goats left the pasture.  Take away 6 fingers. How many goats are left? 

Lastly, the kids will use the strategy of drawing pictures to solve subtraction problems like this:
  There were 8 ducks in the pond. 6 ducks flew away. How can I show my ducks flying away? I am going to cross them out. Now, how many ducks are left?  I am going to circle the ducks that are left so I can easily see that 2 are left. The kids will illustrate the problem using circles and crossing out the take away part.

                                   
                                                                  Music Today

~Moms, if you haven't done so, please send in a picture of you with your child. I need it by Thursday. Thank you!
~Remember to send a water bottle to keep at school.