A few new developments may have made their way to your dinner table tonight. One is that we began our unit on cursive writing today! The kids were beyond excited. We began by talking about why we learn cursive writing and how we will learn it and practice it. There is a specific way we are learning to write in cursive, so please allow your child to show you the letters we have learned. Today, we learned the letter i. If you are right-handed, your letters should be slanted to the right and if you are left-handed, your letters are a bit more upright.
Another exciting challenge for some of the kids will include moving on to subtraction facts next week. This will be the last week that kids who are still on addition facts will be taking regular addition tests twice a week. All kids will move on to subtraction next week, continuing the Tuesday and Thursday test routine. The subtraction facts flashcards should be at home and I will send home the level your child is starting on on Monday. Those who have not mastered all levels of addition should continue to study addition facts AND subtraction facts at home. These kids will take an addition test during intervention time on Fridays and if they do not pass, they will spend part of their Fun Friday time practicing the addition level they are currently on. Please let me know if you have questions about this or need some ideas on how to help at home.
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