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> What it means to be independent > What is means to be self-aware > Naming fractions on a diagram > Naming fractions greater than a whole > Comparing fractions using our knowledge about numerators and denominators > Working on a poster on an animal's structural and behavioral adaptations > Book Buddies > Artists in Residence > What is going on in our read aloud Out of My Mind > The Spelling Pattern for this week Reminders March 28th 8:30-9:15 Spring Open House Team Infinity Share April 4th and 5th 10:30 Dismissal and Parent Teacher Conferences April 8th No School for the Solar Eclipse Ask Me About
> Our word of the week: cooperative > Solving Multiplication and Division word problems > Identifying the meaning of remainders in word problems and affect our answers > Finishing our Social Studies project on our colonies > Sharing our colony projects with the class > What's happening in our read aloud Out of my Mind > Our Health Projects > Seed Time We hope that your family has a wonderful break! We ask that your child reads for thirty minutes each day over break. We are also still looking for donations of tissues and wipes. We want to help keep our classroom clean and healthy! Students return on March 6th. Ask Me About
> The word of the week: sincere > Solving division word problems and labeling our answer > Understanding the remainder in word problems > Our new read aloud Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper > working on our colony projects: picture book, slideshow, poster > Valentine's Day Activities > Book Buddies > 3-5 School Meeting - all of the games we played > Our new spelling pattern Reminders We would love donations of tissues and wipes! Ask Me About
> Our word of the week: trustworthy > Our field trip to Shelburne Farms > What is happening in our read aloud Blood on the River > What themes and lessons we are learning from our read aloud > Division using the area model/box method > Our projects on our colony and how to turn our notes in to a paragraph Reminders February 9th 12:30 Dismissal Ask Me About:
> Our word of the week: self-control > Strategies for solving division problems > Interpreting the meaning of our answer for division problems > Ratio Tables > Animal Adaptations - structural (body parts) and behavioral (actions) differences that help animals to survive > Our Bird Beak Experiment > What makes something alive > The UVM Basketball Game > This week's Spelling Check-in > What is happening in our read aloud: Blood on the River > Organizing our research notes into topics > Using our research notes to come up with a topic sentence > Using research notes to write informational paragraphs Reminders February 1st - Vachereau and Thibault to Shelburne Farms February 2nd - Bahrenburg and Possidente to Shelburne Farms For this field trip your student needs to be dressed appropriately for outside weather. This includes: hats, gloves, winter coat, boots. If your student needs a bag lunch from school, please let us know by Monday, January 29th. Ask Me About
> Our word of the week: proud > What are some things that I have done inside of school this week that have made me feel proud > Watching the Orchard School Play: Alice Through the Looking Glass > Completing our mid-year check-in assessments > Our new Spelling Pattern > What is happening in our read aloud Blood on the River > Seed Time > Our first Health Class > The language of a computer > What are the chips in our technology made of? How do chips allow the appropriate flow of electricity and information? > How lights turning on and off is like computer code. Reminders Thursday, January 25th -Students going to UVM Basketball Game Friday, January 26th - Half Day School ends at 12:30 February 1st - Ms. Vachereau and Ms. Thibault's class will visit Shelburne Farms February 2nd - Ms. Bahrenburg and Ms. Possidente's class will visit Shelburne Farms The cost for the Shelburne Farms field trip is 8 dollars. Check can be made out to the Orchard PTO or cash can be brought in to the classroom teachers. Ask Me About:
> Our word of the week: dependable > Multiplying two-digit by two-digit numbers with the area model and partial products model > What is happening in our read aloud Blood on the River > Our Spelling Pattern of the week > The Martin Luther King Jr. Presentation by the High Schoolers > The MLK quote we memorized > The Whole School Assembly > Book Buddies Helpful Videos: Multiplying 2 x 2 digit problems with the Area Model https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYdD1dEvZIc Multiplying 2 x 2 digit problems with the Partial Products Strategy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk3BeLWlFGY Reminders No School January 15th Ask Me About:
> What goals we have inside and outside of school for 2024 > Steps we are going to take to achieve our goals > Using the area model for solving 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication, and 3-digit by 1-digit multiplication (32 x 4; 273 x 8) > Using the partial products strategy for solving 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication > What we have learned about our colonies from note-taking > Book Buddies > Seed Time > The Spelling pattern for the Week > What is happening in our read aloud Blood on the River Ask Me About:
> Our word of the week: Joy > Finding the area of irregular shapes > Playing Division games to practice our division facts > How multiplication and division are connected > Different strategies we can use for solving division problems > This week's Spelling Pattern > The Card games we learned to play to practice our multiplication facts > Note-taking strategies > What new things we learned about the colony we are researching > How the main character in our read aloud Blood on the River is starting to change > Book Buddies > Winter Sing Reminders Winter Break December 25th - January 1st Our first day back at school is January 2nd Please check your student's orange home folders for information about card games that can be played to practice your student's multiplication skills. Have a wonderful break! |
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