My baby was sick on Tuesday and so another mom took over class for me. I was able to be in class today and we had a really great time. I love teaching your kids math.

What we did this week:

• Read Chapters 3 and 4 in Life of Fred
• Patterns
• Numerals
• Played in math centers 
• Started "Number of the day"
• Took timed tests
• Reviewed greater than/less than, fact families, odd and even
• Learned what the = sign really means
• Played a great math double fact game as a class

Homework: Little math book (everything should be a review)

What we did in class: 

• Read Chapter 2 in Life of Fred
• Commutative property
• Fractions
• Time (a quarter past or a quarter to...) 
• Reviewed place value as a class
• Math centers 

Homework: Addition Butterflies (math fact practice) 

New Semester

Welcome to winter semester. We have three new students joining us for Little Red School House this semester. Because of the new students and the extra long Christmas break we will be reviewing everything we covered in fall semester. REVIEWING is the key word. We will move quickly so we can cover new material. Here are the topics we will be reviewing:

• Time, Place Value, Fact Families, Greater than and Less than, Graphing, Double facts up to ten, Even and Odd

As parents please also review these topics at home (especially if you are new to our class).

Some of the new material we will be covering in the next few weeks includes:

• Money, Fractions, Double digit addition

What we did in class:

• Introduced Fred
• Read Chapter One in Life of Fred
• Commutative Property
• Astronomy and Constellations
• Cardinal vs. Ordinal Numbers
• Took a Pre-test (I wanted to see what level each student was on) 
• Went over class management rules, prize bucket and homework. 

Homework: Math All About Me