Addition

Pilot mathematicians are currently learning about addition. Today we talked about the plus and equals signs. Once we were able to recognize the signs and understand their meanings, we took some time to try and create the signs with our bodies. What fun!

Long A Loop Game

Sixth Age readers did a great job reviewing long "a" during our loop game.

Backwards Alphabet?

Every day we get our brains ready for reading by completing alphabet warm-up activities. We identify letters, produce their sounds, and often are allowed to sing the alphabet backwards. The Sixth Age readers have had a lot of practice, and now, they do not even need to look at the alphabet to sing!

I am thoroughly impressed by their hard work! Bravo!

Graphing Skittles for "S" Week

Pilot mathematicians used their sorting and graphing skills to celebrate "S" week in math. After examining our results, we were able to compare our work and see that each friend had the most purple Skittles. Have your child explain their results to you. They will be able to effectively count using one-to-one correspondence. They will also be able to explain their graph using exciting terminology such as "more/most", "less/least", and "equal".

Vowel Pairs: ai + ay

Seventh Age readers did a phenomenal job today working with the ai and ay vowel pairs. We knew that these combinations create the long "a" /a/ sound. Students read new words, created a sentence with their word (context), then sorted each word by placing it in the appropriate bag.

Bravo.

"We did it!"

Pilot mathematicians are so excited to have completed their number writing (1-20) workbook. Please look for your child's hard work in their backpack.

Next, we will be working on addition!

Seventh Age readers are hard at work noting details, exploring the sequence of events, and examining cause and effect in the story "EEK! There's a Mouse in the House".