We read Jan Brett's "The Mitten." Students matched animal pictures to each animal's name. I taught 20 new animal signs and then gave each student an animal card. We went around the circle with the first person showing their animal sign. The second person had to do the 1st person's sign plus their own. The 3rd person had to do the 2 previous signs plus their own and so on. I was so impressed with how well students remembered all the signs.

We read a story about the plus sign. (Can you believe there's actually an entire book about the job of the plus sign?) Students learned the word "sum" as it's used in math. We also contrasted the meanings of "sum" and "some."

I wanted to clarify a couple of things inside your child's Monday envelope. There's a hundreds chart with a sandwich baggie stapled to it. Inside the baggie are instructions on a tiny piece of paper. Your child is supposed to glue the numbers 1-100 onto the chart. Talk with them about patterns that they notice and randomly point to numbers and make sure your child can correctly name them. There is also a book order form. The due date for any orders is next Tuesday the 17th. (Your child was supposed to write that at the top of the form, but I noticed some forgot.) Remember, if you do not order online I need cash and not checks please.