Another great week!

We had another great week this week!  A few of our ranks suffered some injuries last weekend, but all have returned to our midst.  This week we have been working in small writing groups, learning different approaches to reading historical fiction, practicing division with 2 digit dividends and 1 digit divisors.

This week you will notice that your student is bringing home a sign-up sheet for conferences.  Please return these at your nearest convenience so I can get everything scheduled.  These conferences will be student led, so your student will be coming with you, and giving you the information about their progress.  In this set-up there will be multiple conferences happening at once, with a bit of time at the end for you to check in privately with me, as well as to do some quiet reflection to share with your student about your experience.

Authentic reflections from the week:

This week I have been waiting for Mister Willard and Miss Arlyn to make a speed contraption to test our ramps and skateboards in a, good way.  In writing I have been focusing on elaboration  and cause and effect.  At recess we have been playing football with 5 graders and the 6 graders.  In Literacy we have been reading Little House in the Big Woods separate and misster Willard has been reading us Turtle of Oman and we just finished it on 3-17-16.

This week we did another division test but we did not get timed we just did it with some math tools.   Then when we were done with it we would tell Mr. Willard and then he would tell us to check it.  Then when we were done with checking it we would go and give it to Mr.Willard and then he will check it and then if all 56 of them were right then we will have some chose reading or to read the book called Little House In The Big Woods and if you are done with that you might have to do some choice time.

This week, in math, we were counting by 4’s,6’s and 8’s (to help with division.) I also had the chair!

This week we worked on counting by 4’s,6’s,and 8’s. In reteach this week we reflected on how we were kind honest and honorable with our actions.  We also did a lot of writing this week like writing in cursive  and you were also allowed to write normal.My favorite parts about this week are:

1.writing in cursive

2.hanging out with friends

3.learning all I can

So that’s the week talk to ya next time!

Have a restful and relaxing weekend!

Dave