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Sept. 19, 2014
Coming Up

Literacy: We are
wrapping up the unit on
Abraham Lincoln. Some
of the skills we are
focusing on are: main
idea and details,,
summarizing, character
traits,
Writing: a component of
our literacy block, we will
be focusing on writing a
friendly letter this week.
The students in my
literacy class will be
writing pen pal letters
throughout the year.
Science: soil and
earthquakeswe will be
making an edible soil
profile on Wednesday.
Math: multiplication 2 X1
(13 x 5) 3 x 1 (128 x 7)
and 2 x 2 (28 x 4) using
the traditional
and partial
products
methods




Dates to Remember

Sept. 25 Ag Day
Sept. 26 Apple Day
Sept. 30 Early dismissal
@11:20
Oct. 3 Springfield trip
Oct. 17 Book Order Due
Please Note
Midterms are coming home
this week along with the results
of the beginning of the year
MAP assessment. We will
discuss the assessment during
the Parent Teacher
Conferences Oct. 22-24.
Ask your child about
Mystery Skype!


Jadarin Vaugn is our star student for this
week. Doesnt he have a wonderful smile!
Star Student of the Week

Homework to Expect
This Week

Monday: blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah

Tuesday: blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah

Wednesday: blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah

Thursday: blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah
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Jadarin and Rees do a sediment
Experiment.

ill match any of the themes!
Football
Homecoming
game is
this Friday!


At a Snails Pace

It seems as if math is crawling at a snails pace this year. We are
working with the Illinois State Board of Education and using their
Livebinder program. The problem is, the program was not fully
developed so we are putting the program together as we go. A bit
frustrating, but we are getting along slowly. We are beginning to work
with multiplication processes this week. Many, but not all, of the
students did fairly well with the first lesson multiplying 2 x 1 problems such
as 28 x 4. You will notice I said many, but not all. There were a few tears
of frustration. Please work with your child using the traditional method
of multiplication. I have a youtube video linked on my website, along
with a link to a worksheet that goes with the video. It is under chapter 5
in the Math section of the web page. It is a great resource to help
reteach what they were taught in class. Once the students are
comfortable with the traditional method, we will then demonstrate the
partial products method. There is a video on the same web page
covering that method. Feel free to contact me if you have questions.