Hello,
Your child should have brought a conference sign up sheet home tonight. Please ask for one if you didn't see it tonight.
We talked a little about the bullying situation in the NFL that has played itself out on national television. Ask your child what they think about it.
I planned on going over the chemistry study guide today, but we only got to the first page. We'll finish going over it tomorrow and schedule the test for Thursday.
We are now starting every single school day with silent reading. I am reading The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller. She makes a very strong case for why this should be the way all kids start their day. I put this new decision on the board this morning and there was a cheer, followed by the quietest morning that I've heard in a long time as kids dove into their books. Okay, seems like a good decision so far.
We're going to be talking a lot about division over these next few weeks. The book assumes we know it inside and out, including our facts and long division. I don't see that as being the case. We'll spend the next few days on it even though the homework will be multiple digit multiplication. We should have no trouble with the multiple digit multiplication based on our prior work. Now we'll prep for the division before we get to that page in the book.
Have a good night.
Mr. Shea
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