November
21, 2014
Dear Families,
We will finish our read aloud Matilda today! An outlandishly crazy book with strong
characters both likeable and not!
It has been fun “stepping into the shoes” of Matilda, Ms. Honey or Mrs.
Trunchbull. All in all we are
quite glad we don’t have her for our principal (big fans of Mr. Foster!) and we do wish Matilda went to our
school J
In math we have focused on the fact families with
multiplication and observed that knowing your multiplication helps with
division facts. We continue to do
games and activities to help learn the facts. It would be great if your kiddo would practice
multiplication facts and/or play multiplication games on the computer over
Thanksgiving. Remember the Everyday
Math on-line games. There are some
good one. And also the Math Reflex site that came home last week.
Writing this week has us thinking about all sorts
of ideas, opinions and reasons to help persuade. I look forward to reading the students Finish –It responses…
should schools assign homework? We will continue persuasive writing after the
Thanksgiving Break.
We continue our weather unit and have done some
investigations this week with water, fans, sunlight and clotheslines. Today we got the opportunity to design,
craft and build model windmills, as an enrichment project. Anytime students get a hands-on
creative project to do… fun is bound to be had! Be sure to get the scoop from your child!
And lastly, we are sad to say goodbye to Caden and
will miss her. Of course we wish
her well with her move! Happy
Travels Caden J
And…
Happy Thanksgiving to you all. I
hope the food will be delicious and plentiful with good company to share it
with. Enjoy the time away from
homework, red folders and lunch boxes!