What Are We Learning in Math?
10/27/2025
Hello first grade families,
We’re wrapping up Chapter 2 this week, which focuses on subtraction concepts. Throughout this chapter, students have been exploring different subtraction strategies to find what works best for them. They’ve also been learning important math clue words to help decide whether to add or subtract. For example, “How many in all?” means it’s time to add, while “How many are left?” means it’s time to subtract.
Our Chapter 2 test will be on Monday, October 27th.
On Tuesday, October 28th, we’ll begin Chapter 3, where students will build on what they’ve learned by exploring new strategies for addition. This next chapter will help strengthen their understanding and confidence with basic math facts.
Students will continue to bring home optional homework pages so that you will know what they are learning and to give you the opportunity to help reinforce what they are learning in school. Thank you for helping your child with this! They benefit so much from revisiting what they have learned at school with you at home.😃
Additionally, your child will benefit greatly from regular practice in order to learning their addition and subtraction facts. This is something that you can definitely do at home! You can search for apps or different websites and games for them to become more fluent with their math facts...flash cards are also a great tool to use. Whatever you do, they will be greatly helped! Thank You!! :)
Here are some websites you may be interested in:
Boddle Learning: https://www.boddlelearning.com/parents-page
Prodigy Reading/Math: https://sso.prodigygame.com/game/start?rid=dece478d-a211-4b82-b6e6-57a4bde17cf