November 18, 2014

The students worked hard today to continue to develop sentences and paragraphs using the jot notes they gathered on grizzly bears.  Students are expected to write 3-5 sentences about each topic they found information about.  We talked about writing sentences that are descriptive and include proper punctuation and capitals.  We have the computers booked tomorrow for the students to begin their good copy that will be included with the grizzly bear art they did in their art journals last week.

After practicing our research skills with the grizzly bear work, students will be ready to begin the exploration of their wonders and deep thinking questions.  Next week we will fine tune our questions and begin working in groups to continue with the inquiry process for the year.

Mr. Southworth met with our students this morning to explore the very huge map of Canada in the learning commons.  Ask your child what they found interesting about the map. Our next mapping session is tomorrow afternoon.

Mrs. Cooper's math class is working on adding three digit numbers with regrouping.  It is very important that all students are able to quickly recall basic addition facts when doing three digit addition. Please take the time to practice basic facts using Mathletics, cards games, dice games, flash cards etc..
Ms. Rauser's math group is exploring rounding numbers.  They watched an interactive rounding video to increase their understanding of rounding.  They practiced rounding to the tens, hundreds and thousands.

Book orders are due Thursday

Life Touch pictures arrived today!

If gifts have been purchased or donated for our Families Helping Families, please wrap, label and send to school between now and December 5(DUE DATE).