Monday, March 2, 2020

Spelling & Math Update unit 3.3

This week we are reading and spelling words with digraph blends.  A digraph blend is a digraph and a single consonant that combines.  Two sounds are heard in these combinations.  They may come at the beginning (squ-, thr-, shr-) or end (-nch) of a word.   The digraph blend squ- is an oddity because three sounds are heard - /skw/, but the u is not acting as a vowel.  It is considered a type of digraph blend by some.  



 Our heart words this week are: family, friend, and once.
For Heart Word Practice:





A little reminder that Q&U always go hand-in-hand for the digraph blend SQU
 

This video features the digraph blend -nch (our spelling focus) and words that have the trigraph -tch (NOT this week's focus).  There's not much out there in the world of online videos for digraph blends.  That goes for stories as well.  Enjoy this week's spelling story HW, "Lunch at the Ranch" written by Mrs. Perry. 




Math Update
We are well into the third quarter of the school year.  Students should be able to identify a strategy to solve math problems and be able to fluently solve math facts up to 10.  This means that given ANY addition or subtraction fact within 10, they should be able to solve it within 3 seconds.  Working within numbers 1 - 120, when given a number, students should be able to fluently be able to count on AND count backwards.  Revisit past math HW games and activities sent home to help build this mathematical expertise in your child if he/she struggles with this first grade expectation. 
 
Here's some extra word problem practice for students that want some way cool extra math practice!
http://www.math4childrenplus.com/addition-word-problems-classroom-pirate-game/
http://www.math4children.com/games-k-to-6/1st%20grade/subtraction%20word%20problems/index.html
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