Lots of Learning!

It has been so amazing to see how much we have learned and progressed in just a few weeks!  This week we have started learning addition number sentences and some strategies to figure out addition problems!  We have counted pictures, counters and have put the bigger number in our heads and counted up!  We're also learning more SUMS games to practice those strategies and to become better mathematicians!
In reading, we've been learning our digraphs (wh, ch, th, sh, ck).  We have learned how to tap them out to spell a word and have learned two catchy phonics dances to remember sh and ch (ask them to do the chicken cha-cha for you!).
In writing, we have been practicing brainstorming ideas, writing a focus statement, writing sentences and drawing illustrations that match our sentence.  We have also been transferring our  four square writing to regular handwriting paper.  We're also still working on using capitals to start our sentences, finger space and punctuation!
We're now at 10 charms and looking to get 10 more in order to get a class party of some kind!  Keep going over our schools ABC's so we can earn those charms!