Second trimester is already two weeks in :).   Please encourage your student to read and complete the library book by next Monday.  Our library day has changed to Mondays this trimester so we still have a weekend to finish a book if need be.  In the Wednesday folder I will be sending home the new point goal for this trimester.  We took AR quizzes prior to tracking off so many students already have earned points for the current trimester.  Keep reading!

Division was started today.  If your student is memorizing multiplication facts, then this chapter will be a breeze.  If he or she is struggling, please let me know.  The old fashion flashcard drills may be needed.  Memorization is strongly encouraged.

Science has taken the form of a STEM activity by the middle of the week.  STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.  The learning takes place around a request for help in designing and testing a water filtering system.  The “equipment” arrives on Wednesday and initial tests of various filtering materials happens on Wednesday.  Thursday the students work in teams to design a system to clean the “polluted” water.  Then build and  test their system.  The results are presented on Friday to the other groups.  Excitement was running high today .  Please encourage your student to talk about what he/she learned in class today about wetlands and what these environments do for our fresh water supply.

Hopefully, everyone is back in the swing of school by mid- week.  We are working on reviewing classroom procedures/routines and rules.  Side conversations, blurting, and appropriate classroom behaviors were hot topics today.