Happy 123rd Birthday, Montana!!

Today we celebrated Montana's 123rd birthday by doing a map skill scavenger hunt and enjoying cake. Thank you, Ms. Erickson for baking for us. Ask your child some of the cities and towns they found on the map and the riddles associated with them. If they can tell you the name of a large snake, write that town in the planner. We started our day out this morning having Mr. English come in with a video presentation of his time in the military over in Iraq. The kids got to see video of his year's stay there last year and some of what he and his unit did while serving our country. They also got to see some of the clothing he wore when over there. Ask your child what a huge sand storm over there is called and write it in the planner if they can remember. Thank you, Mr. English, for a great presentation, but mostly for serving our country. We will continue to honor Veterans tomorrow as we will be learning more about it here in our classroom and doing some activities. Whatever we don't finish tomorrow, we will continue with on Monday. We did not get to buddies today, but we definitely are tomorrow morning. Second grade had a schedule change and conflict so tomorrow works better for them. Today in Math, we continued with 2 digit x 2 digit. We are getting the hang of it. Have your child show you how to do it and if they are struggling, practice a few problems with them. We are doing it the old fashioned algorithm way. I have got to compliment my reading kids for the wonderful job and discussions we are having in our book clubs. They are actively participating and bringing great inferential questions to group to share. Way to go, kids. Today we learned what personification is. Have them tell you what it is and give an example if they can. Have a great night and remember to send warm clothing to school tomorrow. We had some cold kids today during recess.