Math: At this point, everyone should have received their Unit One assessment parent report. Remember, we do not use percentages at DES but I included them to help you get a clearer picture of how your child performed. Overall, I was pleased with the amount and depth of content the class demonstrated complete understanding of after a never ending nine weeks of instruction. There performance was included on the report card for the first quarter.

Tonight for homework they have a few things to work on. They had bookwork to complete (most have already done this) and there are two worksheets due by Friday since we don't have math class tomorrow (weather assembly). As you know, we've begun our multiplication and division unit so the homework is simply working on facts through 10. Nothing particularly new...just opportunities to apply some of our new strategies. I will be sending home a notes page on Friday as a cheat sheet at home! There will not be a quiz on Friday but you can count on one for Thursday the 12th!

Language Arts: We have been working towards constructing a better understanding of the main idea in an informational text by connecting important details together and determining how they are connected. Essentially - what is the common thread?

JGB - We had our second reading and made text-self connections.

Life of Ants - Identified important details and used them to determine the main idea.

Floating and Paddling - Located and recorded important details and refined them to fit on an organizer