September Reading Focus

Students will be able to…..	Ideas to support this at home…..
Pick a ‘Good-Fit’ book to read Build their reading stamina (staying focused in a book, goal is 20 minutes) Share characteristics of different reading genres Tell how a book follows the pattern that most fiction books follow.	Read together at home Ask questions about what happens in the beginning (characters, setting & problem), middle (major events) and end (solution to the problem)

September Math Focus

Students will be able to…..	Ideas to support this at home…..
Read 3 digit numbers Write 3 digit numbers Represent numbers in one way Tell the value and place of a three digit number. Compare two 3 digit numbers Order a set of 3 digit numbers Write fact families for addition and subtraction. Use the relationship between addition and subtraction to check my answers. Use strategies to add and subtract numbers.	Show your students numbers and have them read them to you Say a number and they write it down Put numbers in order from smallest to biggest Addition and subtraction fact practice (they need to know basic facts quick and fast) Note: 3 digit numbers are in the hundreds (i.e. 248 or 672)