Turkeys in Disguise

Students had many great disguise ideas for their turkeys this week.  They wrote from their turkey's point of view to try to convince others not to eat them.  Here are some pictures of the turkeys. 

Have a great Thanksgiving with your families!

Homework November 19-23

Monday:  
Math - Study Link 4-4

Read for 15 minutes

Pajama Day Tomorrow

Tuesday:

Read for 1 hour over the break ( you can break it up into a couple of pieces)
Go on xtramath at least twice over the break

Wednesday - Friday:
No School

Promethean Board Has Arrived!!!!!

Our class was very happy Tuesday morning to find our Promethean Board had finally arrived and was installed in our classroom.  We are still learning everything about what it can do, but it is very exciting.

We used it in math to help us learn about decimals and place value.  We can use virtual manipulatives to help us compare decimals.

We also have been working on a punctuation unit in writing and did some work with commas using the Promethean Board. 

Homework for Week of November 12-16

Reminder:  Wednesday is an Early Release for parent/teacher conferences.  Students will be dismissed at 12:50.
Monday:

No School

Tuesday:

Math - Study Link 4-1
Read for 15 minutes
Turkey in Disguise is due Friday  

Wednesday:

Math - Study Link 4-2
Read for 15 minutes
Turkey in Disguise is due Friday

Thursday:

Read for 15 min.
Study Link 4-3
Turkey in Disguise is due tomorrow

Friday:
Read for 30 minutes
Practice Math Facts - Go on xtramath.org at least once over the weekend

Book Fair Hours

The book fair will be coming to SMS soon.  Here are the hours the fair will be running this year.  

Book Fair Hours

Monday, November 26,   8:40-5:30

Tuesday, November 27,  8:40-5:30

Wednesday, November 28,  8:40-7:30

Thursday, November 29,   8:40-9:30

Important Dates and Election Day

Important Dates

Thursday, November 8 - Early Release for parent conferences - dismissal for students at 12:50
Friday, November 9 - Teacher In- service day (no school for students)
Monday, November 12 - Veteran's Day (no school)
Wednesday, November 14 - Early Release for parent conferences - dismissal for students at 12:50
November 21-23 - No School for Thanksgiving

Parent conferences will be happening over the next two weeks.  Please let me know if you need a reminder of the time you signed up for your conference.

Learning about the Elections

We started talking at the end of last week about the elections and who can vote in the United States.  We will continue to talk about the Electoral College and voting this week.  

Last Friday, we tried a new app on the iPads called Basher's Presidents.  The app is set up like a timeline for students to click on different presidents to learn interesting facts about each of them.  Students who had all their work turned in started working on a scavenger hunt with a partner using this app.  Many students learned some interesting a facts about our presidents. 

Homework for Week of November 5-9

Monday:

Math- Front of Review Sheet for Chapter 3 - Test Wed.
Read for 15 min.
Study vocab words (list was given out last week) - quiz Wed.

Tuesday:

Math - Back of Review Sheet for Chapter 3 - Test tomorrow
Read for 15 min
Study vocab words - quiz tomorrow
 
Wednesday:

Math - Go On xtramath.org
Read for 15 minutes

 
Thursday:

Read for 30 min.
Practice Math Facts - Go on xtramath.org at least once over the weekend

Friday:
No School