Vocabulary

  Language Arts:                                                                 Math:
author/illustrator                                                                addition
blends                                                                                compare
capitalization                                                                      number 
chapter                                                                               solve
character                                                                            subtraction
complete                                                                            unknown
comprehension                                                                   word problems
consonants/consonant blends                                             equation
create                                                                                  associative property of addition
describe                                                                              commutative property of addition
direction                                                                              properties of operations
fantasy                                                                                 addened       
final                                                                                    difference
illustrate                                                                             count
initial                                                                                  decompose
language                                                                             equivalent
magazine                                                                            strategy
order                                                                                   equal sign
predict                                                                                 false
punctuation                                                                         true
questions                                                                             numeral
reality                                                                                   represent
syllable                                                                                compose
uppercase/lowercase                                                            digit
vocabulary                                                                            ones
vowels-long/short                                                                 tens     
                                                                                            place value
                                                                                            compare
                                                                                             greater than >
                                                                                             less than <   
                                                                                             equal to
                                                                                             symbol 
                                                                                             explain
                                                                                             mental
                                                                                             multiple


Commutative Property of Addition: Flip/Flop Rule:
8 + 3 = 11  then  3 + 8 = 11

Associative Property of Addition: "Buddy Rule---the numbers stay the same order, but I switch the 
buddies:
(2 + 2) +3 = 2+ ( 2+3 )