Tomorrow we have two birthdays in Mrs. Clough's class, but in all of November we have four birthdays in our class.
From Mrs. Clough:
Hello everyone! I'm sorry it has been a few days since I've posted! We just tend to run out of time at the end of the day some days! My apologies! I hope everyone had a great weekend!
To catch you up, we have been working more and more with story problems with unknown numbers. Those problems have been a bit of a challenge, but hopefully with more practice this week, we will get the hang of it. An example of a problem with an unknown number would be:
Kira had a bunch of balloons. Sally gave her 6 more balloons. Now she has a 18 balloons. How many balloons did Kira have to start?
If at all possible, work with your child on ways to solve this problem, to get some extra practice!!! :)
This will be our last official week of making text to text, text to self, and text to world connections to build our schema. We will then enter the world of inferring so stay tuned to that!
Today and tomorrow in social studies we are taking a brief break from maps, to do some activities having to do with the Presidential election! The kids are really into it and have been discussing it with each-other. I've heard a lot of, "I'm voting for______, because ______" which has been great to hear! Although, I think we all agree we are tired of the commercials on TV. A few kids have even said they're tired of hearing the lies from both candidates! :) It really is intriguing to hear what the kids opinions are and what they have picked up from TV, parents, etc. Tomorrow we will have our own class election, so I'll let you know who OUR winner is, tomorrow night! Today we talked about our current president, but also we talked about what any president is, has, and can do.
More election activities tomorrow so check back!
A few reminders:
-Book orders are DUE this THURSDAY, November 8th (the more you order, the more points we earn as a class to get free books for our classroom)
-Official conference time notes will go home this week. Be on the lookout (in your child's folder)!
-NO SCHOOL on Friday, November 9th (End of 1st Trimester)
-Please send your kids to school with warm jackets, hats, mittens. It is getting colder! Fall is here to stay, winter will soon follow!
Have a great night! OH-and as Lora mentioned, we do have two birthdays tomorrow which I will share more about in tomorrow's post!
Mrs. Clough
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