Room 106 News
January 13, 2014
Mark Your Calendars!
January 13th:
PTO Meeting
February 3rd & 5th:
2:00 Dismissal
4:00—7:00 Parent Teacher Conferences
February 4th:
2:00 Dismissal
February 6th:
11:30 Dismissal
1:00-4:00 Parent Teacher Conferences
Math
The students are doing a fantastic job completing their weekly homework. Each day the students are assigned 30 math problems in class. As the math concepts get more difficult the students might be bringing home more homework. Please assist your child with any questions they might have on their daily work.
Here are the lessons we will cover this week:
Monday - Lesson 65 - Decimal Parts of a Meter
Tuesday - Power Up Test 12 (Division Facts)
Cumulative Test 12
Wednesday - Lesson 66 - Reading a Centimeter Scale
Thursday - Lesson 67 - Writing Tenths and Hundredths as Decimal Numbers
Friday - Lesson 68 - Naming Decimal Numbers
Also, please encourage a few minutes of daily math fact practice! http://www.abcya.com is a fantastic website to sharpen those skills!
Language Arts - Wonders
Unit 3 Week 3 - Tests Tuesday, January 14
This week's essential question: Where can you find patterns in nature?Click the link here to login and learn more about the skills and activities we will be teaching.
SKILLS:
Grammar - Main and Helping Verbs
Genre - Expository Text
Comprehension Skills - Main Idea and Key Details
Comprehension Strategy - Ask and Answer Questions
Vocabulary Skill - Greek Roots
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Unit 3 Week 4 - Tests Tuesday, January 21
This week's essential question: What benefits come from people working as a group?
Click the link here to login and learn more about the skills and activities we will be teaching.
SKILLS:
Grammar - Main and Helping Verbs
Genre - Expository Text
Comprehension Skills - Main Idea and Key Details
Comprehension Strategy - Ask and Answer Questions
Vocabulary Skill - Latin Roots