BRRRR!!!

WOW-it is cold out there! I hope you all got to where you needed this evening safely and are snuggled in at home enjoying some family time making memories. First of all, I want to compliment these kids for having a great day yesterday with the guest teacher. They received 2 compliment points. Today was a busy day catching up and reviewing from being gone. As you can see from the papers that came home, in math they had a review which should have been completed with a high percentage of accuracy since we have been reviewing these skills over & over and they also have them on Success Maker. But, some students chose to "rush" through it and not do their best and you can see from the 2nd try grade (those that had more than 8 wrong had to retry) how much better they did just by reading it carefully, working out the problems, and not rushing. So they received an average of the 2 grades for their final grade. This was a good opportunity to converse about how expectations remain the same no matter who is here and that they always have to do their BEST!! Hopefully this was a good lesson for all. Tonight's math homework is 2 digit x 2 digit practice. They are able to use 1 of the 3 algorithms that they have been given to solve them. We are testing on this on Friday. Also, tomorrow is the Northeast states & capitals test. Again, take the time to study and put forth the effort. Lead 21 students are to bring in at least 3 colored pictures of their animal. These can be of it showing some of their characteristics, the animal in its' environment, what it eats,what is making it endangered etc. Any pictures that portray their animal are great. We are going to try and use Microsoft Word to type out some of our facts now that we have been practicing keyboarding, and then they will have the option to finish the rest at home tomorrow or write out the rest. I know it may look silly with some being typed and some printed so that will be their choice. Then everything will be mounted on colored tagboard. Can't wait to hear about all they learned and share. Recorders & books tomorrow for Music!!! Have a great night.