3D Shapes I Know (solid shapes song- including sphere, cylinder, cube, c...

Buddy Reading Expectations

The Friends of 10 (Ten Frame Version)

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6

This week in...

Reading we:

• Continued to practice reading stamina.  Twenty minutes is our record!
• Practiced different ways to partner read
• Looked for -sh, -th, and -ch words
• Got a refresher on what it looks and sounds like to partner read--aka being a "coach"

Writing we:

• Learned how to edit using green pens
• Practiced adding tips and warning into out how to books
• Acted out our how to books to find out if we missed a step
• Read some how to books by previous students and Ms. Melevsky
• Brainstormed fancier words for "put"  

Math we:

• Played hidden bears (combinations of 10)
• Introduced 3 dimensional shapes
• Played the disappearing train game
• Discussed the minus sign and the words subtraction, take away and minus
• Explored tangram puzzles
• Worked on our number books 

Practice at home:
1.Estimating is a critical math skill.  Many children who have a strong number sense often have difficulty with estimating.  Keep this in the back of your mind and when the opportunity arises....ask your kids to estimate.  Other than estimating a group of objects, you can also think about this: what is 11+15 (adjust numbers accordingly for your children.  Make it a problem that they won't know the answer to immediately)?  Ask questions like:
What number do you think it is close to? Do you think it is more than ___? less than___?  Explain why?

2. Spell popcorn words out loud for you kids and see if the can visualize the word and name it.
Here are some of the trickier ones!
he                in                see                an
so                and            it                am   
can            like                up                do
we                on                you

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