Method of Complements

Here is the link for the PDF of the Method of Complements strategy for subtraction with regrouping.  I believe if you download it from Google Docs and open it with Adobe Reader, you'll be able to see the entire pencast.

Kool-Aid Playdough

Last week, Nick and his Grammy made some new playdough for our class to use for word work.  The recipe is simple and the playdough has been WILDLY POPULAR in the classroom!  I thought I'd share the recipe in case you'd like to make some at your house.

Kool-Aid Playdough

• 2 ½ cups flour
• ½ cup salt
• 2 (4 g) packages unsweetened Kool-Aid powdered drink mix
• 2 cups boiling water
• 3 tablespoons oil

1. Mix flour, salt, Kool-Aid until blended.
2. Add oil to boiling water, mix with spoon until cool enough to knead.
3. Continue kneading until color is blended.
4. Store in air tight bag or container in the refrigerator.

Click here for the link to the original recipe

Introducing Jamie...

 

Technical difficulties, Jamie.  We'll have to work on this some more.  Coming soon!

Introducing Grace...

First Attempt at an Author Video

Introducing Addie...

Fairy Tales

 
We are starting our work on fairy tales.  Here's what we know about fairy tales to start with.

Sweet Peas

The long awaited day is here!  Our SweetPea players came today!  I am busy working on organizing our books and getting the audio files together to load these players up tonight.  It will be so nice to have these great new players to do our Listen to Reading!  No more fussing with CDs or headphones!  Now we can actually use our Listen to Reading time for listening to reading!  YAY!

Everything should be ready for the first Leitze Learners to try out our new players on Monday!