Math Focus: September/October
Students are working on...
- Solve addition problems by counting on from the larger number
- Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way
- Record decompositions of numbers less than or equal to 10 with drawings and equations
- Add fluently with sums to 10
- Add within 20 (not fluently, yet)
- Solve for the unknown in an addition equation involving 3 whole numbers
This unit features dominoes, dot cards, and the number rack to help children develop confidence with efficient, effective, and
sensible strategies for adding and subtracting single-digit numbers. The work takes advantage of students’ ability to subitize
(recognize the quantity represented in a set without having to count each individual object in the set) on common dot arrangements
such as those found on dominoes or dice. Students explore such strategies as counting on, combining small groups of
numbers within larger numbers, building from known facts, using doubles facts to solve other addition problems, counting by
5s and 10s, and using the commutative property. Students are encouraged to view the equal sign as a way
to indicate that two expressions are of equal value, not as a symbol that precedes “the answer.” This relational view of equality is
perhaps the most important algebraic concept to be learned in the early grades, making it possible for young children to solve
for unknown values in an equation.
Mathematicians at work!
Click here for the Unit 3 Parent Letter
Unit 3 encourages student mastery of key number facts and fact strategies for single-digit addition and subtraction. The first two modules use the number rack to help students see number combinations, find the sum of two numbers, and compare two numbers to find the difference between them. The third module focuses on developing place-value understanding and solving addition combinations to 20, and the final module makes use of Unifix cubes to help students develop understanding of the difference model of subtraction.
Students have already shown fluency within 10 will be moving on to facts within 20 (ie. 12+7, etc.). As always, Math small group work time is differentiated to fit the needs of the students individually.
iReady: I spent some time and have gone into EACH students iReady account and added some "extra" lessons. These lessons are targeted more for the areas that we are working on presently. Every few weeks, I will add some lessons to promote students doing iReady at home. We are hoping that kiddos will do an average of 45 minutes a week of iReady at home/school. The kiddos do 30 minutes a week in the classroom, therefore, only 15 minutes or so a week at home. Thank you for supporting your kiddo at home with this!! It is VERY good practice!
What's Up in Math the week of October 16th...
Don't forget to check out the Math Challenge Board outside the library. Click here Math Challenge Link 1st Grade had the HIGHEST amount of participants this past month!!
Coming up:Students will be maintaining their focus on addition and subtraction strategies and emphasizing solving for an unknown number
(i.e. 7 + ___ = 10, ___ + 4 = 9, 12 = ___ + 8 , etc.). Students will generate equation fact families that show the relationship between three numbers (i.e. 7+3=10, 3+7=10, 10-7=3 and 10-3=7). The idea is that the equal sign describes a relationship between two quantities that have the same value.
Click here for an online game for kiddos to play at home!
*Students are challenging themselves by completing "Academic Language Sentence Frames" when working at Work Places. They use the sentence frames to practice speaking mathematically with their partners.
Please check out our Fact Family town, Factville, in the hallway!
What's up in Math the week of September 25...
Don't forget to check out the Math Challenge Board outside the library. Click here Math Challenge Link 1st Grade had the HIGHEST amount of participants this past month!!
Coming up: 1st grade Mathematicians will embark on a new unit on Monday. Unit 2 Parent Letter
Students will...
*practice addition and subtraction strategies, like counting on, doubles, and make 10 within 12.
*use dominoes and picture cards to write a fact family of equations
*solve and write story problems
*Count by 5's and 10's
As with all Math lessons, students will be meeting with Mrs. B. in small group daily. This will allow for differentiated Math instruction (Math lessons taught at the child's individual learning level).
Here are some helpful videos to watch to support your child at home with Math...
What's up in Math the week of September 18th...
Check out the Math Challenge board outside of the library! Each week there is a new question. The forms are located on the board or click here Math Challenge link
Check out the Math Challenge board outside of the library! Each week there is a new question. The forms are located on the board or click here Math Challenge link
Math Workshop: Students have been working on computational fluency with the help of many different tools in the classroom; specifically fluency within 20. One tool that students have been using and loving is the number rack. Here is a video that shows you how to get the free online app to have a number rack accessible for your child at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sIiTHZOKMc Students are using the number racks to visualize number combinations which will support their development of computational fluency.
Students have also been working on measurement and graphing. Specifically measuring items with different non-standard units (popsicle sticks, unifix cubes, etc.) and discussing the different measurements. They have been working on completing mini-booklets which requires them to measure different objects throughout the classroom while making an estimate first:)
Coming Up in Math: We will have our Unit 1 assessment next Wednesday (September 27th). Your child will be assessed on the following from Unit 1:
- Combinations of 5 and 10
- Represent 5 in multiple ways (4+1, 0+5, 3+2, 2+3)
- Represent 10 in multiple ways (7+3, 5+5, 10+0, 9+1, 2+8, etc)
- Looking ahead to Unit 2, students will be developing confidence with efficient, effective and sensible strategies for adding and subtracting single digit numbers. Many students are comfortable with adding single digit numbers, we will be looking at how addition can help in solving subtraction problems (i.e. If I know that 5+4 =9 then I know that 9-4=5). The ability to subitize (recognize the quantity represented in a set without having to count each individual object in the set) is very important and used throughout this unit to develop fluency. An example of subitizing is a child being able to look at the following ten frame and see that there are 6 dots by seeing a group of 5 plus one more is 6.
Each week I will be posting a Math Challenge question provided by our GT teacher. It's a fun way for students to challenge themselves at home! Students can bring their work in and share it with the class!https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_wNVI58PC2tZFFRelUzeE1DcXM?usp=sharing
What Math Workshop looks like in 1st grade...
Small group work: Students will begin getting individualized Math instruction in a small group setting this Monday (September 11th). Small groups will allow for me to teach students the lesson based on where they are academically. Groups can and will change throughout the school year as students grow:)
Work Places: While I am instructing students in small group the rest of the students are engaging in independent work through Work Places. These consist of Math Games, iPads, Chrome books (iReady), Math books (Literacy) and/or meeting with Ms. Burroughs (para) in small group. I am VERY impressed with how students have been able to work independently only 3 weeks into the school year!
*In unit 1 students have been using a number rack to help them visualize number combinations and solve story problems within 20. This math tool is made up of 2 strings of 10 beads; each string is strategically broken into a group of 5 red beads and a group of 5 white beads. The colors encourage students to think in groups of 2, 5, and 10. Over time, students will construct a mental model for number combinations.
*Students have learned the strategy of Making Ten facts which are pairs of numbers that equal 10. Being able to instantly recognize combinations that make 10; for example,
3 + 7 = 10 helps when adding 30 + 70 = 100.
3 + 7 = 10 helps when adding 30 + 70 = 100.
Add Ten facts (10 + 3, 7 + 10) apply when 10 is added to a single-digit number. This strategy helps students work flexibly with tens and ones.
Mathematicians hard at work!
Mathematicians hard at work!
What's up in Math (April 24th)...
Unit 7: One Hundred & Beyond!!!
What's up in Math (March 16th)...
During this month long unit, we will focus on basic addition & subtraction, combinations & story problems, solving for the unknown, and measuring and comparing.Week 1: Numbers to 100 & Beyond
- Activities will focus on counting Popsicle sticks by groups of tens and ones, then group tens into hundreds, and use models, sketches, and numbers to add and subtract within 100.
- Activities will focus on using the number line to count forward and backward by 1s, 5s, 10s from a variety of starting points. Students will read and write numbers to 120 and add and subtract 1-digit numbers to and from 2-digit numbers.
- Activities will focus on adding and subtracting two-digit numbers using the number line.
- Activities will focus on using money to learn more about place value. Students will estimate, count, compare, and add quantities to 120. Students will count pennies into groups of 10, and 10s into groups of 100.
What's up in Math (March 16th)...
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| Students used a ball to represent a penguin's egg to bring Math word problems to life. Students were challenged to see if they could carry the egg, like a penguin, and get across the rug without dropping it! |
During this month long unit, we will focus on basic addition & subtraction, combinations & story problems, solving for the unknown, and measuring and comparing.
Week 1: Story Problems for Basic Addition & Subtraction
Week 2: Combinations & Word Problems
What's Up in Math (February 27th)...
What's Up in Math (February 9, 2017)...
Students will continue to learn their two-dimensional shapes (triangles, trapezoids, squares, hexagons, rhombuses, and squares) , as well as, three-dimensional shapes (cubes, rectangular prisms, cones, cylinders, spheres, triangular prisms, and pyramids). Work with these shapes includes:
Link to TODO Math website
Note: There is still not a "home accessibility tool" available for kiddos to do TODO math at home. However, you may purchase it for home use.
What's Up in Math this week (January 17, 2017...
Note: We will take our Unit 4 Assessment after next week.
Last week we were learning new addition strategies to help us think more flexibly as mathematicians by exploring the following:
*Locate, identify and order numbers to 120 on a number line
Over the Thanksgiving break I am sending a game called "Number in My Pocket". Students have played it in the classroom and love it!
Students have expressed an interest in teaching the Number Corner routine. So, on Thursdays and Fridays students will be taking on the responsibility of teaching their classmates. It's wonderful to watch the students taking the initiative to take on this role, as well as, see their classmates respecting them in the teaching role:)
Thank you so much to the parents that could make it to Math night!! Was so fun to see the kiddos teaching their parents the games and taking an active role in their learning!
Skills to Work On Fluency within 10 (use real things around the house)
Tell real-world word problems (math stories) at home and write equations to match them (act them out)
MATH & LITERACY NIGHT - Save the date!
Our next Parent Engagement night will take place on Wednesday, November 9 from
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Stay tuned for more information!!
What's Up Next week in Math...
Below is the link to the Unit 3 overview. Please check it out! We begin our new unit on Monday.
Unit 3 Overview for Parents
Unit 2 Assessment Students will take their Unit 2 Assessment this week. Students will be assessed on the following:
Here is a Math video that will give you more insight into number bonds! Fact Families
FactvilleStudents have been sent home with a fact family town piece. They either have a tree, car, or house. Please complete and color the fact family piece and return it so we can continue to create our town of "Factville" in the hallways!
Here are some Math Videos to help support you and your child at home with Math:)
Number Partners of 10 video
Modeling with 10 frames video
Fact Families video
How to solve a word problem video
(RDWW is a strategy that students will be learning next week and throughout the school year with more difficult Math problems)
Here is a link to an online Fact Family game for your child to practice at home!
Fact Family game
A link to all things "fact family" for extra practice:)
Fact Family games and worksheets
Math Workshop focus for week of October 3rd...
*Students will be maintaining their focus on addition and subtraction strategies and emphasizing solving for an unknown number
(i.e. 7 + ___ = 10, ___ + 4 = 9, 12 = ___ + 8 , etc.). Students will generate equation fact families that show the relationship between three numbers (i.e. 7+3=10, 3+7=10, 10-7=3 and 10-3=7). The idea is that the equal sign describes a relationship between two quantities that have the same value.
Click here for an online game for kiddos to play at home!
*Students are challenging themselves by completing "Academic Language Sentence Frames" when working at Work Places. They use the sentence frames to practice speaking mathematically with their partners.
Math Workshop focus for week of September 26th...
Homework...
* When completing Math homework, please leave the completed sheets in the journal so that I can check them. I do go through the journals and check to see if kiddos are doing their homework. Thanks!
Math Workshop: Students have been working on computational fluency with the help of many different tools in the classroom; specifically fluency within 20. One tool that students have been using and loving is the number rack. Here is a video that shows you have to get the free online app to have a number rack accessible for your child at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sIiTHZOKMc Students are using the number racks to visualize number combinations which will support their development of computational fluency.
Students have also been working on measurement and graphing. Specifically measuring items with different non-standard units (popsicle sticks, unifix cubes, etc.) and discussing the different measurements. They have been working on completing mini-booklets which requires them to measure different objects throughout the classroom while making an estimate first:)
Coming Up in Math: We will have our Unit 1 assessment on Tuesday. Your child will be assessed on the following from Unit 1:
Homework: Please continue to ONLY do the journal page that is on the homework calendar for that day:)I will be putting a sticker on the front of each journal to show that it was checked:)
This week's focus:
Math Challenge link
Week 1: Story Problems for Basic Addition & Subtraction
- We will focus on fact strategies to 20, with a review of the ten-frame and double ten-frame. Students will count and write addition statements to represent objects, using 5 and 10 as landmark numbers.
- Activities continue to focus on addition and subtraction story problems and facts strategies to 20. Students will make picture cards for quantities up to 20, writing sets of fact family equations and story problems to match. They will be asked to model and solve addition combinations to 20 on their number racks, identifying the strategies they use.
- Video resource at the bottom on this page on fact families
- This week focuses on word problems! Using their number racks and the fact strategies they have been working on, students solve three types of addition and subtraction word problems: result unknown, change unknown, and start unknown. They will also work with part-part-whole and comparison situations. A unit assessment will be given at the end of this week.
- Video resource at the bottom of this page on story problems
- During this week, we will revisit measurement. We will compare heights of penguins, as well as order two-digit numbers and use the greater than, less than, and equal signs to compare our findings
What's Up in Math (February 27th)...
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| Students studying a quilt for geometric shapes that was made by Mrs. B.'s husband's great-grandmother:) |
After the unit 5 assessment on Monday we will embark on Unit 6 this Tuesday, students will...
*focus on addition and subtraction to 20
*continue to develop fluency addition and subtraction facts to 10 and strategies for working with facts to 20
*use the number rack to model and solve number combinations and varieties of story problems
*learn how to write and solve equations that involve unknowns in all positions ( 5+__= 12, __ + 8=12, 11=___ + 5)
*determine whether addition and subtraction equations are true or false (5+3=9 true or false)
Unit 5 math test will be on Monday (February 27th)! Students will be tested on the following:
- Shape Recognition & Attributes - this section will assess your child's ability to identify their 2-D shapes and defining attributes. 2-D shapes include: square (4 vertices, 2 equal sides), triangle (3 sides, 3 vertices), rectangle (4 vertices, 4 sides of unequal lengths), hexagon (a shape with 6 sides and 6 vertices, trapezoid (4 vertices, 4 unequal sides), rhombus.
- Written Shape Debate - this section will assess your child's ability to describe why a given shape is not in fact the stated shape. For example, if they are shown a picture of a square, they must defend in writing why it is not a triangle with evidence. "I know this shape is not a triangle because a triangle has 3 vertices and 3 sides. This shape is a square. "
- Draw a Shape and Write the Name - this section will assess your child's ability to draw a shape when attribute clues. For example, draw a shape with 4 corners and 4 sides in which all the sides are NOT equal. In this example, the answer could be either a trapezoid or a rectangle.
- Fractions - this section will assess your child's ability to divide a given shape into various fractions. For example, color in one-half (1/2) of the triangle, color in three-fourths (3/4) of the square.
- Fraction Shape Debate - Would you rather have 1/2 of a pizza or 1/4 of a pizza? Why? Students must explain their answer with a logical explanation. "I would rather have 1/2 of a pizza because......"
- Building Composite Shapes - this section will assess your child's ability to use several small shapes (triangles, trapezoids, rhombuses, hexagons) to create a larger shape. For example, students may be given a larger trapezoid and asked to use pattern blocks to fill it in with smaller shapes.
What's Up in Math (February 9, 2017)...
Students will continue to learn their two-dimensional shapes (triangles, trapezoids, squares, hexagons, rhombuses, and squares) , as well as, three-dimensional shapes (cubes, rectangular prisms, cones, cylinders, spheres, triangular prisms, and pyramids). Work with these shapes includes:
- identifying, naming, describing, and comparing shapes
- distinguishing defining attributes from non-defining
- developing problem-solving strategies
- creating composite shapes (using smaller shapes to create a larger shape)
- solve puzzles
- practice drawing shapes
- locating shapes in their environment (fun to do at home too!)
Link to TODO Math website
Note: There is still not a "home accessibility tool" available for kiddos to do TODO math at home. However, you may purchase it for home use.
What's Up in Math this week (January 17, 2017...
Jumping by Fives & Tens on the Open Number Line
- Students will continue to develop conceptual understanding of our number system through explorations with open and closed number lines. Students will play games in which they skip-count frogs forward and back in increments of 1, 5, and 10 along a number line, and develop confidence adding and subtracting in multiples of 5 and 10.
Note: We will take our Unit 4 Assessment after next week.
Last week we were learning new addition strategies to help us think more flexibly as mathematicians by exploring the following:
- Commutative Property of Addition (7+2=9 2+7=9)
- Associative Property of Addition (4+2=5+1)
- Learning the meaning of the equal sign in a variety of equations. We can write equations as 9=5+4 or 5+4=9
*Locate, identify and order numbers to 120 on a number line
*Count forward and backward by 1s, 5s and 10s
*Add, subtract, and solve word problems using a number line
*Measure, order, and compare height in inches
I sent a family overview for Unit 4 home last week in Thursday folders. Here is a link to the overview, as well...
Over the Thanksgiving break I am sending a game called "Number in My Pocket". Students have played it in the classroom and love it!
Here's how to play...
- Helps students become familiar with greater than and less than
- Directions: Have your child try guessing what number you have in your pocket. After each guess, tell child whether the number in your pocket is less than or greater than the numbed guessed. Then have child cross out the numbers on their grid that are no longer needed. Model with your child if needed. We played this in class three times so they should be able to play and explain the directions. Try switching roles and letting them have the secret number and provide you with clues.
Students have expressed an interest in teaching the Number Corner routine. So, on Thursdays and Fridays students will be taking on the responsibility of teaching their classmates. It's wonderful to watch the students taking the initiative to take on this role, as well as, see their classmates respecting them in the teaching role:)
Thank you so much to the parents that could make it to Math night!! Was so fun to see the kiddos teaching their parents the games and taking an active role in their learning!
- Example: Adult says: "I have 10 blocks hiding under a cup. If I remove 3, how many are still hiding?" Student, "I know there are still 7 hiding because one part of 10 is 3 and the other part is 7. I also know 10-3=7 and 3+7=10.
Tell real-world word problems (math stories) at home and write equations to match them (act them out)
- Example: There were some cherries in a bowl. Your sister ate 3 of them and now there are only 7 left. How many cherries were in the bowl to start?
- Student response: "I know there were 10 cherries to start because one part was the 3 my sister ate. The other part was the 7 left, so I know the whole to start/begin was 10. An equation to match this would be 10-3=7.
MATH & LITERACY NIGHT - Save the date!
Our next Parent Engagement night will take place on Wednesday, November 9 from
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Stay tuned for more information!!
What's Up Next week in Math...
Below is the link to the Unit 3 overview. Please check it out! We begin our new unit on Monday.
Unit 3 Overview for Parents
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| Factville is a booming town!! Please send back houses, cars and trees when kiddos finish them! |
Unit 2 Assessment Students will take their Unit 2 Assessment this week. Students will be assessed on the following:
- addition and subtraction fact fluency within 10
- writing a word problem (math story) to match an equation
- solving a word problem using numbers, pictures, or words to solve
Here is a Math video that will give you more insight into number bonds! Fact Families
FactvilleStudents have been sent home with a fact family town piece. They either have a tree, car, or house. Please complete and color the fact family piece and return it so we can continue to create our town of "Factville" in the hallways!
Here are some Math Videos to help support you and your child at home with Math:)
Number Partners of 10 video
Modeling with 10 frames video
Fact Families video
How to solve a word problem video
(RDWW is a strategy that students will be learning next week and throughout the school year with more difficult Math problems)
Here is a link to an online Fact Family game for your child to practice at home!
Fact Family game
A link to all things "fact family" for extra practice:)
Fact Family games and worksheets
Math Workshop focus for week of October 3rd...
*Students will be maintaining their focus on addition and subtraction strategies and emphasizing solving for an unknown number
(i.e. 7 + ___ = 10, ___ + 4 = 9, 12 = ___ + 8 , etc.). Students will generate equation fact families that show the relationship between three numbers (i.e. 7+3=10, 3+7=10, 10-7=3 and 10-3=7). The idea is that the equal sign describes a relationship between two quantities that have the same value.
Click here for an online game for kiddos to play at home!
*Students are challenging themselves by completing "Academic Language Sentence Frames" when working at Work Places. They use the sentence frames to practice speaking mathematically with their partners.
Math Workshop focus for week of September 26th...
Note: WCE administration is working on purchasing an app for students to practice Math online at school and at home. I am hoping to have that available to families within the next couple of weeks. The app is called "Todo Math". Please feel free to check it out on your own at home.
This week we will continue with our new unit, Unit 2: Developing Strategies with Dice & Dominoes. During this unit students will strengthen their addition and subtraction fluency within 12 using dominoes. Students are playing with sets of double six dominoes to work on fluency within 12 OR double nine dominoes to work on fluency within 18. The use of dominoes helps students to instantly recognize combinations of dots, which in turn allows for fast recall of math facts.
* Click here for an overview of Unit 2.
Practice at Home...
* Students learned two games last week...Dominoes and Domino Top Draw. Click here to play dominoes online with your child or use a set of dominoes you have at home.
- Game: Domino Top Draw
- Students learn how to play Domino Top Draw. Here is how to play if you have dominoes at home:
- Players turn a set of dominoes face-down and mix them up.
- Take turns drawing one domino each and figure out how many dots you each have.
- Compare numbers
- The player with the greater number gets to take both dominoes.
- When all the dominoes are gone, each player counts theirs
- The player with the most dominoes wins the game
Homework...
* When completing Math homework, please leave the completed sheets in the journal so that I can check them. I do go through the journals and check to see if kiddos are doing their homework. Thanks!
Math Workshop: Students have been working on computational fluency with the help of many different tools in the classroom; specifically fluency within 20. One tool that students have been using and loving is the number rack. Here is a video that shows you have to get the free online app to have a number rack accessible for your child at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sIiTHZOKMc Students are using the number racks to visualize number combinations which will support their development of computational fluency.
Students have also been working on measurement and graphing. Specifically measuring items with different non-standard units (popsicle sticks, unifix cubes, etc.) and discussing the different measurements. They have been working on completing mini-booklets which requires them to measure different objects throughout the classroom while making an estimate first:)
Coming Up in Math: We will have our Unit 1 assessment on Tuesday. Your child will be assessed on the following from Unit 1:
- Combinations of 5 and 10
- Represent 5 in multiple ways (4+1, 0+5, 3+2, 2+3)
- Represent 10 in multiple ways (7+3, 5+5, 10+0, 9+1, 2+8, etc)
- Looking ahead to Unit 2, students will be developing confidence with efficient, effective and sensible strategies for adding and subtracting single digit numbers. Many students are comfortable with adding single digit numbers, we will be looking at how addition can help in solving subtraction problems (i.e. If I know that 5+4 =9 then I know that 9-4=5). The ability to subitize (recognize the quantity represented in a set without having to count each individual object in the set) is very important and used throughout this unit to develop fluency. An example of subitizing is a child being able to look at the following ten frame and see that there are 6 dots by seeing a group of 5 plus one more is 6.
Homework: Please continue to ONLY do the journal page that is on the homework calendar for that day:)I will be putting a sticker on the front of each journal to show that it was checked:)
This week's focus:
*The number rack is used to help students visualize number combinations and solve story problems within 20. This math tool is made up of 2 strings of 10 beads; each string is strategically broken into a group of 5 red beads and a group of 5 white beads. The colors encourage students to think in groups of 2, 5, and 10. Over time, students will construct a mental model for number combinations.
*Make Ten facts are pairs of numbers that equal 10. Being able to instantly recognize combinations that make 10-for example, 3 + 7 = 10-helps when adding 30 + 70 = 100.
Add Ten facts (10 + 3, 7 + 10) apply when 10 is added to a single-digit number. This strategy helps students work flexibly with tens and ones.
*Math Homework: Please follow the calendar that is put in your child's orange folder every Thursday. The journal page that is assigned that day, accompanies the learning that your child did that day in class. Occasionally, there will be journal pages that are assigned as "bonus" pages. These are not required but can be done for extra practice:)
As always, please email me if you have any questions regarding Math Homework:)
Mrs. Bryan-Doherty:)
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