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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