Hope you all have a great weekend!
Here is a little recap of our week, as always the children had a jam packed learning week with concepts such as asking questions before reading, during, and after. Summarizing using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then. This is in our interactive reading notebooks, which I told the children to bring home so they can show you what a great job they are doing on them.
In math we have been exploring the world of multiplications. Today the children learned the distributive property and box strategy which helps them break down larger numbers into smaller amounts then added back up to get the final product.
ex: 12 x 7
10x7 + 2x7 = x
First you multiply both sets of numbers to find products, then you add those two products together to find x and/or the product.
Please continue to practice with your children the multiplication facts over the weekend. They are seeing that everything builds around multiplication and if they do not understand them then they will struggle for the rest of the year.
Also your children get homework every night in math and spelling science and social studies alternates. If your child is telling you they do not have homework or I let them do it in class, I never let HW be done in class! It is a way for you to monitor your child's progress at home and give you insight to where their strengths and weaknesses are.
Also it is always best to reach me via email from the school website. I can easily get back to you during the day. If you choose to call into the office because I have called you, I will not be able to reach you until after the school day.
Have a great weekend everyone!! Monday is a 1/2 session day- the children will be dismissed at 12:55
Smiles,
Ms. Mayer :)
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