Welcome back to another 5 day work week :0) I just wanted to say thank you for those who participated in the cookie dough sales and/or made donations to our field trip. We were able to raise enough money to go on a fabulous field trip and participate in the "Wagons Ho" program. I will be sending more information out about each of these as the dates get closer. I will also be needing volunteers to help chaperon too.
Homework
As a part of getting students ready for middle school, I will be sending out more homework. Most of the work, should only take 30 minutes or less. Please be asking your student about their homework. I hand it to them as we walk out the door to the buses so it cannot be forgotten about. :)
Cookie Dough
The orders have been placed and will be due to arrive within a 2-3 week period. Prizes will also arrive at the same time as cookie dough.
Fractions
The students have been working really hard to understand all the processes involved with Fractions. At this point, they should be able to tell you the following:
- Define a fraction
- Label the parts of fraction
- Be able to factor a number and use a factor tree to find the prime factorization
- Define the difference between a prime and composite number
- Reduce or find the simplest form of a fraction
- Add/Subtract fractions with common denominators
This week, will we be adding how to deal with uncommon denominators. I spend a fair amount of time with this concept, as it is a crucial one. I also understand that if you haven't touched this concept since you were in 5th grade, it may be difficult to help with homework. I will be posting video tutorials on my blog to help both students and parents. If you are really struggling, please don't hesitate to email me for the same reasons I have to email my son's high school math teacher. lol
Story Books
You may have already heard about the books we are writing in class. It is a free program we participate in every year. In my class, I give the students free reign to make what ever kind of book they want. This year, I have everything from mysteries, cookbooks, fan fiction, graphic novels to dictionaries of favorite things and autobiographies. I am impressed with the creativity of my students.
Here is where I NEED YOUR HELP. I cannot successfully edit 31 books before Spring Break. I promised all students that I would help edit 3 paragraphs. The rest of the editing belongs to you. I will send out directions later in the week on how to help your student edit their book . . .with minimal tears.
Tuesday, Feburary 14th -Valentine's Day, Pizza Money Due
Thank you to those who donated to our party. I will be making pancakes for the kids on Tuesday afternoon. We will also be sharing Valentines then too. Please make sure that if you choose to give Valentines, that you include everyone. Please remember that we have nut and egg allergies. For our art project this week, we will be making paper bag Valentine's mail boxes. Students are welcome to bring in their own materials, but I will supply the bags.
Friday, February 17th - Spelling Test and Fractions Quiz
Spelling List 15
- about
- algebra
- quiet
- other
- weapon
- thousand
- happen
- different
- along
- equator
- hospital
- animal
- second
- region
- quarter
- lecture
- puncture
- again
- litany
- adaptations
