January 12-16

Dear Parents,

Reminders:

• Please remember to bring your home reading book back to exchange on Mondays and Thursdays

• Next Thursday is our SoundKreations performance. Please read Mrs. Odegard's message emailed out earlier this week.

Math

Over the last few weeks worked hard to represent our understanding of numbers up to 50.  The following is a summary of the concepts and an illustration of some of the tools that we used to show our understanding of these larger numbers. 

Learning Intention:

• I can count forward and backward to 50.
• I can read and write numbers up to 50.
• I can show numbers up to 50 using objects, pictures, and numbers.
• I can tell how many are in a group up to 50.
• I can compare numbers up to 50 and tell which is more, less, or the same.
• I can explain my thinking about numbers using math words.
• I can make groups of ten and ones to show numbers up to 50

Using 10-frames to Represent Numbers

Students will use full 10-frames and one partially full 10-frame to represent numbers that include some tens and some additional ones.

•	For example, they can show 35 as:
•	They can show 27 as:

When a number under 100 has two parts as these do, showing some groups of ten as well as some ones, it is called a two-digit number.

When students represent 28 on a number rack, they can see that 28 is some groups of 5 and 3 more.

Helping Your Child

Provide opportunities for your child to count at home in situations where there are up to 50 items. You can count aloud with your child if your child finds that helpful.

Play a card game. Create two sets of cards, one showing the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the other showing the numbers 0 through 9. Place each set in a pile, face down. Turn over one card from each pile and have your child say the number. (Use the pile containing 1, 2, 3, and 4 for the tens digit of each number.) For example, if you turn over a 2 and a 7, your child should say “27.”

Literacy

During our focused literacy lessons we have been learning about one of the sounds that “W” and "J" make.  The following are some home practice that your child may do to solidify their understanding of this tricky sound.  

Just like counting, continued review and practice of letter sounds and making words help to solidify them into automatic skills in both reading and writing.