Welcome Back,

          The kiddos all came back with lots of smiles and put their best foot forward.

I am so proud to have my homeroom and all of the 4th graders this year, they have started out really well and I see nothing but greater things still to come in the future.  Our new Curriculum for Math is Bridges this year so I hope the kids will enjoy it as much as I have getting to know the ins and outs of it all. 

5th grade on the battlefield

I believe a good time was had by all.  I will be posting pictures and videos this week as we go on.  Thanks to all of the parents for letting us take the kids to see many arts that are lost to our generation. 

Benchmark #1 is finished

Both 4th and 5th graders did a fabulous job on their 1st benchmark, so they are to be congratulated on a job well done.  I will get out a tutoring letter, early next week for each student because all are invited and a very few are really urged if scores point in that direction.  I do know that tutoring will be in the mornings and usually on Tuesday and Thursday.  I am so proud to have two very good groups of students and if needed or wanted, Please call or come by any day.  

This week in Math, our 4th graders received their Motivational Math books that we will use as homework.  This material is top of the line and will challenge our kids, but they will get stronger and stronger. Tuesday night was the first time they had this for homework and they came back with many questions.  Questions are a good thing, They let me know when I need to explain things in a different manner because the understanding is not there and the student is working hard to learn what they need.  Keep up the fabulous work and make sure you keep asking those questions for better understanding.

Talk about bending backwards for someone!!!

 How many rocks does it take to cover a 5th grader at recess?

 Fun Fun Fun

5th Grade will have Mentoring Math pages 47-50 as homework this week

4th Grade will not have homework this week

All 4th and 5th graders will have test #3 this week (scheduled to change if needed)

All 4th and 5th graders will have 1 page of homework if not already finished in class.  Mentoring Minds will be the homework.  Please do not hesitate to come to me or call if you have problems.

5th Grade Math
            We have gotten off to the most wonderful week, these kids are just fabulous. 

For this week we are going to finish: Problem Solving 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6A, and 6B,    Concepts-Place Value 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, page 1 and page 2,  Skills 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5,  Review 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.  Anything not finished in class can be brought home to be finished and sometimes it will be assigned to be homework.

4th Grade Math

For this week we are going to finish:  Problem Solving 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6A, and 6B,  Concepts 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, and 4B, Skills 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Basic Facts 1-5

For both 4th and 5th graders, we will be testing over the things in our folders that were assigned this week so the more they complete and finish, the easier the test will be.

Thanks to all parents that love their children, I can really tell that all of my students are loved dearly.