Bowling for 10 & "Spare" time math

Hello Families,

Thank you to those of you who were able to attend math night! I am thrilled your child had the opportunity to show you some of the things were are doing in class and share with you about his/her day! It was so nice to chat, even just for a moment with each and everyone that attended. I look forward to talking with you more at conferences later this month.

Students had a blast today on our (disco) bowling field trip to Spare Time Bowling in Northampton. Not only did they show off their bowling and dance moves, but they wowed us with their math, putting what we have focused on with combinations of 10 and adding and subtracting within 10 with the pins. Students were very engaged and independent and excited that they could add, subtract and explain their numeracy skills up to 10 with a lot of fluency. Bowling will also be a great experience to use as a shared writing activity topic for our next writing unit launch. A big thank you to all of the extra donations we got from families and to all of our wonderful chaperons!

Tomorrow is Community Field Day in the morning and then reading buddies in the afternoon, followed by gym. Not a bad way to end our week, right? I hope you all enjoy a long weekend with your child! I hope everyone has some time to enjoy the beautiful weather and sunshine as the leaves are slowly starting to change. I know it is one of my favorite times of the year (not too cold but we are starting to get the awesome fall colors).

Keep up with the reading! I am already noticing a lot of growth in both math and reading. Here are some ideas for some quick math practice that you can do with your child practically anywhere:

• Counting forwards from a given number (not 1, but start at 32, 68, 119, or 127?)
• Counting backwards across decades ( 92, 91, 90, 89, 88...)
• Skip counting: 2's, 5's, 10's (for a challenge try 3's)
• "Flash me _________ (# 1-10) on your hands/fingers; Now show me ___ (same #) a different way".
• Counting on: Give student a big number and a number under 10. Students should stick big number in their heads and count of from that number with the smaller one, using their fingers.
• Start looking at coins and money (we will learn about this later in the year)
• start looking at time (we will look at later in the year).
• Play board games
• Measure and counting in the kitchen.
• addition and subtraction story problems verbally (could do these in the car).

Thanks so much for your support! So many donations still coming in. Only things we could use on our wish list are: multicultural crayons and markers and colored cardstock paper.