This Wednesday, we are having a our family night 4:30-7:30. Please stop by our classroom to see classwork, sign in, and take a look at our Scholastic Book Fair. One of our Charter School goals is to have 100% parent participation every semester. Family night is a great way to help us meet our goal of parent participation.
In class, we are continuing with our disaster preparedness kits. I will be sending home a handout with a list of items that you need for your home disaster kit. Each student will be responsible for contributing an item to our class kit that we will sell for a class raffle/fundraiser. In addition to the kit, each family will be completing a disaster plan.
In our Writers' workshop, we have begun drafting our persuasive essays. Each student is picking a topic that has to do with making a change at our school. We are looking at the pros and cons of each issue and deciding how to best make our argument. Some of the topics that the students have come up with are; more P.E. at school, healthier snack foods in the office, appropriate dress code, school uniforms, being a "green school" model, and having choice for our exploration classes.
In math this week, we are comparing different methods multiplication that we have learned. So far we have studied the lattice method, traditional algorithmic, chunking, and foil methods. Ask your child to explain the various ways of doing multiplication. You might learn an easier method than the one you learned in school! This week we are learning how to do the partial quotients method for division. I really like this method because it allows students to use their number sense to help them with division problems.
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