Math Update and QR codes

Hello Families,

Below is the in depth explanation of the math unit we are currently in.  There are also QR codes for their recording of their personal narrative stories--enjoy!  They did a great job on these!

In the previous unit, your child learned the Make a Ten strategy to find teen totals.  Now, your child builds on previous knowledge to use make a ten to find an unknown partner.  The Make a Ten strategy in explained below.

In a teen addition problem such as 9+5, children break apart the lesser number to make a ten with the greater number.  Because 9+1=10, they break apart 5 into 1+4.  Then they add the extra 4 onto 10 to find the total.  A similar method is used to find unknown partners with teen totals.  Children look for ways to make a ten because it is easier to add onto 10.

Please let me know if you have any other questions!

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Visualization

Dear Families,

The comprehension strategy of Visualizing is also know as making mental images or creating mind movies.  Visualization is the creation of images in the mind as a student reads, processes, and recalls what has been read.  Visualizing a picture or scene with words and phrases allows the reader to organize ideas, see relationships among ideas and make meaningful connections with them.  Using visualization and discussing the pictures to check for understanding and discrepancies helps a reader increase comprehension.

Opportunities for students to discuss and share their visualizations of text will be our focus for this month.  Visualization helps students to:
*Realize personal prior knowledge
*Check their mental images against ext for discrepancies and detail to gain a more complete understanding
*Match language to the images and improve processing of ideas
*Connect in meaningful ways to reading

It is important that students continue making connections to activate prior knowledge well into this strategy of making mental images.  I want all children to learn that everyone's mental images are different because everyone's schema for text is different!

Thank you again for your continued support in and outside of school!
Sarah Vos