Sunday, November 2, 2014

Great talking to so many of you...

It was so great to meet with so many parents.  It is always a pleasure to discuss your children.  It was another busy week but, aren’t they all and they fly by.  This week we finished up topic 3 in Math.  The students seem to have a good grasp on place value and we will continue to spiral back to review it throughout the year.  Especially recognizing if a questions is asking for the place or the value of a digit, and the idea of a place being 10 times the place before it.   

We introduced “Exciting Explorations” which is a spin off from Current Events.  As always there are not a lot of requirements from me:  present a topic is some way, talk in front of the class for 3-5 min, and do it on time, (the date that you picked to do it on.)   I do have some idea for students if they need more guidance in a slide presentation, that can be reached by clicking this link, http://bit.ly/1ucylNw  and they can always talk with me. I look forward to seeing the creative ideas that they come up with!

Book Talks are going great!  Katherine gave one this week that so many children wanted to read, that I had to jump on Amazon.com and order another copy.  Thanks to their great delivery, I’ll be bringing the book to school Monday.  Not the first time I’ve had to do this, thank you for all your orders on Scholastic.com I’ve been able to order a lot of books they have requested for free through Scholastic. 


This week we have a lot going on.  Tuesday,  there is a Professional Day for teachers, so no school for kids.  Friday we have a field trip to Patriot Place, so we will not be having a Daily Geography Test this week,

And finally, our new principal will be arriving on Monday.  Mr Stark will be here permenantly starting Monday.