November
7, 2014
Dear Families,
We
started the week with some voting ourselves and a little discussion about the
voting process. Our vote was a bit more playful… Oreos vs. chocolate chip
cookies vs. orange slices. I was surprised orange slices did as well as
it did. Get the scoop from your kiddo about the voting results!
We
have just begun our new writing unit, Opinion and Persuasive Essay writing.
We will practice forming opinions about topics and issues we strongly
believe in and develop sound reasons to defend our ideas. We tried persuading Mr. Foster with an
idea of ours as a warm up exercise.
Stay tuned with the results…
This type of writing will be a nice progression from our
narrative writing. And speaking of the personal narratives… we will team
up with Ms. Peternell’s class on Monday to have a writers’ celebration and
share and then the stories will come home for you to enjoy!
Our
unit 3 Measurement focus in math has been engaging with opportunities to work
in small groups and measure, work with geoboards or pattern blocks. Our
students have done a fine job. Today we will take the end of the unit
test. Our next unit is the first of three multiplication units. So
soon we will add multiplication fact practice to the addition fact practice…
any way you can help out, especially with cards games to make fact
practice more fun, will make a difference in the long run.
Today
we are meeting our new music teacher for the first time. We look forward to the year ahead
together with plenty of song and rhythm.
Lastly, we will “kick off”
Veteran’s Day with a recognition assembly Monday morning. It is a great
opportunity to see how many Mitchell students come from military families. Lots
and lots…! We have really enjoyed the photos of military family
members. Impressive!