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Thank you to those who signed up for our Valentine's Party! We still have two openings left. Please use the link below if you can help.
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Please check in with students about materials and supplies. We have had quite a few students lose homework folders, notebooks, and weekly journals lately. This is also a common time students are running out of pencils and erasers.
The students were soooo sick on Friday! : ) Luckily we made it through math, weekly journals, and our spelling test. After that, we relaxed with a popsicle for our sore throats, a few cartoons, and some games and reading with our friends. I would say we all recovered nicely!
Congratulations to Kylie for receiving our Paxton Pride award last week and Aayan for receiving it this week!
In the Classroom
In math this week, we focused on multiplication strategies. Students learned about about square products (6 x 6=36) and near squares (7 x 6 would be one more group of 6 or 42). We also had a tough problem to make sense of involving button dolls. Here are pictures of our math congress where we discussed different strategies, including the good mistakes we made that helped us learn.
Students also played a fun game called Salute. Ask your third grader how to play!
We will assess over this unit next week.
Students also played a fun game called Salute. Ask your third grader how to play!
We will assess over this unit next week.
Students are working on the first draft of their expert books! This week, students completed their chapters and made a blueprint for their non-fiction features. We will work on self and partner revising next week. We hope to have the completed book to share at conferences.
In Social Studies, we have been focusing on map skills. Last week, we explored the maps some students brought to class. We also studied maps of Columbia.
This week, students learned about compass roses, latitude/longitude, and using a scale. On Friday, Mr. Bowen came to talk about his job working for the city.
This week, students learned about compass roses, latitude/longitude, and using a scale. On Friday, Mr. Bowen came to talk about his job working for the city.
Upcoming Events
No School, Teacher Workday-February 5
Valentine's Room Party-February 9
Parent Teacher Conferences-February 15-16
No School, Conferences-February 16
No School, President's Day-February 19
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