Hello

Hi,

Sorry this is late.  We had a staff meeting this afternoon. 

I assigned math books today.  I'll have them take them home tomorrow night so you can peruse book one of the fourth grade program.  We took another check up this morning to see if they are ready to start chapter one.  I had done some reteaching of place value over the last couple of days.  Either way, we will start chapter one tomorrow.  I think the first chapter will be okay to start, even if some are a little shaky, because it continues with the place value concepts.  Chapter two, however, really ratchets up the pace.  I still do not know how that is going to work, but I'll keep you informed.  An easy activity to do with your child is to say a number, like 5,234 and ask them to count on by tens, or by hundreds, or by thousands, etc.  (a response for tens would be "5244, 5254, 5264...). 

Our read aloud, Among the Hidden,  is heating up.  Luke, our poor third child, living in a country that forbids third children, has discovered another third child.  Today he raced across his back yard to confront them, only to find the back door of the other child's house locked.  Ask your child for their predictions on what might happen next.  What would they do?

Our government has made a few laws.  No cutting in line.  No talking when someone else is talking.  Every other Friday they get to eat lunch in the classroom.  There was lots of frustration in Congress today.  Just like the real world.  I like it.

Students did well with the root word ped last night.  We did another activity with those words today.  We also talked about ways that they could work on their spelling words that might help with tomorrow's spelling test. 

School House Rock has assisted me in introducing Subject / Predicate and some of the parts of speech this week.  I also showed the "I'm Just a Bill" cartoon.  These are good little clips to support what they are learning. 

Students read many small Roger Hargreaves books this afternoon.  He is the author of the Little Miss ________ and Mr. ____________ books.  Students will learn about adjectives through these books and then will write a book of their own.  Some of the more popular titles today were Mr. Happy, Mr. Skinny, Little Miss Tiny and Little Miss Chatterbox.  Did your child have a favorite?

Thanks for reading.  Have a great night.

Mr. Shea