NEWS FOR ALL
- Book orders from September have arrived and been distributed. October order forms will come home next week and will be due Friday, Oct. 14.
- The thinking cues this week were the letter Z and things that are pulled. What can you think of?
- Due to the shortened day on Tuesday and a district GATE meeting I did not see First or Fourth Graders this week. We'll be back to normal next week.
Second Grade
The second graders finished their Logic Elimination Grids. They did a fantastic job. I'll be giving them these throughout the year. As soon as we finish this PETS unit the papers will come home. The first project for the second graders will be to design and build their own game. They will have to pick a topic that will be seen on the game board (sort of like the subject specific Monopoly games). The children will research their topic so that their game board is accurate. This week they practiced with a friend making a game about St. Louis attractions. They will be finishing those and playing them next week. I am also going to introduce algebra to the kids.
Third Grade
Third graders dove right back into "researching" mystery novels by trying to read as many as they can. I gave them a glossary of words that are often used in mystery books. When it was time to read, many of the children were finding those same words in their books. I also did the second Think and Touch activity which involved using coins. In our world today there are fewer and fewer opportunities for the children to use "real" money. Please encourage them to help you when you do use cash. Next week, we'll look at story maps for mysteries so they can begin thinking about the sequence of their story. We'll also learn another Think and Touch activity using Roman Numerals. Then we'll do more PETS thinking with decision making charts.
Fifth Grade
The time with the fifth graders flies by so fast. We had seven students absent, but we had to keep moving. After completing the thinking activities the students shared their stock prices from their homework. We also learned how to figure the cost of stocks and I showed them quickly how to calculate the commission fee. We had time in the computer lab to look at our Stock Market Game pages and see the interest we've already accrued. Hopefully groups will make their first purchases in the next week. HOMEWORK: Complete pages 12 and 13 ONLY of the algebraic thinking packet I handed out to each of you. If your child was absent the packet was given to their homeroom teacher. Here are a few website links I promised to post: The Stock Market Game - http://www.smgww.org/ Investor Guide - www.investorguide.com - This is a website given to us by Andrew Guest. The last is Yahoo Finance at www.finance.yahoo.com .
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