Multiplication Facts Test (6's)

Please use the links on the right hand side of the blog to link your child to multiplication games that will help prepare them for this week's test.  This week's factors focus on multiples of 6.  The students will get one less day this week to study do to no school on Friday.  Please click on the following link to help your child study: Schoolhouse Rock!

Mobile Dentists

Please return the Mobile Dentist permission slips if you would like to have your child's teeth examined and cleaned. They will be here on May 20 through the 22nd.

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone has enjoyed the break as much as I have.  We only have about 10 weeks of school left.  Let's make them count.  We have been closing out our unit on Native Americans in the last couple of weeks.  We have been discussing the ways the Europeans changed the lives of the native people.  Below are some links to help students understand how tribes lived in the past and now in the present day.  Please check them out with your child.

http://millelacsband.com/
http://www.saulttribe.com/
http://nativetech.org/

No School 4-18-14

Please remember there were be no school Friday, April 18 in observance of Good Friday.  School will resume Monday, April 21st.

Spring Break Homework

Many parents have asked for homework over the break.  I have decided to try and conserve paper.  Most of our students really need to focus on the mastery of multiplication and division facts.  Feel free to print up worksheets from the following website Click Here. (themathworksheetsite.com)  It is very easy to do.  Just click on single digit vertical under the multiplication or division section.  In class students have been taking multiplication tests weekly.  Students should have mastered factors 0,1,2,3,4,5,10 &11.  The Thursday (no school Friday 18th)  that we will return we will have our quiz of the factors of 6.  No access to a printer? No problem.  Just use the games in the links on the right of the blog under the section labeled Links for Parents and Students.  Your child can also make flash cards to take with them on the go.    

Early Dismissal Monday's

Wonder what has been going on Monday's after your child has been dismissed early?  Teachers have been completing a series of studies to better impact your child's education.  We are creating and collecting data that helps to inform our instruction based on the needs of our students.  During these meetings Ms. Smith and myself discuss objectives our students are having difficulties with.  We first explore the possible reasons for the difficulties.  We then create a plan to better meet your child's need.  After implementation we collect data and analyze the results.  Finally, we make modifications if needed or move on to a different concept.  Our class' main focuses have been on subtraction with regrouping and is now moving towards mastery of multiplication facts.

Field Trip Reminder

Most all of our class will be traveling to the theatre in Royal Oak on Thursday morning.  This trip was earned as a reward for showing S.T.A.R. behavior in school and especially in the halls and common spaces.  We will leave first thing in the morning and return just before lunch and eat at our normal times.