During math this week, we began our new math unit on comparing and decomposing numbers. Students will learn how to decompose numbers between 11-19, show those numbers in a ten frame, write an equation, and explain how many tens and ones are in those numbers. For instance, in the number 15, there is one ten and 5 ones and the equation would be 10+5=15 or 15=10+5. For the number 12, there is one 10 and 2 ones and the equation would be 10+2=12 or 12=10+2. When students master this, they can work on number in the 20’s. For example, the different number sentence for 23 would be 10+10+3=23, 23=10+10+3, 20+3=23, and 23=20+3.
Even though we are starting a new unit it is important for students to continue practicing counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s and practicing writing their numbers. The sorting, counting, and ordering groups standard is in this unit as well. What you can do at home: Have students sort silverware, coins, beads, etc. by color, shape or size. Students can then count how many are in each group and put the groups in order from least to greatest amount or greatest to least amount. Here is a fun website to practice this standard: http://www.abcya.com/counting_sorting_comparing.htm Here are our math standards for our comparing numbers and decomposing teen numbers unit: MGSEK.NBT.1Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones to understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six , seven, eight, or nine ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8) MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.2 Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1). MGSEK.CC.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0- 20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). MGSEK.CC.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies. (Limit category counts to be less than or equal to 10) MGSEK.CC.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals. Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category. MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. (Limit category counts to be less than or equal to 10) -In writer’s workshop we are finishing up our informational unit We will review transition words (first, then, next, after that, finally, etc.) and continue to work on drawing neat pictures/diagrams with labels and details. Students will continue working on an introduction page, using transition words for their 3 middle pages, and a conclusion page to sum everything up. What you can do at home: have students practice sounding out words and writing down the sounds they hear on paper and draw pictures with details and label their pictures. You can also remind students that when writing, the first letter in a sentence is uppercase and the rest is lower case, there are finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of sentences. We will continue to work on this in class. - During reading, we will continue our “Super Powers” unit. We will review all the strategies that can help us read. This week we will focus on book talk power. Students will work on giving their partner a book introduction without giving away the ending. Partners will also work together to retell their books by summarizing and not telling about every single page. What you can do at home: Read every night like you are working with a partner (sit side by side, have a book in the middle, read back and forth, etc.) and ask your child questions about what she/he is reading about. For students who need to work on letters and letter sounds, you can have students find letters around the house and ask them what sounds they make. -In science, we began our new unit on the day and night sky. We talked about the objects in the day and night sky and learned about attributes of the sun and the moon. We will discuss how the sky changes- sunrise, day sky, sunset, night sky. We will also talk about how the sun can help us as well as hurt us. Students will observe, think, and question day and night pictures as well as add their new “wonder” to the wonder wall. This IB unit also include studies of holiday traditions. In the coming weeks we will be talking about Kwanzaa, Diwali, Christmas, and Hanukkah traditions. -We started our 3rd IB unit: Transdisciplinary theme: Where we are in place and time Central Idea: Discoveries are made through exploration. Lines of Inquiry: * Patterns around the world (day/night chronological vocabulary ) (change) *Explorations of journeys and personal history. (perspective) * Tools we use to determine location and understanding our relation to it. (connection) * Traditions and holidays around the world (connection, perspective) Key Concepts: Perspective, Change, Connection Related Concepts: Cycles, Subjective, Relationships, Systems Transdisciplinary skills: * Thinking: analysis, dialectical thought, synthesis * Social: cooperation, adopting a variety of group roles * Communication: all * Self-Management: spatial awareness, organization, time management * Research: formulating questions, planning, recording data, presenting research data Attitudes: curiosity, commitment Learner Profile: Communicator, Open-minded, Inquirer What you can do at home: Have students practice saying the central idea, discuss the learner profiles and the attitudes of and how students can display these throughout the day. What you can do at home: Have students practice saying the central idea, discuss the learner profiles and the attitudes of and how students can display these throughout the day. November Cookies for Character- I will be looking for students who demonstrate the learner profiles of inquirer and thinker The Learner Profile is: Reflective The Attitude is: Appreciation
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