Friday January 25, 2013

Happy Friday! Even though this was a short week of school, we were able to pack a great deal of learning into it. We have ended our money unit and began exploring the concept of multiplication. We will investigate equal groups and arrays as a way to deepen our understanding of multiplication before I begin assessing multiplication fluency. However, students are always invited to practice their computational fluency on Mangahigh.com or multiplication.com.

In reading we have begun studying the genre of Biographies. Please ask your child about some of the famous people they have been reading about.

Also this week, we finished our study of Martin Luther King Jr. by creating Nobel Peace Prizes that explained how MLK changed the world. All of the students did a fantastic job.

Looking forward into next week, I'd like to ask for each child to begin bringing in an empty cereal box, which we will be decorating and using on Valentine's Day. We will be exchanging Valentine's on this day. If you wish for your child to participate in the exchange, they must bring a Valentine for every child. We have 27 students. I will send a list of names next week.

Our Encore schedule for the week is: Mon.-Music; Tues.-PE; Wed.-Art; Thurs.-Library;
Fri.- Music.

Have a great weekend!
Jodi