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Week in Review

Wow! We have been super busy here in room 406 this week. :)

This week we had parent/teacher conferences. Thank you so much to those of you took the time to come in and chat with me about your wonderful students. It was so good to meet with you. Please remember that if you need anything or have any questions, comments or  concerns by door is always open and you can reach me by phone, email or just stopping in.

ELA 
We have been learning about the body systems this week. We have learned about the respiratory, circulatory, endocrine, and digestive systems so far. We will also start some poetry work next week. That will wrap up Unit #1 and we will begin Unit #2 within a few weeks. The students will also be able to pick a body system to do a small Powerpoint for a presentation grade. It should be a lot of fun. 

MATH
We took our Unit #1 Test on Thursday of this week. The students seemed to do very well on it, which makes me happy. We started Unit #2 on Friday which is diving right in to multiplication. Remember, that you are going to see some very different ways of learning multiplication, but please do not get frustrated. Your students might get frustrated too, but rest assured it will all make sense. :) I am very excited to be starting this unit. 

WRITER'S WORKSHOP 
We are working away on our writing skills to perfect our story writing. We have worked on developing ideas using small moments in our lives, developing characters on the inside and outside

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