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Sunday, May 4, 2014

Week back to school!

Dear Families,
Thank you for sending your children back to school so rested and ready for learning.  We had a great discussion (and have continued to have them) about "Finishing Strong".  With only 32 days of school left we need to stay focused on our work habits and continue to be engaged in our learning at school and with homework.  Also our Habit of Mind this week is about working interdependently and being open to learning from one another!  We want to continue to kind, safe and respectful with one another.   
Last Monday we had a workshop with Heather Bryce from the Flynn Theater.  She came to prepare us for our trip to see Pilobolus.  With Heather's  guidance we moved our bodies independently and interdependently.  We moved in small, medium and large spaces!  We made our bodies short and tall!  We created movement with sound and choreographed our own movements/dances!  Ask your child about the show!  This week we will see Stuart Little.  We are reading the book and enjoying the fantasy, friendship and adventure in the story.  We are so curious as how the story will be shared on stage.  Curious which  version we will enjoy more?
During Math class we have been focused on finding equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions using the greatest common factor between the numerator and denominator and also reviewing double digit multiplication and division with 2 digit and 3 digit dividends!  I pushed us to finish this month strong by getting our 5 lessons of Fastt Math, Fraction Nation or even Fraction Cafe activities!  The math we are doing requires us to be fluent in our facts in all operations (+,-,*,\). Be thinking about a way for your child to stay fluent over the summer; flash cards, mini tests, math games, etc.  
Friday afternoon we participated in Arbor Day Celebrations with our book buddies!  We helped to plant a tree near the track around back of the school.  We sent wishes to the tree and taught our book buddies the important roles trees play in our ecosystems!
Here we are listening to poetry at the tree planting!

Here are pictures from the Stone Soup Performance!







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