Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Brrrr! It's cold out there!

The kids went outside for recess today. I hope that they were prepared!

Service Project
More items came in today! Thank you so much for your generous donations. Our family is going to have a very happy holiday season. Please remember to turn all donations in by Thursday, December 11.

DARE Graduation
DARE graduation is Wednesday, December 10th from 9:00-10:00 in the school cafeteria. We hope to see you there.

Mini-Mall
We are having a mini-mall on Thursday December 18th in the afternoon. All business proposal forms are due on Wednesday, December 10th. Please remember that business can only have 2 people in them.

Language Arts
Today was a typical Tuesday. We learned two new Greek and Latin roots. Tday our focus was on fer which means to bring, carry, or bear. Our second word root was Sub- which means underneath. Be on the lookout for these roots in your reading. We also sorted our spelling words by silent letter and matched words with definitions. We then read the story "My Brother Martin" with a partner. Next, we wrote down all the words we think of when we think of snow. Tomorrow we will use the words in a writing project. Finally we went to music and gym.

Math
We continued to look into equivalent fractions. Today we used equivalent fractions to change a fraction into a decimal. For example 3/4 =75/100=0.75. We also looked quickly at rounding decimals. Our study link was 5.5

Science
Today was the day where they got to show what they know! We tested over electricity today. Today also ended our science rotation. When they come back next time we will be talking about different landforms. I am looking forward to starting the rotation with Mrs. Suddarth's class tomorrow.