Dear Parents,
Between the Book Fair, Project Performances, and Halloween; last week was a crazy, busy week! Miss Garcia and myself are looking forward to a nice calm week!
A BIG Shout Out to all the family members that were able to come to our first project. Students did a great job presenting their Tribes Agreement Reader’s Theater. We are looking forward to the next project to share with parents.
We would also like to thank ALL parents/volunteers that made our Scholastic Book Fair such a success. It was the perfect time of year to hold the book fair and the “Western” theme was perfect! Remember that a percentage of the money that we made at the book fair is returned to Oasis Academy.
Remember on Thursday, November 9th students may pay a dollar to wear patriotic clothing instead of their uniform. This special day is in honor of Veteran’s Day which is celebrated on Saturday, November 11th.
Don’t forget to “Fall Back” and set your clocks back one hour so that you arrive to school on time on Monday!
Math
Last week 2nd grade mathematicians became pros at using the partial sum strategy!! This week students will be work on using the partial difference and the arrow method.
Partial difference
5 6 → 50 + 6 1. Show the minuend in expanded form.
- 3 2 → 30 + 2 2. Show the subtrahend in expanded form.
2 0 20 + 4 3. Subtract the tens and ones.
+ 4 4. Add the partial differences (tens and ones)
2 4 to get the difference.
We realize that these strategies are very different from the traditional algorithm that we all learned but knowing these strategies helps to deepen the mathematical understanding of adding and subtracting.
Here's the homework schedule for this week...
Monday
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Worksheet Partial Difference
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Tuesday
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Worksheet Partial Difference
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Wednesday
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Worksheet Addition Branching 3-digit
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Thursday
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Worksheet Subtraction Branching 3-digit
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