Math Videos and games!!! April 20, 2012

We are currently working on addition, skip counting, hundred charts, and more!

Below are a few great ways to practice math skills at home!

This video will help your child practice adding “doubles.”

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This Video is fun way to count by twos!

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“Numbers in the 20 start with a 2!”

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This video is  a favorite in our class for skip counting by 10, 5 and 2.

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And for those kids who struggle with the transitional numbers (e.g. – 29…30 or 39…40)

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And our favorite song/video for counting to 100!

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We will continue to explore the “Hundred Chart” in class.  Here is a GAME to help your child practice

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If you or your child find any great videos or games online, please let me know

Extra math practice with xtramath.org! March 20, 2012

xtramath.org is a new website we are using.  Xtramath is a free web based program that teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts which are critical to success in mathematics.

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Here is what teachers & parents are saying about xtramath: https://www.xtramath.org/home/kudos

J, K, E, F, L December 9, 2011

J – Jumping Jumprope says J…

Pretend like you are jumping rope and your feet landing make the “j” sound.

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K – Katie Kleenex says K- K- K

Pretend to cough into a kleenex

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Lullaby Lady says L-L-L

(pretend you are singing a lullaby and rock a baby)

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Funny Fang says F-F-F

Put hands out in front of you like a vampire

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Ebeneezer say “short E sound”

Cup hand up to ear trying to hear (eh? eh?)

ipad apps we use in class! October 22, 2011

We have a classroom ipad that the kids are using for handwriting, reading, math, writing workshop, and audio & video projects throughout the year.  The kids are loving it!

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Below is a link to a list of the iPad apps that we use on a regular basis.

http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/arsenaultfavapps

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Here is a fun video about the ipad saying, “there’s an APP for that!”

Handwriting Videos! October 21, 2011

Making Numbers!!!

This video shows how we make numbers using the Handwriting Without Tears Program:

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Making Letters!!!

This video shows how we make “Frog Jump Capitals”

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Phonic Soup October 18, 2011

Description from the official website: “Phonic Soup” is a developmentally appropriate, language-based phonemic awareness program which teaches equentially and methodically the skills associated with phonemic awareness: rhyming, alliteration, letter recognition, sound-symbol association, sound blending, sound segmenting, simple reading decoding, and early spelling skills.   Through the use of multi-sensory language-enriched materials, a unique connection is made between language and phonic experiences.   “Phonic Soup” program offers reading and beginning reading materials that are appropriate for use with youngsters aged 2 years through 7 years.

See the posts below for the letter sound & motions!

Phonic Soup October 17, 2011

I created an Alphabet/Phonic Soup project for one of my graduate classes.  We had to create an online course.  It is a work in progress, but the content is perfect for reviewing letter names/sounds as we study them.  Please ignore all the “assignments and projects” on the site, unless you really want to do them

You’ll notice that the project is housed in the same blog format/theme as our classroom blog.  This might make it easier to navigate.  It will ask you to start navigating the site in a certain order (as if you were actually taking the course), but you can just start clicking the letters on the right hand side.

Here is the link to my project:

http://kindergartenphonics.wordpress.com/

Phonic Soup – H and Y October 17, 2011

New Letter Sounds!

Practice the letter sounds and letter names H and Y at home.  Look for things that begin with these letters around the house or while in the car.  We will be studying these letter this week in class.

We also use a character and hand motion to help us remember how to make the sound.  (Your children should be able to show you the hand motions, tell you the letter name and the letter sound.)

Y –  “Yelling Yeller Says Y-Y-Y”  (Move both hands like a karate chop)

Voice Box is: ON

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H – “Happy says H-H-H”  (Put palm of hand in front of face to feel the air coming out)

Voice box is: OFF

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Please make sure that your child is practicing the letter sound correctly.  Make sure that they are not pronouncing the “D” sound as “DUH”.  We often use an imaginary pair of scissors to “cut” the sound to avoid adding the “uh” sound.

F and V October 16, 2011

Funny Fang says F-F-F

Put hands out in front of you like a vampire

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Vibrating Vacuum says VVVVVVV…

Make a “V” with your fingers and glide forward like a vacuum!

Letter Sounds we are studying this week! October 16, 2011

We studied W and N this week!

N - ”Neverman says N, N, N”

Shake head back and forth

We will study the following letters next week (10/11 – 10/14)

A – “Al says aaa”

put hand in front of face and then brush away

D – Drumming Drummer says D, D, D

Pretend that you are drumming using index fingers

T – Ticking Timer says, “T-T-T”

finger ticks back and forth

We will study the following letters 10/18 – 10/21

Y – “Yelling Yeller says Y”

Hands pretend to karate chop

H – “Happy the Clown says, H-H-H”

Put hand in front of hand and say H sound

Short U – (Umbrella)

point up up up