WOW!

Every single student in our class was a spelling champion today! Wow! Way to go! Keep up the good work everyone!

Thank you!

A big thank you to all of the families that met with me for parent-teacher conferences yesterday.  I greatly enjoyed talking with all of you.  If you were not able to make your scheduled conference time or did not set up a time to meet due to scheduling issues, please contact me to set up a time to get together within the next few weeks.  Thank you.

Pumpkin Estimation!

On Friday, October 31, as part of our Fall Festival we completed lots of estimation activities! First we estimated how many objects were in a series of paper bags.  Students had to estimate how many leaves, erasers, pieces of candy corn, etc. were in a bag and then found the difference between their estimates and the actual.  Next, we guessed how many seeds were in a pumpkin! Each group got a pile of seeds to count and then we added them all together.  What a great afternoon of fun and math!

REMINDER: Parent Conferences

Parent conferences will be held on Tuesday, November 4.  Please try to arrive a few minutes prior to your scheduled conference time.

There will be note paper in the hallway so that you can leave a note for your child.  I will be sure to put the notes on their desks first thing on Wednesday morning so they can start their day with a smile!

Conferences are 15 minutes in length.  Also, don't forget to take your child's seed project and fundraiser order home with you.

I am looking forward to meeting with everyone.

Descriptive Writing - Pumpkins!

Today used our sense of smell, sight, and touch to explore pumpkins and recorded our observations.  We then turned our observations into sentences using a graphic organizer.  Finally, we created a paragraph with a main idea idea, four descriptive details, and a closing sentence.  We had a great time while also working on the writing process!  

Third Math in Focus Test Prep

On Friday, October 31 students will be taking their third Math in Focus Test Prep,  Addition up to 10,000. In class, students have solved problems in the concrete stage, using manipulatives, pictorial stage, by drawing pictures, and abstract stage, with mathematical algorithms / symbols.  Please see below for the chapter wrap up of information covered during this chapter. 

Manipulatives!

In class, we are using manipulatives, such as base ten blocks, to find the sum of whole numbers to 10,000.  See below for some pictures of our class hard at work!