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February 1, 2016 Week 19 Mrs. Downs/Room 27 Seacliff Elementary

Mrs. Downs’s Note:

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Weekly Folder comes home today, and Progress Reports come home on Tuesday. J

Marathon Kids began last week, but it’s not too late to join! J Meetings are on Thursday mornings at 7:30am.

Chinese New Year Celebration this Friday morning at 8:05 on the blacktop. I hope you can join us for this special presentation!

Class Dojo:

Daily class behavior is recorded through this app. You will receive an email each Friday of your child’s progress.

Daily Points:

3 = Excellent;

2 = Good;

1 = Satisfactory;

Needs Improvement = -1;

Unsatisfactory = -2

An extra point may be earned/lost for following directions.

Language Arts:

·  Continuing to focus on writing non-fiction summaries and text structure

·  Finishing our Alternative Cinderella Stories/Comic Strips on our Book Creator App; Stories are due on Friday (in-class only)

·  Spelling/Affixes Quiz on Thursday; Week 17

·  Biography/Autobiography Book Report due Tuesday, February 16th

Math:

·  Timed Tests: Redos and Mixed Fact Practice Students will now continue to take the same fact test until that fact is mastered.

·  Keep practicing those math facts! It’s imperative that students master these facts. www.math-drills.com for practice sheets.

·  We continue Chapter 6 on Division; test on Friday, 2/5; study guide comes home on Tuesday

·  Partial Quotients Division Explained:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NtxVF5bfqs

http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/teaching-topics/computation/div-part-quot/

·  Area Model of Multiplication Explained:

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/multiplication-division/area-models-multiplication/v/area-model-for-multiplication

·  Partial Products Multiplication Explained:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xmsEtyOB10

Social Studies:

·  We return to Ch. 3, Spanish California this week

Science:

·  Rocks Quiz on Wednesday, 2/3; Study Guide due on Tuesday

·  Our Smartboard Presentation/Notes are on the website for Rocks/Minerals

·  We continue our unit on minerals after Chapter 3 in social studies

SPARK P.E.

We have Physical Education on Wednesdays and Fridays. Please make sure your child wears appropriate clothing/shoes.

www.mrsdownsclass.com