September 10, 2015

We went to the computer lab today and many students finished publishing their first KidBlog posts! They're very excited about this, and anyone who'd like to log on at home and continue writing or commenting is welcome to. You can find our the site here. I did change the address to make it easier for students to type in, so if you bookmarked this before, please update it!

Don't forget we have a math test tomorrow on place value and comparing numbers. We're going to take the test in the morning right after computer class (and before we go to our first buddy activity). Here's a sample question: Using the digits   3   8    4   5    2   make the largest odd number possible. Next week, we're going to begin taking timed multiplication test on Fridays. The first one will be on the ten times table.

In science, we're studying animals and how they're classified. We talked yesterday about what a scientific argument was, and students debated about what made something an animal. Right now, it looks like our test on animals will be September 24. I'll pass out the study guide for this next week.

Students have been doing a great job writing in their notebooks. They've written lots of seed ideas in their notebooks, and we talked about how you can include pictures, too. We came up with a list of why we write stories and will begin taking our first set of stories through the writing process next week.

Thank you to everyone who came to Back to School Night last week! If you weren't able to come (or didn't see the list) and would like to have your phone number or email added to our family contact list, please let me know by Wednesday, September 16. After that, I'll copy the list and send it home.

Finally, if you'd like to order any books from Scholastic, the order forms are due this Monday. You can order books online, too, by clicking here and entering our code: GWZT3.