Happy May! Can you believe how quickly this year has flown? There are many important upcoming events for this month:
Tuesday, May 17th Fieldtrip to the SD Zoo. We will leave IA at 9:00am and return at 3:00pm. We still need one or two more chaperones. If you are interested please let me know. The cost os $10 per adult. The students are all free.
Wednesday, May 18th IA is putting on a Talent Show. More details to come.
Thursday, May 19th will be our classroom Birthday Celebration for the month of May. If your child has a birthday in May please coordinate treats on the sign up sheet on the door.
Monday, May 23 - Thursday, May 26th are half days. In the afternoon your student will be assigned a time for a Presentation of Learning. There is a sign-up sheet on the wall to schedule your conference time.
Friday, May 27th there is NO SCHOOL for professional development.
Monday, May 30th there is NO SCHOOL for Memorial Day
Thank you to all of the families that brought treats for the teachers today. You truly brightened our day with a great breakfast and lunch. We are so proud and honored to be your students' teachers!
Exciting news from the classroom - Swimmy is a froglet. His tail has almost diappeared and he spends some time out of the water. The kids were SO excited this morning when they saw him.
Most of the class has finished their personal narratives. Please come by the room and read these great memories.
In math we are continuing to work on multiplication and division. Some of the students are learning what to do with remainders. Last week I gave the following problem: There are 8 cookies that need to be divided equally by three friends. Many of the students were stumped but a few came up with very creative ways to solve the problem. Here is an example:
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| Isaac solved 8 divided by 3 by drawing plates for each of the three friends. Then he gave them each an equal amount of cookies until there were not enough left to distribute equally. The extra 2 cookies he split into three pieces because there were three friends to share with. In the end each friend got 2 whole cookies and 2/3. |
In Social Studies the class is still learning about the economy and all the roles that people play within the economy. Today with Kimberly, our Junior Achievement helper, we learned about campaigning and voting. The class had an empty real estate location for rent. Each group was given a business that they had to campaign for, to fill the space. The class came up with the pros and cons for a pet shelter, skate park, and toy store. They presented these pros and cons to the class and then the class voted, by ballot, on which business they would like in their community. The pet shelter won.
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| Preparing a list of pros and cons to present to the class |
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| Voting |
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