We will be working on adding and subtracting fractions and decimals as well as finding the Least Common Multiple (LCM) and the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for the next two months. Anytime you see fractions, decimals or percents in the real world, please point it out to your child, so they see math in the real world. Watch for some key math words to pop-up on our class web site.
Examples: improper fractions, whole numbers and mixed numbers
My husband and I will be attending part of the winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC. We will leave Deer Park the morning of Feb. 24th and I will be back at school March 3rd. My husband is both Canadian and a former hockey player, so we are thrilled to be able to get tickets and attend the semi-finals of hockey. Mrs. Klotz will be here that week for me.
Feburary 11, 2010…Today Adah and Chance’s mothers can in to our class and helped us make cinnamon rolls for our Valentine’s Party this afternoon. If was fun to see the flour a flying, the eggs cracking up and the kneading of the dough. Of course the best part was the eating of the cinnamon rolls. Thank you Moms for your help. 
Chance, Anna and Ashley were our January Principal Pride Award winners. All three got it for effort and academic excellences. All three are very strong math thinkers and work hard each day to excell. Way to go, you three.
Please check your child’s binder to see exactly what your child is to know about geometry. This tells what we have been working on for the past month. It has probably been awhile since you have had to do any school geometry, so have your child explain what each means. Also ask what your child what a reflex angle is. We will be working this week on finding the area of a parallelogram and a triangle using a formula the next two weeks.
Current Events:
What do you call this year…”twenty ten” or “two thousand ten”? We had quite a discussion on this subject this morning. Think about other years, such as 1906 or 1776 or 1492 or 1800. Just kind of interesting how numbers are read differently, depending on their usage.
Which twin will have bragging right…the twin who was born on Dec. 31, 2009 at 11:59 PM or the one who was born Jan. 1, 2010 at 12:01 AM. Can you imagine having twins born on not only different days, but different years and decades.
The tallest building was open this past week. Can you find out how tall it is (in both feet and miles) and how many stories tall it is? Also, how long it takes to get up by way of an elevator and how fast it travels?
You all have a parent teacher conference scheduled. If you do not remember your day and time, please call th office to check on it.
Conference are tight this year, so please be here on time. Most conferences are 20 minutes in length. A few people have longer conference times.
Your child brought a lime green half sheet which had the school day times listed. REMEMBER: This Thursday (11/19) and next Monday (11/23) are half days. Conferences run Monday afternoon and early evening, all day into the evening on Tuesday and half day on Wednesday. Regular school will resume on Monday, November 30th.
See you for conferences.
Congratulations to Aria, Payton and Peyton the November award winners.
What a treat it was to see Lucy, Judy Garland and Shirley Temple in our class room. In addition, George and Martha Washington & John F Kennedy visited from the White House as well as “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, Jesse Owens and Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizebeth I. We had visitor from the old West…Wyatt Earp. Sacajawea, Fredrick Douglass and Harriet Tubman were here to share their to share their part in forming our great country. Samatha Smith, a young girl who wrote to the leader of the USSR expressing her concern and fear about the Cold War and nuclear war as well as Anne Frank came to tell about their short time on this earth. We had great warriors/soldiers; Attila the Hum, Robert E Lee and General George Patton. Women, who were the first to excell in their fields, were Susan Butcher…the winner and top 10 finisher of 18 Ididarod races and Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in science (physics and chemistry). Leanardo da Vinci and his Mona Lisa visited our class room. He was definately a man ahead of his time. Our final visitor was none other then Samual Clemens, AKA Mark Twain. What a treat for all of you who visited our class room. You were in the company of some very great personalities of the world!
Congratulations to Hadley, Brandon and Dean for being selected as the Principal Pride Award winner for the month of October.