Ms.

Lis Classroom Newsletter

If you ever need to contact me, the best way is through email:
lij@mtree.k12.ar.us
You may also contact me by school phone, 358-2214, Monday
Friday (8:00am-8:45am). These times will also be open if you
need to request a conference, but please contact me ahead of
time to schedule.

Reminders
1. Tues, 1/6 Third Quarter Begins
2. Fri, 1/9 5th Grade Weekly Math Quiz
3. Fri, 1/9 6th Grade Weekly Math Quiz
4. Mon, 1/12 Report Cards go Home
5. Mon, 1/12 School Board Meeting @ 6pm, HS Library
6. Fri, 1/16 1st Semester Awards, 5th/6th @ 9:30am
7. Mon, 1/19 MLK Jr. Day No School
8. Mon, 2/2 Fri, 2/6 Book Fair
9. Thurs, 2/5 Parent/Teacher Conference
10. Fri, 2/6 Group Pictures

Marked Tree Elementary School

Marked Tree, Arkansas
week!
January 6, 2015

Tutoring resumes this

Tues, Jan 6 6th Grade Tutoring
Thurs, Jan 8 5th Grade Tutoring

This Week in 5th Grade Math

This week, students will learn how to interpret fractions as division.

Example:

13=

This Week in 6th Grade Math

This week, students will learn about the relationships between the operations, specifically:

the relationship between addition and subtraction

the relationship between multiplication and division

the relationship between addition and multiplication

the relationship between subtraction and division

Example: The Relationship Between Addition and Subtraction

When we add one number and then subtract the same number we get our original number.

w+xx=w

This number sentence is called an identity because the variables can be replaced with any
numbers and the sentence will always be true.