Week 20

 Dear Parents,

         This week in math we focused on numbers to 1,200.  We continued working on writing numbers up to 1,200 in word form, standard form and expanded form. We decomposed them in model to show two different ways to make a number with place value blocks. We compared numbers and said if they were greater than, less than or equal to each other. We also ordered numbers from least to greatest and greatest to least. We spent two days taking the middle of year Math CBA. This test had all the skills that were taught the first semester represented in 20 questions.

       In writing we learned the parts of a friendly letter, wrote a rough draft, revised, and published our letters. The original Letter will go home with your child. I will put a copy of the letter in their work portfolio. I am asking that you help your child deliver their letter whether it be in person, by mail, or even as an attachment to an e-mail. They worked very hard on this letter and chose whoever they wanted to receive it.

       In reading we read the story The Mitten and did an activity using the warmth of our hand, observing and recording what happened. We had to post pone this activity to this week as everyone did not have their mitten. We had a map skills lesson in which we compared maps and globes. We read an article about conservation and how our choices affect our environment. We read the story Time for Cranberries, sequenced the events and tried dried cranberries and cranberry juice. We read a Scholastic News article about Martin Luther King and took a reading check point.

         In science we continued our unit on manmade and natural resources as we learned about conservation, finished our pic collage sorting pictures of these resources, did a talk, read, talk, write, and took our assessment on Friday.

• If you haven’t already replenished your child’s supplies. Please send in a 24 count crayon box and a 12 count colored pencil set.

 

• We were running low snacks for the class. Thanks to Mrs. Walker who sent in individual packets of Lone Star Cheddar Crackers! Individual Goldfish/ Some brand of Crackers is the snack the children prefer. A big cheer went up when they heard that Roy’s mother sent in more crackers.( This is separate from our 100^th Day Snack. Another Parent, Cason’s mom sent in Goldfish on Thursday, so we should be good through January.