Good-bye Third Quarter

                                                                                                      March 7, 2016

Dear Bighorn Parents,

This week marks the end of the 3rd quarter of school and I can't believe it!!  Everyone should have received a notification from Sign-Up Genius to sign up for a Spring Conference.  The primary day for conferences is Friday, March 18th but I also have some times available for Monday, March 21 and Tuesday, March 22.  My goal is to meet with every family so please let me know if an alternative date and time needs to be set up.

Math
In math we have been spending lots of time on word problems.  While this is a skill that students have worked on weekly throughout the year, Miss Garcia and myself have been keeping it as our main focus during the past week.  Out of the 26 standards for math there are 3 standards that involve word problems.  Those standards involve word problems that have 2 steps and/or that deal with numbers within 100, use money, and measurement.  

Since all the prerequisite standards have been taught and our work has been extensive on word problems throughout the 2nd and 3rd quarters, students will continue to work on word problems this week and beyond.  

Here's the homework for the week...

Monday         IXL P.14 Add and Subtract Money up to $1.

Tuesday        Word Problem Worksheet--Money

Wednesday   Word Problem Worksheet--Measurement

Thursday       IXL G. 16 Add  Four or More Numbers Up to 2 Digits

Language
Our time in language was spent with producing, expanding, and rearranging complete simple and compound sentences.  Students did a fantastic job taking a very simple sentence and making it more complex by adding adjectives, adverbs, a "where", or a "when".
My dog ate.
Last night, my little dog quickly ate all the dog food in the pen before my bigger dogs could eat.

Students also practiced rearranging sentences.
Last night, before my bigger dogs could eat; my little dog quickly ate all the dog food in the pen.

This standard was assessed on Tuesday.
The rest of the week we reviewed and assessed on collective nouns.

Writing/Projects
Writing takes time...I realize it seems like forever but students are finally working on their final drafts of their animal research projects.  Students are also busy working on their maps that go with where their animal is from.   

Special Event
Speaking of research projects...
The students of Room 17 would like to invite you to listen to their research papers.  They will be sharing their papers on Thursday, March 10th from 3:15-3:45 in Room 17 and in the hall outside Room 17.  Please plan on stopping by to learn about a variety of animals.

Sweet brothers!!

It was not a big picture week for Room 17, but I did want to share a couple of gems from March 2nd (Dr. Seuss' Birthday).  Mrs. Mori and Mrs. Mc Ellhannon arranged for some time for the 2nd and 3rd graders to enjoy the 5th graders reading some Dr. Seuss books to them.  It was really sweet just watching the interaction of the older students reading to the younger students.

Spring weather is slowly creeping in (although March can be very winter like).  Softball, baseball, and lacrosse practices have begun and next weekend (Sunday, March 13th) it will be time to spring forward by setting our clocks ahead by 1 hour.  Busy, busy times, remember not to get caught up in the rush!

Sincerely,
Anne Bloomfield