This week in math, Mrs. Lewis has taught the first graders how to use touch math. This is a strategy that may or may not work well for your child. Ask your child to teach you how to use the touch points when adding and subtracting numbers.
Hope that all of you enjoyed a four day weekend away from school. Yesterday, teachers spent the day at an iTi conference learning about great things that we can implement in our classrooms.
Today, your student may receive a 'no homework' ticket. These tickets are earned when students get a 100% on their math test. They can use these tickets on any math homework paper. If you as a parent do not want your child to use the tickets they earn to replace a piece of homework, they can keep them and turn them in for prizes at the end of the semester. Do what works best for you! Last week, the NED show came to our school. This was a great assembly that all of the elementary schools in the district got to listen to. Here are the big take aways from the NED show: Never Give Up Encourage Others Do Your Best This is a great motto to live by and we will continue to use it throughout the school year in first grade. The first graders have started practicing math facts. To help them memorize these first facts, they learned a 'rap'. It is called the doubles rap.
Here is the doubles rap: It's the doubles, baby, let's go, let's go! It's the doubles, baby, and it starts with zero! 0+0=0 Oh! 1+1=2 OOOOOO! 2+2=4 More! 3+3=6 Kicks! 4+4=8 That's Great! 5+5=10 Again! 6+6=12 That's Swell! 7+7=14 Let's Lean! 8+8=16 Really Keen! 9+9=18 Jelly Bean! 10+10=20 That's Plenty! |
Mrs. ReutzelI am the first grade teacher at Juniata Elementary which is part of Adams Central School District. Archives
November 2016
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