December Update!

We finished The Sisters Grimm and celebrated in style!

Here's a sneak preview of some of the exciting things we've been up to here in Room 20!  Our student bloggers will be posting articles later this week with more details, but here are some highlights.

We're writing fiction!
Narrative writing (story writing) can be both real or imagined and we are diving head first into the world of fiction!  Check out some fiction "storyboards" for planning our stories below!

Ashley drew a storyboard of one of our mentor fiction shorts, "Frozen Fever."

We celebrated Fairy Tale Day!
We were so excited and proud to have finished The Sisters Grimm!  Stay tuned for exciting details about our special celebration!

We're dividing and applying what we know!
Long division is the name of the game in math lately!  We're also using what we know about division to solve problems and find prime and composite numbers using divisibility rules.  Quiz on Thursday (12/17), so check out the pink study guide!

Gabi and Brandi did a great job collaborating on some prime & composite brain teasers!

We're on a Great American Road Trip!
Our new social studies unit is going to be so much fun - studying the US regions and Washington, D.C.  Stay tune for some awesome pics and slideshows!  Got any cool postcards or family photos?  Send them in!

Division HOW TO Video!

Hi everybody!  Today, we learned a new strategy for dividing.  It involves some multiplying and some subtracting to find your answer.  I made a short video of me solving an example problem to help you remember how to divide!  Use it to help you with your math homework and remember that homework is PRACTICE.  This is a new skill, so if it was easy and automatic, that would be surprising!  Remember,  you might not feel comfortable with division YET, but that doesn't mean you won't feel better after a few days of practice, which is EXACTLY what we've got in store for us this week (and next!)  Try your best and keep moving forward!