We read Rainbow Fish, discussed sharing and used the book as the focus for a lesson on addition and subtraction. Each student traced a fish onto a sheet of paper, adding underwater details. As they were drawing, I went around and gave shiny, silver scales to a couple of students at each table. They had to take their beginning number of scales, subtract the number of scales they gave away, and then tell the difference. Those who started with no shiny scales wrote an addition sentence. They started with zero, wrote the number of scales they added and then wrote the sum. This paper should be in your child's backpack so you can talk about it. We read "New Shoes for Sylvia." Our vocabulary words for today were: certainly, perhaps, and resourceful.

We will be spending time talking about describing words this week. On Thursday, the kindergartners and their big buddies will each be bringing an item from home, such as a stuffed animal, toy, or collectible, that they can describe.