Math Fluency

Most of our students are developing great number sense! We are working very hard to understand numbers, place value, skip counting, and becoming fluency in basic facts. A few years ago, the focus of math instruction shifted from the long-standing focus of reciting math facts to a more conceptual understanding of number relationships. Now, we seem to be moving to more of a middle ground. We want students to have a solid foundation in number sense, but we also know that it is important for them to know some facts quickly without having to think too long. We call this fluency.

Over the Winter Break, we sent home copies of Math Flash cards. We asked that students begin to practice these facts daily to help with their math fluency. If you are in need of an additional copy of these cards, please login to our Shutterfly page.

Happy New Year!

We have returned back to school for the New Year and we are ready to continue our journey through 1st grade! This week we discussed New Year's Resolutions with our students. We explained that the beginning of year is a great time to reflect on their lives and think about something that they can work on improving. After a quick discussion on what makes for a good resolution (e.i.- it has to be something that you actually need to work on and it has to be about your actions), we asked the kids to write a resolution for themselves as students.

Here are some examples of our resolutions:
"My reolut is to ... tesupate at Kalender math."
"My resloosen is to not talk at worck time."
"My resolution is lising to the techer. i promis."
"My resolution is to try my best on tests."

And our resolution... blogging! We have made a resolution to try to blog more often! So, please check back with us often... Happy New Year!