Wednesday, November 16th

Good Evening, Room 36 Families!

Today, Room 36 had Physical Science with Mr. Wilcox. Please ask them about what they learned!

Please check in with your student to see if they need extra practice working on Time and/or Money.  Several students have been struggling with the concepts of "elapsed time" and "how much change should you expect," because they don't really understand foundation concepts. (For example: How much is each coin is worth, etc.)  We are addressing these concepts daily, but any extra practice you can do at home would be helpful.

We've been working on lots of great tech stuff in Room 36!  In addition to Reflex Math, this month we started using a great Language Arts program called Imagine Learning, and have set up our Google Classroom accounts. (Students can login to Google Classroom from any internet linked device. They can also access Imagine Learning at home, but you will be most successful if you download the app to your computer.)  After Thanksgiving break, we will start with SRI/Reading Counts, to really bump up their independent reading Lexile levels, as well as Typing.com and more!

We had lots of fun learning about logic puzzles today.  Expect many more in the future.   ;-)

I sent home a notice about the Thanksgiving "Feast" we will be having on Friday afternoon.  If you are interested, and able, please return the green half-sheet to let me know what you might be able to send.

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes + reading log
- MyMath: Reteach Chapter 5, Lesson 6 (purple handout)
- Close Reading: Why I Am Afraid of Balloons