Week 19

 Dear Parents,

          This week in math we learned three ways to find out if a number is odd or it is even. We practiced on many numbers and lined them up with a pair or put them in teams. We learned that a number is even if everyone has a partner or the teams have the same number of players. We learned that a number is odd if there is one left over who does not have a partner or if one team has one more player than the other team. We also learned that no matter how large the number is, if you look at the ones number and see if it is 0,2,4,6,or 8, then it will be even. If you don’t say that digit when you count by 2s, then it is odd. We also learned how to count our base ten numbers to 999.We built numbers by rolling a die for each digit of a 3 digit number.

          In writing we have been writing our notes and friendly letters. Most are edited and in final copy form and they went home Thursday to be delivered. Ummmmm- they may need some help with delivery as a few wrote to Santa or their elf on a shelf.

           In reading /social studies we read a Scholastic News article about the history of gingerbread and took a comprehension check. We even tasted a gingerbread cookie! We continued researching our American Symbols and turned in our page for a grade.

           In science we read an article, did a talk, read, talk, write and took our assessment over weather.

           A BIG  Thank you to my room moms Lori Hayward and Angela Giancola for planning an amazing  Winter party for our class! The children were talking about how much fun they had the rest of the day. Several children said it was the BEST winter party ever!