Sunday, December 13, 2009

December 14th spelling words

1. December
2. chimney
2. ornament
3. wreath
4. poinsettia
5. celebration
6. presents
7. tinsel
8. stocking
9. reindeer
10. sleigh
11. elves
12. wrapped
13. carols
14. decorations
15. mistletoe
16. gingerbread
17. wonderland



A special thanks the the parents who came in a helped with the Holiday Crafts.
Also, to everyone who has made our classroom a success.
Thank you for everything
Mrs. Steiner

Friday, December 4, 2009

Spelling, week of Dec 7th-11th

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
January
February
March
April
August
September

Thanks for the continued support. please continue to work on Addition and subtraction with your child.
Santa art is due Wednesday. What is Santa's job the other days of the year?

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Repeated Addition

This week we started working on multiplication. Students learned repeated addition yesterday and today, we worked on an array model.
A Multiplication Array is simply a number of symbols ordered in neat rows and columns.

When offering your children these arrays, simply speak to them about what is going on in theme. Also ask them to think of the multiplication symbol having the meaning of "rows of". This way, when your child thinks of 3 x 5, they will think of 3 rows of 5.

This method does go hand in hand with the 'grouping' method of teaching multiplication. These two methods are similar, yet different.

multiplication array, multiplication worksheets









Here is a full set of multiplication array problems for you to offer your child.












Thank You for all your support!

Dec. 1st

Spelling words.
Group 1
out
down
how
brown
saw
call
log
paw
off
talk
also
soft
draw
town


Group #2
spring
knee
throw
patch
strong
wrap
three
watch
street
know
spread
write
catch
two

strength
kitchen

We are looking for volunteers that would like to be in charge of a holiday craft for a group of 5 students. I need 4 more volunteers. Thanks for all that you do.