April 18, 2012

Thank you to everyone for providing food and drinks and joining us today at our potluck.  We had lots of fun and enjoyed a yummy meal.

In Math today we began our Addition and Subtraction to 20 unit.  The learning goals for this unit are:

1.     Explore addition and subtraction facts.

2.     Use mental math strategies.

3.     Create and solve story problems.

4.     Explore “doubles” up to 9+9.

5.     Solve simple addition and subtraction problems.

Here are some activities you can do at home.

1.  Use a collection of up to 20 objects.  Separate the collection into 2 groups, and ask your child to say the addition sentence, and find how many there are altogether.
2. Make up simple number stories for your child to solve.
3. With your child, pose story problems about things you and your child see or do.
4. The next time you go grocery shopping with your child, ask your child to add the number of items in your grocery cart.
5. Try out the following websites:

-http://www.kidsnumbers.com/add_it_up.php
-http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html#digitmenu
-http://www.hbschool.com/activity/thats_a_fact/english_K_3.html

-http://arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/jetski/jetski.html

-http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/island_chase/island_chase.html

-http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/shuttleLaunch/shuttleLaunch.htm

-http://www.hbschool.com/activity/busy_bees/index.html

Today specifically, we talked about how you can tell addition and subtraction stories with detailed pictures.  Check out the ones we did as a class.

Have a great night!