In Math today, we practiced writing the date on Gracyn’s paper and discussed what each number represented. We will continue to do this daily. We completed ½ of a Fact Families worksheet in which the three numbers were presented in a triangle format. Gracyn needed a little help on the first one, but then did well on the next 5 fact families. We then moved on to her math textbook, lesson 17-5 “Draw a Picture and Write a Number Sentence”. The introduction page, Guided Practice, Independent Practice, and Problem Solving sections all tasked her with reading a short word problem and then determining if she needs to add or subtract. She then drew a picture and wrote a number sentence to accompany the word problem. We discussed the verbiage presented that tells us when we need to add (how many in all, or altogether, etc.) or when to subtract (how many are left, etc.). We watched a Brain Pop Jr. video on “Basic Subtraction” as a review for her test tomorrow. This video went through basic subtraction, drawing pictures, horizontal and vertical writing of problems, counting back to solve, using fact families and number triangles, and finally, counting up to solve. It provided a very thorough review of this unit! Additionally, we began a “Graph a Word” activity using the written number words (three, seven, four, one, nine, and six). In this activity, Gracyn rolls the dice and then reads and writes the word that is under the accompanying dice number. This activity will be ongoing and provide good practice in mastery of reading and spelling numerals in word form. She then wrote a sentence using the word “three”. We ended our time with a fun storybook entitled “Penguin Pairs: Counting by 2s” by Amanda Doering Tourville. We had fun reading and counting the penguins up to 20. We also talked about how many pairs there were vs. how many total penguins there were.