Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Check out our most improved "Math Money Masters"!


Ethan P. Mikayla, and Lizzy had the most improvement in our Math Money chapter test. Way to go you little entrepreneurs.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

End of Second Six Weeks

Wow! Everyone reached their AR goal for this past six weeks. Way to go! The AR party will be this coming Friday from 2:00 to 2:30 pm. It will be called Puzzles and Pretzels and Gummies and Games. The students are encouraged to bring puzzles and board and card games. No electronic games please. Keep up the great reading and don't forget to bring back your reading logs each day. We are really good at checking.

The literature selection for this week will be "Trickster Tales". The students will be writing their own "trickster tale" this coming week.

The spelling words this week concentrate on the /oi/ sound.
*join
*joy
*boil
*noise
*spoil
*choice
*soil
*point
*foil
*voice
*coil
*broil
*coin
*boy


In Math we are beginning a new unit of instruction. We will begin adding and subtracting with double and triple digits. Some of the vocabulary words we will be using are:

  • sum
  • difference
  • addend
  • addition
  • subtraction
  • digit
  • regroup

Question of the week? What do the colors on the United States Flag symbolize?