Happy TGIF!

As I am writing this, I am enjoying watching the kids play Jenga in Music. How cool is this!! As they pull out the blocks, they have to clap the rhythms that is written on them. Today we continued with our Character Warriors. We read the book Jumanji which is about Responsibility. Ask your child about the book and how it relates to responsibility and if they can tell you, write Jumanji. Today, my reading kids went into the opposite gender bathrooms today to go along with our book we are reading, "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom. They had to write what they saw and then next week we are going to do compare/contrast writing to go with them. I would like your child to keep practicing rounding numbers to the nearest thousands, ten thousands, and hundred thousands for extra practice. They seem to have it. We played a game with it today and we will continue to review it on a daily/weekly basis. Today our HR was about the Pledge of Allegiance. When I asked them if they knew what the it meant, they had no idea so we discussed those big word and talked about what it means. We also talked about what the colors in the flag represent. See if they can tell you at least one of the three. MAP TESTING: On Monday, we begin our MAP testing. We will be testing Reading, Language, and Math. We will be doing them on Mon., Tues, and Wed. during our reading block time-10:00-11:30 so please make sure your child is here at school these days so they don't have to make them up. Thank you. Testing prep. help: Get a good night's sleep, healthy breakfast, and bring a healthy snack. Protein is a great. Also, they may bring gum to chew. These tests are very important. They help me see where your child is in each of those subject areas and they will drive my instruction. Also, next week in Math, we are going to keep reviewing place value and rounding and starting counting money and making change. Also, in Science, we are going to study Hurricanes. In Social Studies, we are going to study the Hemispheres along with latitude & longitude. In Montana History, we will be having a quiz later in the week over all the state symbols, nicknames, and statehood. No Spelling words this week due to the MAP testing. Thank you, Tylie for all the cool things you shared today. Your string light was definitely a hit!!! Have a great weekend.