Math: Great lesson today! It was a continuation of Friday's cuisenaire rod exploration... In their folders they should have a sheet we worked on as a whole group - tables groups - partners - and ultimately independently. Please take a look at how we went about developing these concepts. I think their understanding of fractions is entirely different now than it was a week ago... They do have a homework packet on counting the parts of a whole.

Language Arts: This week's spelling exploration is all about suffixes. There will be some homework/classwork over the next few days to support their knowledge of this in addition to the normal activities. Words will come home on Wednesday!

Carl's High Jump - We met and discussed the similarities and differences between our DES Field Day and the one that Carl experiences. Tonight they should describe some of these similarities and differences using their two lists in the RRJs.

Sword... - No homework tonight because our culminating activity is a partner storyboard.

JGB - We closed the deal on last week's story and began reading Sarah Plain and Tall to expose them to a historical novel. They have begun a comprehension activity already that needs to be completed for tomorrow.

W&M - Most groups finished their vocabulary webs using a variety of dictionaries, including www.dictionary.com. They should reread chapters 3 and 4 tonight.