Multiplication Help

It seems that the "post" links did not work.  We did, however, get the links to the right of the screen to work.  So, take two on the multiplication fact practice!

Multiplication Help

Here are a few quick links to help your child with basic multiplication facts, and two-by-two multiplication.  Enjoy!  (I am working on how to create links for future reference!)

Basic Facts
http://www.multiplication.com/games


Turtlehead Method

http://www.teachertube.com/video/turtlehead-multiplication-77588

October 13- October 17

We hope that everyone had a great weekend!  The fall weather is really upon us.  The end of the quarter is Friday. All 10 AR points are due by the end of that day.  With that in mind, keep an eye out for the white conference slips coming home to confirm your child's conference time.  

Here is a look at our week ahead.

In Writing, students will begin thinking about and drafting their "Monster" narrative.  This story will ask the students to include two events leading up to the conflict (problem) and two events leading to the solution.  Our goal is to have the monsters and their papers on display for conferences.

In Reading, students will continue reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  We are loving this spooky tale!  The class will also continue to work on their Literature Circles.  

In Math this week we will continue with multiplication strategies. We will also start moving to some harder multiplication and word problems. The strategies we have been working on will work for these problems as well and we will continue perfecting those.

In Social Studies this week we are discussing Missouri's diversity and its famous artists, athletes and musicians. 

In spelling this week, we will discuss homophones and possessive pronouns. We will focus an entire day on they're, their, and there and when to use each of these. The spelling test is this Friday for the 3rd list sent home! 

Have a great week!

Field Trip Update

Field Trip Update

The Conservation Department has just emailed me.  They have relocated the field trip to Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on Fredrick.  It will be there rain or shine.  Therefore, the field trip will go on!  Sorry for any confusion previous posts may have caused.  I wanted to keep you as updated as possible.  See you Thursday!

Field Trip

Field Trip

Due to a high possibility of rain, there is a chance that out field trip will be canceled and the Conservation Department will reschedule a date to bring the presentation to us.  At the latest, we will be informed at 8:00 on Thursday morning if our trip is canceled.  For any parents that were planning on attending, we would need a number to reach you and let you know that the trip has been canceled.  Please send a note with the best number to reach you on that morning.  We are so sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause.  We just found this out this morning.  We will keep you posted! 

October 6- October 10

We hope that everyone had a great weekend.  The fall air is really beginning to cool down!  Please keep that in mind as your child prepares for school.  Recess is at 12:40, but the air is sometimes still cool.  Layers are best!

This week in English Language Arts, students will work on making subjects and verbs agree.  This will help us in creating complete sentences as we prepare to write a narrative.  At the end of the week, students will begin brainstorming ideas.  In Art, students will be creating a 3-D monster!  We will use this monster as the main character in our narratives.  We hope the students enjoy this opportunity to bring their artwork to life.  

In Reading, the classes will begin reading a book together to work on finding the main idea in literature.  We will begin reading Washington Irving's classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  It has been retold on a junior level, and makes for a suspenseful read!  Using this text, students will record their thoughts and predictions about the story.  

This week in math we will continue working on multiplication and the different ways to approach these problems. Our lessons will focus on helping them to understand multiplication by using place value. You've probably noticed we focus on factoring out the 10 to make the math simpler. We do this by using rectangular drawings and multi step factoring when we are multiplying.\

In science with week we will finish up the unit with a test on Tuesday. (This should have been written in their agenda every day this week). We have done a lot of lab work and interactive activities to solidify their understandings in science. We will review on Monday with a game and then take the test on Tuesday. We will then move back to Social Studies and discussing Missouri again.

In spelling this week we will focus on the long E sound and patterns that make that sound (ee, ea, y, e, etc). Then we will look at homophones. We will really focus hard on "there," they're," and "their."

As a reminder, our field trip to Mark Youngdahl Conservation Area is thisThursday, October 9.  We will be leaving the school at 8:30, and arriving back around 1:00.  Please dress your child appropriately in tennis shoes or boots, and in layers.  Bring a sack lunch, with drink.  Parents are welcome to attend, but there will be another field trip at the end of the year that will be a full day trip. 

Field Trip

As a reminder, our field trip permission slips are due today, Friday, October 3.  We are going to the Mark Youngdahl Trail for Conservation Kid's Day on Thursday, October 9.  If you have not signed and returned this, please do so as soon as possible.  Thank you in advance!  Have a great weekend!