End-of-Week Update, 10/11

Congratulations to Maggie for her art show debut on Wednesday!

 This week has been exquisite.  Here’s what we’ve been up to:

·         We finished Chapter 4 in The Sisters Grimm.  Mrs. Grimm and Mr. Canis got trapped by a mammoth giant’s shirt pocket.

·         We mastered our extended multiplication facts. In case you don’t know, extended multiplication facts are when you do a basic fact then add a certain amount of zeros represented in the factors.  Check out this picture of Justin with a multiplication “mat.”  We used ones, tens and hundreds (cubes, French fries, and waffles J) to fill in the area of each multiplication problem.  We pretended they were backyards of Lego toys!

 

Here's Justin using base-10 blocks on a multiplication mat!

 

·         We started to write fiction stories this week!  We have lots of ideas, but some of them were watermelons.  Mrs. Adams showed us seeds!  We enjoyed some seed stories – “Partysaurus Rex,” Knuffle Bunny, “Knick Knack,” “Jack-Jack Attack,” and Zathura!  Pixar short films are seed stories.  Regular Pixar films are watermelons!  We made back-of-the-book blurbs for all of the Pixar films and picture books.

·         We had an awesome time in social studies.  We studied the Narragansett.  We also studied the Northeast’s climate, states / capitals /abbreviations, geography, and economy.  Our quiz study guide will go home next week.  Our teams (or “cars”) have been earning points this week!

·         In Wordly Wise, we’ve learned 90 new words so far!  Isn’t that a mammoth achievement? (Wordly Wise Word!!! J)  After all that, we’re feeling pretty drowsy – just kidding!  Bring on more words!

·         We earned 20 points for our specials and voted to watch a movie together sometime soon!

·         Maggie’s artwork was in the Franklin Art Show at the high school this Wednesday!  She represented JFK with her one-shape abstract painting.

·         In chorus, Mrs. Adams thought we were sounding great!  We are working on posture.

We’ve had such a fun week.  Can’t wait for Tuesday!

 

 

 

What's coming up / Reminders from Mrs. Adams:

• A study guide and study materials will be going home on Tuesday for our Northeast quiz.  Similar to the weather test, please guide your child to utilize the study guide and break up the studying over the week.  Our quiz will be on Tuesday, 10/22.
• We are beginning to explore and learn more about long multiplication algorithms.  Automaticity with our multiplication facts helps tremendously in this process!
• If you haven't yet signed up for a conference in December, please do so at the SignUp Genius link that was emailed out after Open House.  Let me know if you'd like me to resend you the invitation.  Looking forward to meeting!