Lower El Weekly Newsletter
Friday, February 17, 2023
Cups Activity in Cami's Class
Lower El News!
Dear parents,
Please see the flyer on the website about Love and Logic Classes. Here is the sign up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F44A5AD2FA1FC1-love
Please help your child get a few friends/neighbors/relatives to sponsor them for the “Readathon” over the February Break. It’s a terrific fundraiser! We’ll be gathering their “Readathon” forms after the break.
Remember: NO HOMEWORK over the Winter Break
Ms. Becky's class has been having fun making movies featuring what we've been learning. Check out the third graders here as they demonstrate their knowledge of multiplication tables. https://youtu.be/vvqEir3XnRM
All students have had fun learning about engineering with ROK Blocks and built beam bridges/strong structures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDT0PTuK9AU
Academics coming up:
Math:
Early: new concept: Colored Bead Bars for Addition Equations w/ missing addends or sums; Review: “Stamp Game” for +, -, & X operations
Intermed.: review: word problems: visualization techniques for which operation to apply; checkerboard for long X with receded partial products
Advanced: new concepts: 2-step word problems; patterns
Geometry: Parts of the Triangle (sides, angle, altitude, base, etc.); + Review: “7 Triangles of Reality”
(“equilateral”/“isosceles acute”/“isosceles right”/“isosceles obtuse”/“scalene acute”/“scalene right”/“scalene obtuse”);
identifying & describing attributes to define triangles
Language:
Lang. Mechanics: Apostrophe Key Exp. (1), use of commas in letters; Lang. Grammar: Continuing with adverbs; review work on sentence analysis
Reading:
Early: Murmer-diphthongs (“r-controlled vowels”), sight words, practicing all skills so far in authentic texts
Intermed.: “People & Places” w/ accompanying map-reading/directionality studies
Advanced: Analyzing Literature
Geometry Stick Boxes
Getting a workout!
Edder and the Ocean Zones
Beautiful Valentine's Cards
Emmett's Show and Tell!
Cups by Anna Kendrick
Happy National Kindness Day!
Contacts:
Ms. Becky - becky.kiefer@deltaschools.com
Email: camille.bair@deltaschools.com
Website: https://nfmc.deltaschools.com/
Location: 51 Fir Avenue, Crawford, CO, USA
Phone: 970-921-4935
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