Math: We had an excellent class today. We took a formative assessment on multiplication and practiced building arrays while introducing additional ways to solve multiplication problems. Tonight, please review their formative assessment because these items will be on the Friday quiz.

Language Arts: We got back on track with spelling by spending quite a bit of time on prefixes. They didn't seem to know anything about prefixes and base/root words so we discussed the meanings of "re__" and "un__." In addition, we developed a huge list of words for this spelling list. Homework is not due until Friday the 21st!

In small groups we introduced new books/magazines. In short, I have three groups using Kids Discover (link is to the left) and one group working on an informational and fictional text on hippopotamuses. More on these tomorrow!