Math- We are working on fractions. Some of the questions your child will learn how to answer are:  What are equal parts?  What is the difference in equal parts and halves?  What is an ordinal number?  Can you list at least three ordinal numbers?  An activity you can do with you child is to place 10 objects in a row on the table and ask them to pick up the 2nd object, 5th object, and the 9th object. Another activity you can do is to cut their food different ways and ask them if it is in equal parts or not. 

We will also use stories about joining to write number sentences.

 I saw 3 baby birds in the tree and 2 more birds flew to the tree.

I have the children draw the story by drawing a tree with 3 birds in it.

Then they add two more birds.  After they draw the picture I have them

write the number sentence at the bottom of the picture.

3 + 2 = 5

We have worked on numbers 0 – 30

An activity you can do at home is to call out a number  have the child write that number in several different ways.

Example:   17    

They could draw one ten stick and seven ones ( squares)

They could draw 17 tally marks

This week we are exploring fractions and ordinals (topic 8 online). We are beginning with halves. Allow them to divide a sandwich, waffle, pizza etc. in half. given an even number of pennies, M&Ms, Cheerios, etc. have your child divide them evenly between 2 people.

 Math Words

half, halves, equal parts

Remember a wonderful website is visit is: http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com . Their username and password are the same.  It is their first name with k after it, no space and all lower case letters.  (Example: ellenk) (If their first name only has four letters, I added their last intial and k) I have added a new assignment for topic 8 that will help your child.  When you go to the website click the pencil and it will go to the assignment.  It is voluntary and you can stop and start as you need.

 We are doing number stories. Example- Two horses were in the pasture, three more horses ran into the pasture. How many horses were in the pasture?

They must not only make a number sentence to tell the story they use manipulatives, such as counters, to act out the story.

We are working on equal sets and fair share.

Equal  can they show how to dived a object in half, quarters?

If given 10 pennies can they figure out how to dived them equally between two people?

Math Words

join,  in all,  altogether,  add, plus sign,  equal sign,  sum,  addition sentence.

We are hoping our live ladybugs come today. Ask you child about them. 

The Grouchy Ladybug

Circle story

Phonemic Awareness

*Blend Sounds

Say /n//e//t/ slowly, (a letter between // means to make the letter sound) emphasizing each sound.

Blend the sounds. /nneett/. Have your child blend the sounds with you and name the word. /nneett/, net.

Use the same procedure with the following words.

wet,     set,      tel,

red,      kat,      ten,

job,      bel,      bug,

vet,      dog,     net.

*Delete Initial Sounds

Tell your child that you will say a word. Then you will say the word without the beginning sound.

Say: pit

 Now say pit without the /p/: it 

Now have them try it. Say bed. Say bed without the /b/. ed

Use the same procedure with the followig words.

fox,  wet,  ham,  den.  web

* Match middle sounds - What is the same about the words Tom,fox, got, box?

They all have the same middle sound:/o/. Now listen as I say two more words, and tell me if they have the same middle sound: cab, hut. Cab has the /a/ sound in the middle. Hut has the /u/ sound in the middle. So cab and hut have different middle sounds. Say two words at a time. If they have the same middle sound tell the child to give you a "thumbs up". 

*Phoneme Isolation - Example,  Bird ends with the /d/ sound. Bird likes words that end with the /d/ sound. win/d/. Say it with me. Wind ends with the /d/ sound. Does Bird like the word wind? Yes. Wind ends with the /d/ sound.

Does Bird like fish? Follow the same steps as before.

Remember student should know as quickly as they know their name, no sounding out on these words.

Wall Words

a,  my,  the,  I,  like,  go,  we,  on,  to,  you,  have

do,  what,  no,  see,  look,  come

for,  me,  one,  are,  here,  little

Color Words

red,  blue,  yellow,  green,  purple,  black,  brown,  orange