Update!

Good Evening Families,

A few updates for you:

*Reading: We've completed our Mystery unit. Students are currently working on their final project. They have spent upwards of four hours in the computer lab designing their own glog, a multimedia book review about their mystery book. As they've been glogging, I've been privy to all sorts of creativity! It's fantastic.

*Math: In Math, we're continuing our third unit which focuses on Addition and Subtraction of decimals. We have been working hard at reviewing place value. Not only have students been working on new addition and subtraction methods ~ ask them to show you the Groups Below Addition method or the Subtotal method ~ but we've also been working on finding numbers that work together when paired to make mental math easier. This week, we're tapping back into our brains to find out what we remember about rounding.

*Social Studies: Well, we are just about done with our Chapter 6/7 studies. Students have learned about the first two colonies that survived in North America. Jamestown and Plymouth colonies have many similarities, yet many differences. Our test is this Thursday. Students received the review sheet last Friday. It is due Wednesday afternoon, at which time, we will go over the entire sheet.
In addition to our text work, we are also continuing to build mapping skills.

*Science: Our new unit "You and Your Body" is a hit. So far, we've learned about the human skeleton, reaction time, and most recently, the heart. Ask your students to share some of the facts they've learned about the body so far. Tomorrow we will discuss the lungs.

I've asked students to begin bringing in clean food labels. However, I reminded them not peel off labels from cans in the pantry; otherwise, it's mystery dinner every night!

*Writing: We will begin working on letter formats this week. Our focus will be friendly first and then followed by business letters. My hope is to connect with an area school and set up penpals to practice our friendly writing skills.

*FOLDER CLEANOUT. Please watch for information coming home regarding the Six Flags Reading Incentive program. Students will receive information after a short presentation on Wednesday morning. You also received information regarding selling Bucks tickets. This is due January 19th. Keep selling!
Please remember to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

angeama@pewaukee.k12.wi.us

Enjoy your day!