What a fun, busy week the Silly Sea Turtles have had! We wrapped up our second unit in math and are cruising through our multiplication facts. The next unit we will be working on will have lots of different strategies for adding and subtracting multidigit numbers. The only ones I focus on with the students are traditional and something called partial sums. Partial sums is more of a mental math strategy and the traditional algorithm is the strategy they'll need as they move up the grades here at NBCS. So although you may see names of lots of different strategies, I assure you we are going to keep it simple and stick with those two strategies!
We also finished up our science unit. The remained of their activities will be sent home over the next week. We will also be starting our Native American Unit next week. Each student will research a real tribe using ebooks from our school library. This is an opportunity to learn about an important group of Americans - their history and traditions as well as where they are today. We use this as our first deep dive into how to research a topic by looking at their traditional clothes, food, and daily life. We will also talk about how these historical traditions are important to Native Americans, but that they are modern Americans as well and how we can be respectful as we research their past. There will be an optional home project with this research unit - more information will be sent home next week! Lastly, we had our class reward and the Halloween parade! (I will post pictures tomorrow, I have to get them off the camera). Lots of popcorn was munched, cupcakes were gobbled, and juice was sipped. We were even lucky enough to have the Spider Obstacle course on Friday! From Elsa to Spiderman to Zombie Brides to Volcanos - it was a great day filled with so many smiles and spontaneous dance moves. Thank you to all the families who sent in treats! Upcoming Events: 📷 November 4 - Picture Retake Day ⭐ November 11 - Veterans Day 🚌 November 12 - Native American Museum A Look Ahead: ➕ In math, we'll be looking at different strategies to add on paper 🗳️ In reading, we'll be talking about voting - why it's helpful! 📚 In social studies, we'll be starting our Native American research!
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