Thursday, November 4, 2010

States & Capitals


Hi there-
Another GREAT 1/2 day today. I think we "crammed" a whole day into the half day.
As students were greeting one another this morning, they had to say a state & capital of the NE. I can really tell that most of them are studying the sheet that went home on Monday. Great job-the test will be in a week or 2. Speaking of the sheet, I somehow omitted Annapolis, Maryland and Dover Delaware so if you could help your child locate it that would be wonderful as they are part of the 11 NE states & capitals.

PERFECT ATTENDANCE: WOW WE HAD 13 STUDENTS WHO NEVER MISSED A DAY ALL OF 1ST QUARTER-THAT IS SO AWESOME!!! KEEP IT UP AND LET'S TRY FOR 22 THIS NEXT QUARTER!

Essay Writing: The students in my reading class are working on essay writing for Naya Nuki the read-a-loud book we just finished. We are really working hard to extend our writing. You should see the new ways we are writing topic sentences and the transition words we are using along with the elaborate explanations like making connections from their personal lives to the book. I am so proud of what they wrote today and we will continue it on Friday.

Math skip counting: Keep working on the 2, 5, 9, 10's-a new one is coming home on Monday with the 3's added. This will make learning their multiplication facts a breeze.

Beaver habitats will need to go home on Friday so please make arrangements to get them. Thank you.
Have a great night!

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