Friday, February 15, 2013

Coupon Shopping

Our students had a very successful
coupon shopping event today!
With that said, we need another batch
of coupon items for our store because
our store supply is very low.
Our coupon value categories are:
5, 15, 25, 50, 75, 100
If you are out and about this week,
and find a few good items that you
would be willing to purchase and donate,
it would really help our store,
and we would really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance for anything you can do! :)

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Math MAP Scores
Your student's MAP test scores will be 
coming home in their Friday Folder this Friday.
There is also a reference scoring guide attached to 
help you understand the scores. Please review them, and if you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Monday, February 4, 2013





List of Valentine Party Goodies

Parents have volunteered to send in the items below... 

*Chocolate Chip Cookies 
*Heart-shaped Sugar Cookies
*Fruit Platter 

Our class Valentine's Day Party will be on 
Thursday,February 14th at 1:45ish.  
If you'd like to help by sending in a snack or treat for all to share at the party, please email us.  We usually do a fruit and veggie plate with a few other goodies. We are flexible.
Just let us know.  :)


Math Minute

Doubles (fact) and Doubles (fact) plus 1

     4       4
 + 4    + 5
                                                8       9

                 When you double a number, you add the number to
                                  itself.  6 + 6,  8 + 8,  10 + 10
  

                            So, if you know the fact   4 + 4 = 8, 
                             then it's easy to add---> 4 + 5 = 9...
                            Double the smaller number and add 1

Saturday, February 2, 2013


Groundhog Day 2013: 

'Punxsutawney Phil' Predicts Early Spring

An early spring is on the way, according to groundhog "Punxsutawney Phil." When the Pennsylvania groundhog emerged from his dwelling at Gobbler's Knob Saturday morning, he did not see his shadow."And so ye faithful, there is no shadow to see, an early Spring for you and me," proclaimed Bob Roberts, one of Phil's handlers. According to folklore, if a groundhog emerges from its burrow and see its shadow, then six more weeks of winter weather is on the way. But if it comes out and sees no shadow, spring is expected to come early.


This week in math
Adding 2 digit numbers with regrouping (carrying)

1st - Add the ones
Then - Carry (regroup) if you need to
Next - Add the tens
If you add the tens and you end up with a 2 digit number,
go to the next place value to write it.

  



Monday, January 28, 2013

Math Madness

Most recently we've been discussing a line of symmetry,
 2-D and 3-D shapes, and arrays.

A line of symmetry is a line that divides a figure into
two equal (congruent) halves. It is a mirror image.
  1.                                 
  2.                      A  figure can have more than 
  3.                          one line of symmetry.
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 2-Dimensional Shapes
(including polygons)

         
Having the dimensions of height and width only.
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3-Dimensional Shapes
or Geometric Solids
     
Having the dimensions of height, width, and depth.            
Vocabulary:  edges, vertices, faces
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Array
A rectangular arrangement of objects in rows and columns.
This is the foundation for multiplication.

This is a 2 by 6 array.
You can read it as:
2 groups of 6
2 rows of 6 
2 multiplied by 6
2 times 6
2 by 6

The multiplication number model would be:
2 X 6 = 12

The addition number model would be:
6 + 6 = 12

We are beginning to use arrays to help us
solve multiplication story problems.
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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Valentine's Day Party

Our class Valentine's Day Party will be on Thursday,
February 14th at 2:00.  This party is mostly about passing out valentines, having a few snacks, 
and opening their valentines. 
If you'd like to help out by sending in a snack or treat for all to share at the party, please email us.  We usually do a fruit and veggie plate with a few other goodies. We are flexible.
Just let us know. :)

A few more things...the Student Valentine List will be coming home in their homework folder this Monday.

If your student has a February birthday, we will be doing our birthday celebration this Friday, February 1st for all February birthdays. One parent has already volunteered to send in cupcakes. If you have any questions please email us
or send in a note. 

We know it may seem like we should have plenty of books for the used book sale, but it takes a large amount to raise enough money to adopt an animal without asking for donations. Any books that are not sold at our sale will be donated to a literacy program in WCSD. Thanks again!

Thursday, January 24, 2013