Blending -- Long OO/part 1

Here are the blending lines for the Long OO sound, spelled u, _ue, u_e, _ew, and oo.

Decodable - "Mom's Strange Speaking"

Look for all the sets of quotation marks in this story. Remember, quotation marks tell us that someone in the story is speaking. Do you remember what we call that? That's right - dialogue. Pay attention to where the quotation marks are placed, and look at all the different speaker tags, which tell us how the character spoke.

Word Problems -- Part 2

Here is more practice with the steps to follow to solve word problems. (While you're watching this video, see if you can spot the mistake I made while doing the first story problem. I forgot to check off the sentence after I drew and labeled the information about how many cupcakes the teacher ate. Oops!)

Word Problems -- Part 1

Solving word problems is fun. It's kind of like solving a riddle. But you must be careful to follow the steps to solve the problem correctly.

Subtraction, or Finding the Difference

Draw pictures or use household objects to find the difference between sets of numbers.

Fact Families and the Inverse Relationship

Use household objects to show fact families, then write the number sentences, or equations, that go with them.

Part - Whole Thinking

Use household objects (that means things you have at home) to show the part - whole relationship.