Tough day in the Vogel house yesterday...never been a fan of any kind of cowboy!

Math: We have been working on multiples and factors, while incorporating a variety of strategies to solve multiplication and division problems. As I tell the kids, consider the strategies "tools" in your box - pick the one that works the best and use it whenever you feel it's necessary. I am simply exposing them to options... I would encourage you to look at their strategy notes in their binder to familiarize yourself with some of our processes. Tonight's homework is to complete the 4 problems in their journals and show the strategy they used.

Language Arts: As you'll see at conferences, we are hitting on all cylinders with determining importance of details and examining how details are related. It's this relationship that is essential to determining the main idea.

We had a guidance lesson to day so I only met with two of my groups, albeit, rather briefly...

Walking tour of Damascus is Friday morning - get in those permission slips!