Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Thank You! Thank You!
Thank you to our room moms, Mrs. Osborn, Mrs. Arbon, Mrs. Newell, Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Andrews for helping decorate our doors. We love the yummy treats and the sweet notes the children left. We really appreciate all the work that these ladies do for our class parties, projects and field trips.
Monday, May 2, 2011
May Math Box Homework
In May we will be practicing addition and subtraction facts to 18, adding 3 numbers, and reviewing addition and subtraction of 2 digit numbers. We will also review a lot of concepts we learned this year. You may review any math activities that you liked a lot from any previous month. Remember, you can make these activities easier or harder for your child’s needs.
1. Skip count by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, 6’s, 7’s, 8’s, and 10’s. Look at the HUNDREDS BOARD if you forget.
2. Most CALCULATORS have a repeat function for skip counting. Practice using a calculator.
3. Drop a BEAN on the HUNDREDS BOARD. Say if the number is odd or even. Do it 20 times. Say all the odd numbers to 100 on the board.
4. Use 2 sets of NUMBER CARDS 0-5. Spread them upside down and choose 2 cards to make a 2 digit number. Next choose two more cards and place them under the other one. Add the ones column first and then the tens column. Practice several times.
5. Doubles are easy to remember: (2+2, 4+4, etc.) Practice several “doubles plus one” facts on the CHALKBOARD: 2+3, 4+5, etc.
6. Play concentration with ADDITION FACTS CARDS TO 18.
7. Use the ADDITION FACTS CARDS TO 18 and the PATTERN BLOCK SHAPES. Draw a fact card (Ex: 6+8). Then choose two colors of pattern blocks like 6 reds and 8 greens for example. Make a design on the table with those blocks. Count them all. Try several different designs and facts.
8. Count out 13 BUTTONS and divide them into three piles. On the CHALKBOARD, write the equation (3+6+4=13 for example).
9. Using the CLAY, cut it into two equal pieces. Roll it into two balls. Do they look the same size? Put it together and cut into 3 pieces or 4 pieces and repeat.
10. Listen to a show on TV. Every time someone says the word “the” put a toothpick on the table for a tally mark. When you get to the fifth toothpick, lay it across the first four toothpicks to make a slash. Count by 5’s to get the total.
11. Take a survey of your family’s favorite ice cream flavors. Call up three more friends and ask them. Make a graph to show your findings.
12. Take an inventory of things in your house: doors, windows, sinks, pets, people, lights, and chairs. Make a graph.
13. Take a walk down your street with your mom or dad. Starting at your house, count the first, then second, third, until you get to the twentieth house. Could you say all the ordinal numbers correctly?
14. Write about your favorite math activity this year. Describe it well, sthat we would know which one it was. Read it for show and tell.
15. Find three family photos that have 1-6 people in each of them. Count the people in the first photo and write that number on your CHALKBOARD. Write the next number and the next number and then add them together.
16. Draw a picture of a tree with 18 leaves on it, a sky with eighteen snowflakes and a cheetah with 18 spots. Draw a DIGIT CARD for each of these scenes. Take away that many objects by putting a BUTTON to cover the objects.
17. Play digit place. Choose a number and write it on the CHALKBOARD so your mom or dad can’t see. They guess a 2 digit number (no doubles) and you write in the columns how many digits are correct and if they are in the write place (tens or ones). Continue play until they guess your number. Play it three times.
18. Practice adding 3 numbers! Like 2+4+3=9! Try to figure out the fastest and easiest way to solve an addition sentence with more than two numbers!
19. Decide on something you might want to graph (different types of flowers in your garden, colors of your clothes, how many bath room doors/bed room doors/or other doors you have). You can make a Pictograph (pictografía) bar graph (grafíca de barras) or tally marks (marcas de conteo).
20. Fun Addition. Add a two digit number (11-99) with a one digit number (0-9) and see if you can solve it. Make sure you check with your parents or siblings to see if it’s correct!
1. Skip count by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, 6’s, 7’s, 8’s, and 10’s. Look at the HUNDREDS BOARD if you forget.
2. Most CALCULATORS have a repeat function for skip counting. Practice using a calculator.
3. Drop a BEAN on the HUNDREDS BOARD. Say if the number is odd or even. Do it 20 times. Say all the odd numbers to 100 on the board.
4. Use 2 sets of NUMBER CARDS 0-5. Spread them upside down and choose 2 cards to make a 2 digit number. Next choose two more cards and place them under the other one. Add the ones column first and then the tens column. Practice several times.
5. Doubles are easy to remember: (2+2, 4+4, etc.) Practice several “doubles plus one” facts on the CHALKBOARD: 2+3, 4+5, etc.
6. Play concentration with ADDITION FACTS CARDS TO 18.
7. Use the ADDITION FACTS CARDS TO 18 and the PATTERN BLOCK SHAPES. Draw a fact card (Ex: 6+8). Then choose two colors of pattern blocks like 6 reds and 8 greens for example. Make a design on the table with those blocks. Count them all. Try several different designs and facts.
8. Count out 13 BUTTONS and divide them into three piles. On the CHALKBOARD, write the equation (3+6+4=13 for example).
9. Using the CLAY, cut it into two equal pieces. Roll it into two balls. Do they look the same size? Put it together and cut into 3 pieces or 4 pieces and repeat.
10. Listen to a show on TV. Every time someone says the word “the” put a toothpick on the table for a tally mark. When you get to the fifth toothpick, lay it across the first four toothpicks to make a slash. Count by 5’s to get the total.
11. Take a survey of your family’s favorite ice cream flavors. Call up three more friends and ask them. Make a graph to show your findings.
12. Take an inventory of things in your house: doors, windows, sinks, pets, people, lights, and chairs. Make a graph.
13. Take a walk down your street with your mom or dad. Starting at your house, count the first, then second, third, until you get to the twentieth house. Could you say all the ordinal numbers correctly?
14. Write about your favorite math activity this year. Describe it well, sthat we would know which one it was. Read it for show and tell.
15. Find three family photos that have 1-6 people in each of them. Count the people in the first photo and write that number on your CHALKBOARD. Write the next number and the next number and then add them together.
16. Draw a picture of a tree with 18 leaves on it, a sky with eighteen snowflakes and a cheetah with 18 spots. Draw a DIGIT CARD for each of these scenes. Take away that many objects by putting a BUTTON to cover the objects.
17. Play digit place. Choose a number and write it on the CHALKBOARD so your mom or dad can’t see. They guess a 2 digit number (no doubles) and you write in the columns how many digits are correct and if they are in the write place (tens or ones). Continue play until they guess your number. Play it three times.
18. Practice adding 3 numbers! Like 2+4+3=9! Try to figure out the fastest and easiest way to solve an addition sentence with more than two numbers!
19. Decide on something you might want to graph (different types of flowers in your garden, colors of your clothes, how many bath room doors/bed room doors/or other doors you have). You can make a Pictograph (pictografía) bar graph (grafíca de barras) or tally marks (marcas de conteo).
20. Fun Addition. Add a two digit number (11-99) with a one digit number (0-9) and see if you can solve it. Make sure you check with your parents or siblings to see if it’s correct!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Discvoery Gateway
This Thursday we will be going to Discovery Gateway. If you signed up to bring a lunch from home please bring it in a disposable sack because food is not allowed back on the bus. We will be leaving the school at 9:20. Volunteers need to be here at 9:00. We will going to Discovery Gateway and then having lunch at Liberty Park after. Then we will return to the school. We are looking forward to a fun day!
Picture Day Wednesday
Tomorrow is the day for spring pictures. The money must be brought to school the day of pictures. You can't pay for them after. Not everyone will be taking their pictures, only those students who bring their money.
Mother's Day Celebration
Dear Moms,
You are invited to a night to celebrate you! (dad's may come too). We are having an open house to showcase some the projects that we have made for you. Please join us on May 5th at 4:30pm. Please bring your student with you so they can give you a special gift. See you all there!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
April Math Box Homework
Geometry is the part of mathematics that deals with shapes, space and symmetry. The children need to recognize, name and describe various simple shapes, and have lots of hands-on experience with them. Symmetry is when a two-dimensional shape is folded or marked so there are two equal parts, or divided in half. For Fractions in first grade, we will study, halves and fourths.
1. Help make sandwiches for lunch. Keep one sandwich whole. Say the shape. Cut one in half. Say the shapes. Cut one in fourths.
2. Roll out the CLAY with a rolling pin and cut out some shapes.
3. Using the CLAY make a sphere, a cube, a cone, and a cylinder.
4. Put examples of some 3-dimensional items in a large paper bag. Reach in and feel the shape without looking. See if you can identify it using the words: sphere, cone, cylinder, cube or box.
5. Using the ATTRIBUTE SHAPES, make a simple picture using the shapes. Trace the shapes on a pper and color it.
6. Get the PATTERN BLOCK SHAPES, TANGRAM, AND PENTOMINOES out and keep them in three separate places on the table. See if you can make three squares (one from each set) using at least three or more pieces. Make three rectangles. Can you make triangles from each set?
7. If you have some paint, make a splotch on one side of a folded paper. Quickly, fold the paper over the paint and rub it. Open to see the symmetrical design that you made. What does it look like? Write a story about it.
8. Fold a paper and cut out a design from the folded side. Open it up to see the symmetry.
9. Go for a symmetry walk outside with a paper and a pencil. Draw pictures of leaves, flowers, windows, etc. that show symmetry. Imagine a line through half of the object. Is it the same on both sides?
10. Ask permission to buy a Hershey bar, a bag of M&Ms and a long rope of licorice or something that could be divided easily. Have several coins to pay for it. Try to count out the money to the clerk, using the larger coins first. Have a little sharing party at home. How could you share the Hershey Bar with 2, 3, 4, or 6 friends? Share the M&Ms by dividing equally, and cut the licorice rope into equal parts for 2 or 4 people.
11. Make a shape concentration game. On 12 index cards or papers draw 2 circles, 2 squares, 2 rectangles, 2 hexagons, and 2 parallelograms. Label with the name underneath. Lay all the cards face down in a random order. Take turns picking two cards. If they are a match, keep the cards and you get another turn. The one with the most cards at the end is the winner.
12. Draw a picture using only geometric shapes. When it’s finished, identify each shape.
13. Make a cone that can be worn as a party hat. Cut a large half circle and overlap the corners and tape the seam.
14. Fold a paper in half and cut a butterfly wing so that when you open it, it will be a symmetrical shape. Use the ATTRIBUTE SHAPES to decorate the wings. Remember to make a symmetrical design. (Don’t glue the shapes, just arrange them).
15. Roll the CLAY into a long snake. Cut in half. Now cut each half in half. How many equal pieces do you have? Cut each of the fourths into halves. How many equal pieces now?
16. Using the yellow hexagon in the PATTERN BLOCKS bag, what two pieces would show the halves of the hexagon? What 3 pieces would show thirds? What six pieces would show sixths? Write the fractions on the CHALKBOARD as you build the pattern blocks on top of the hexagon.
1. Help make sandwiches for lunch. Keep one sandwich whole. Say the shape. Cut one in half. Say the shapes. Cut one in fourths.
2. Roll out the CLAY with a rolling pin and cut out some shapes.
3. Using the CLAY make a sphere, a cube, a cone, and a cylinder.
4. Put examples of some 3-dimensional items in a large paper bag. Reach in and feel the shape without looking. See if you can identify it using the words: sphere, cone, cylinder, cube or box.
5. Using the ATTRIBUTE SHAPES, make a simple picture using the shapes. Trace the shapes on a pper and color it.
6. Get the PATTERN BLOCK SHAPES, TANGRAM, AND PENTOMINOES out and keep them in three separate places on the table. See if you can make three squares (one from each set) using at least three or more pieces. Make three rectangles. Can you make triangles from each set?
7. If you have some paint, make a splotch on one side of a folded paper. Quickly, fold the paper over the paint and rub it. Open to see the symmetrical design that you made. What does it look like? Write a story about it.
8. Fold a paper and cut out a design from the folded side. Open it up to see the symmetry.
9. Go for a symmetry walk outside with a paper and a pencil. Draw pictures of leaves, flowers, windows, etc. that show symmetry. Imagine a line through half of the object. Is it the same on both sides?
10. Ask permission to buy a Hershey bar, a bag of M&Ms and a long rope of licorice or something that could be divided easily. Have several coins to pay for it. Try to count out the money to the clerk, using the larger coins first. Have a little sharing party at home. How could you share the Hershey Bar with 2, 3, 4, or 6 friends? Share the M&Ms by dividing equally, and cut the licorice rope into equal parts for 2 or 4 people.
11. Make a shape concentration game. On 12 index cards or papers draw 2 circles, 2 squares, 2 rectangles, 2 hexagons, and 2 parallelograms. Label with the name underneath. Lay all the cards face down in a random order. Take turns picking two cards. If they are a match, keep the cards and you get another turn. The one with the most cards at the end is the winner.
12. Draw a picture using only geometric shapes. When it’s finished, identify each shape.
13. Make a cone that can be worn as a party hat. Cut a large half circle and overlap the corners and tape the seam.
14. Fold a paper in half and cut a butterfly wing so that when you open it, it will be a symmetrical shape. Use the ATTRIBUTE SHAPES to decorate the wings. Remember to make a symmetrical design. (Don’t glue the shapes, just arrange them).
15. Roll the CLAY into a long snake. Cut in half. Now cut each half in half. How many equal pieces do you have? Cut each of the fourths into halves. How many equal pieces now?
16. Using the yellow hexagon in the PATTERN BLOCKS bag, what two pieces would show the halves of the hexagon? What 3 pieces would show thirds? What six pieces would show sixths? Write the fractions on the CHALKBOARD as you build the pattern blocks on top of the hexagon.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Yogurt Cups
We are starting our plant unit this week. We are in need of empty, washed out yogurt cups for our grass buddies we will be growing. If you have any at home please send them to school. Thanks!
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