Monday, April 12, 2010

Busy at Biz Town

Just a friendly reminder that we are still trying to find out how many parents are going to volunteer for Biz Town next week, April 22, at 8:00. Right now we have just over half the handouts returned. Please ask your child for this form and mark either yes or no as to whether or not you can volunteer. It is not going to work unless we have your support.

This week we are learning about what makes buisnesses successful. We are going to be holding interviews after students fill out their job applications. My favorite lesson is where we teach the children about taxes. Welcome to the real world!

For language arts we are finishing up our personal narratives. They are to be completed this Friday unless other arrangments have been made. We will also be completing The Mixed-Up Files this week as well.

In math this week we are working with different approaches to multiplication. We are doing the lattice method as well as the partial products method.

In Science we have begun an alien project using the information about our planets. Ask you child to explain what MY VERY EDUCATED MOTHER JUST SHOWED US NINE PLANETS means.