Short Week

Good evening.  A couple of quick reminders for this week.  There is no school on Friday because of teacher P.D.  we also have no spelling test this week.  We will have a new set of words next Monday.


Math

This week in Math, in our patterning unit, we are focusing on increasing patterns.  An increasing pattern is a pattern that increases in size with each additional element.  for example, 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, is a pattern that increases by a value of 3.  A question that arises from this pattern might be "What is the 8th element in this pattern?"  This also will assess their knowledge of ordinal numbers.

In our numbers to 100 unit, we are in the midst of working on estimation.  At this point estimation is still a difficult concept for most students, but we will spend more time doing activities and questions to practice our estimation skills.

Science

In science, we are continuing our hot and cold temperatures unit.  Reading thermometers remains a big part of what we are trying to accomplish in the unit.  This week we will also be talking about many weather terms and definitions that deal with hot and cold, as well as doing an experiment called "The Great Meltdown" on Wednesday.  Feel free to ask your child about the Great Meltdown in our classroom.



Next week I will be sending out a sign up to some parents for our Christmas potluck lunch.  It will be done on sign up genius and if you receive an email to sign up for an item, it will be first come first serve.  I hope everyone has a great "long" weekend.

Mr. Aasen