Jan 6, 2012

Tonight, in students homework bag I have sent home the information about the homework schedule for the new year.  There is also a digital copy of this on our class website which you can find by clicking here.

In language arts today, we started our Nursery Rhyme Unit by working with the rhyme; Humpty Dumpty.  After reading the Nursery Rhyme students created a "Wall of Rhyming Words".  Why not try to complete the wall below at home with your child.

In Science today, we played a fun game on the Peep and the Big World website where we mixed the primary colours to make the different shades of the secondary colours.  Check it out by clicking on the image below:

Lastly, in math today we worked on using our mental math skills to add and subtract.  That is when we try to use only our brain to find the answer to a simple addition or subtraction question.  We played 2 different games to help us practice.  If you would like to play them at home the instructions are below:

1. Get two dice and pair up with your child.  Player 1 closes their eyes.  Player 2 rolls the 2 dice and tells their partner what they rolled.  Player 1 than does mental math to add the dice together while player 2 checks by counting the dots.  Partners than switch rolls.
2. Get a bunch of dominoes.  Player 1 closes their eyes.  Player 2 chooses a domino and tells their partner what the 2 numbers represented on it are.  Player 1 than does mental math to add the numbers together while player 2 checks by counting the dots.  Partners than switch rolls.

Have a great weekend!