Popcorn words and Writing Criteria

This week we practiced 10 new sight words.

Here are the words so that you can practice them at home:

-in

-is

-it

-for

-be

-at

-to

-not

-up

-go

We have been working on how to write a sentence.  We came up with a list of criteria that a list that our sentences need.  

Here is what a 1,2,3,4  on a reporting scale will look like in November

Sight Words

Sight words are critical to reading not only because they are used so frequently, but also because many of them cannot easily be sounded out or illustrated. ... Because they are used so often it is important that readers be able to recognize these words on sight.

In our grade one classroom we call these words popcorn words.  Each week we select 10 new words to practice reading and spelling.  We do this in many ways so that is engaging for students.  For instance we watch YouTube videos 5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5NANKteuVs We also make words with letter magnets, play-do, wiki sticks and letter tiles.

Here are the words that we learned this week: 

-and

-the

-me

-am

-play

-my

-look

-you

-see

-can

You can practice these words with your child by highlighting magazines, news papers, cutting out the letters to make words, or by making the words in sand or Play-Doh and playing I-spy with books that you are reading together.

Making cue cards with these words on them is also a great way to practice these at home. 

Representing Numbers

This week students have been learning to represent numbers 1 to 20.  Our goal by the end of Grade 1 is to represent numbers 1-100. 

Why is number sense and representing numbers important? 
It encourages students to think flexibly and promotes confidence with numbers. It also promotes the foundation for simple arithmetic and more complex mathematics later on.

This week we brainstormed a number of ways we can represent numbers.
-writing the numbers numerically
-writing the number word
-drawing pictures
-tally marks
-addition or subtraction equations

We asked students this week, 'How many ways can you make 10?'  This will be a ongoing task throughout the year to demonstrate their progress in representing numbers in different ways

Here are some games you can play at home with your child https://www.splashmath.com/number-gameshttps://www.splashmath.com/number-games