Grade 1 is adding! We can make addition stories when we put groups together. Check out this pirate video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT_wvvEvkw4 This next video is a bit slow but it shows how we use a 2 part mat and drawing to help us solve math problems and write an equation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7mi24ClSMw Check out the links section too - it has a link to math games perfect for Grade 1 right now. You'll soon see addition in the Grade 1 homework!

We had no problem coming up with words that start with D! Take a look at how many /d/ words there are in this Story Bots video alone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7E-tnTiW_Y The children are excited to learn words now too - so here is a video that went with the book we read about a d-o-g, dog! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBYuSmqG6fw Some children know the word Dad. We didn't listen to this song about My Dad, but you might enjoy it together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9X6S-PPRso We have a lot of dinosaur fans too! They might like to check out this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0FOZ0-VpcU

 We did Lizzie Lizard's Letter L this week. We found some lizard books to read and found out what lizards eat. Can your child tell you? We listened for the /l/ sound in these videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_sjAOnowKM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNFiZXByjpA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gk9_7oYL2Q

Nigel Night Owl introduced us to the Letter "N n"  this week. Here is the link to the N Story Bot video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZG0GQTskhE We can read the word "no"! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotLRKkwZh4 We also discussed that owls are nocturnal animals - they hunt at night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYKCklr2GvY We  listened very carefully to the end of words and heard lots of  the /n/ sound there too - Ethan and Caden's name; wagon, pumpkin...Can you and your child think of more?

The Story Bots had lots of words that started with the /j/ sound! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bGQ-XlLk8M In our class, we had 2 students with names starting with J - Jacob and Josephine.  The Sesame Street crew have some names that star with J too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKYMpRSvg2Y We  made Jack-o-lanterns too (paper ones so far!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mph3hygIFU We practiced making the letter J - both the upper case that stands on the line and the lower case that looks like a fish hook hanging in the water.

Mrs. Hendry's W Wand could not help pointing to things in the classroom that started with the /w/ sound! It went to a whale, Will, water bottles, pictures of a witch and a wizard, my watch and Willie Weasel's picture! Wow! Our Zoophonics animal is Willie Weasel but since it is so close to Halloween we had to talk about Wanda Witch too! Check ou this video; did you notice the weasel? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDJ0a_g-weU The children laughed at the antics of the letter W with Kermit The Frog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_0HDXCyNs The Letter W was tricky getting away from the Detective. How did he get away? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0iLTufp_bk