We learned about a new site today called Spelling City. Students have their own log in information and can access it at home if you like. This is a site where they put in their own individual lists of spelling words (taken from words misspelled in their writing) and do activities with these words. I love this site because it is totally differentiated, meaning each child is working at their appropriate challenge level. This was also opened as a work job today during Guided Reading so students could finish or play a game based on these words. Good stuff!
In math, we worked on the subtraction strategy of count on. This is when 2 numbers in a subtraction problem are very close together. You take the number being subtracted (the part) and count up to the biggest number (the whole) to get the difference. For example, 9 - 8. You start at 8 and count up 1 to 9. The answer is 1. We played a game as well to reinforce the subtraction facts. Any help on this at home would be great.
In writing, we worked on really making sure our 5 Finger Planner for Weekend Ends was a brainstorming sheet. I am trying to get children to not write sentences on these papers but just the main idea of what they want to say. This was difficult for some, but we will keep at it!
There is still time to hand in scarecrow items for Thursday!
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