Homework &      Important Dates 

Upcoming Dates to Remember

• Thursday, February 12th - Snow Show

• Friday, February 13th - School Goals Day- No Classes

• Monday, February 16th - Islander Day- No Classes

• Friday, February 20th - Winter Wellness Day

• Thursday, February 26th - Pink Shirt Day

• Thursday, March 5th- Parent Teacher Interviews (pm)

•  Friday, March 6th- Parent Teacher Interviews - No classes

• Monday, March 16th - Friday, March 20th - March Break

Reading

• Expectations:  Please read every night for 15 -20 minutes.  Begin with the fluency pages which are in your child's homework folder. Suggestions: you must do a column each night or you can do a whole page. Some nights will be easier than others depending on your family's schedule and your child's willingness!

Read for 15 - 20 minutes 

Math

• Expectations: Every week there will be a specific math strategy or concept to practice at home.

 Strategy of the Week

September 8 -12

Counting to 100 by 1's 2's 5's & 10's

September 15 - 19 (Addition Strategies begin -See green sheet in Homework folder for further explanation & addition facts) 

Count on 1,2,3 - 4 + 2= start at the biggest number and count on 2 more numbers......4, 5, 6. The answer 4 + 2= 6.

September 22 - 26

Count on 1,2,3 & 0 - Review last week strategy and now add 0 - 4 + 0 = the number does not change. 4 + 0 =4

September 29 - October 4 - Remembering your Doubles is essential, as they are important to all addition & subtraction strategies.

Doubles - For example, 1+1=2, 2+2=4

October 6 - 10

DOUBLES + 1 - Remember your doubles and add 1 more

For example , 8+7= think 7+7 is 14 and add 

1 more.

5 + 6= think 5 + 5 = 10 and add 1 more

October 14-17

Almost Neighbors - Think about your doubles and numbers that are almost neighbors. For example, 5 & 7, 6 & 8, 1 & 3. 

•  5+7= think about the number which comes between 5 and 7 - 6. Then double it for your answer. 12

              5+7=12 (think 6 and double it)

              4+6=10 (think 5 and double it)

October 20 -24

Turnarounds - If you know all previous facts, like 6+8=14 then you know 8+6=14. Turn the addends around and same answer.

October 27 -30

Making 10 -  7 + 5 =, take 7 thik about how many more to make 10 - 3 so 7+3 =10 then add 2 more.

    7+5=12

November 3rd-14th

Review all addition facts

November 17th-21st

Subtraction 

Counting Back- When subtracting 1,2,or 3, start with the bigger number and count back. 

  For example, 12-3=____   (12....11, 10, 9) so 12-3=9

November 24th - 28th

Subtracting 0 - When subtracting 0 the number stays the same.

For example, 7-0=7

December 1st - 5th

Subtracting Doubles - Knowing your addition doubles is very important to subtracting doubles.

For example, 4-2=2, 6-3=3

Also subtracting when you see double numbers.

For example, 8-8=0

December 8th - 12th

Counting Up - When subtracting, start at the small number (say the number) then count up to the biggest number for your answer.

For example, 15-9=say 9 count on 10 11 12 13 14 15 so the answer is 6.

      15-9=6

January 26th - February 13th - All Addition and Subtraction facts 

       Practice mixed signs 

 For example : 4 + 3 =     6 - 5 =    12 + 5 =    7 - 2 =