Thank you for all the 2-liter bottles! We had plenty for our worm towers!
Our goal this year at Forest Ridge is to improve students’ writing. I can really tell the great improvement in students’ writing with the students whose parents have helped their child with this assignment this year. It’s not too late to start!! The topic this week is: “How I Made My Worm Tower”. Students need to list step by step the procedure used in making the worm towers. Parent help on this could be in the form of questions, such as, “What was the first thing you did?” “What came next?” “Did you do anything before that?” If your child was absent on Friday, have your child choose something else you’ve done together to give directions. Discussing and writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns. Please have your child bring the writing in by Friday.
In math we are learning when we need to use multiplication or division to solve simple story problems. (3x5, 24 divided by 3). I’ll be testing students this week on their multiplication and division skills.
Spelling and math homework were sent home on Friday last week. “Words to Learn” list will be sent home on Tuesday. These words will be recycled throughout the year. They’ll probably even show up on another word check that I give later. Almost everyday we work for about 15 minutes on learning spelling patterns, so your child will become a lifetime speller. We don’t just memorize words!
Take home folders (with reading logs attached) need to be turned in on Thursday.
