Science Court!

Science Court is now in session! Science Court is an engaging, hands-on unit that combines Science and Social Studies curriculum.

As we continue through Science Court, your child will learn the difference between living, non-living, and dead. Your child will be able to describe these differences in detail. Because this program uses a "trial" to engage students, your child will also learn about how court cases work and the procedures of a trial.

Is a chicken bone dead? Is it living? Is it non-living? After this week, your child should be able to answer these questions!

We will also be hatching brine shrimp eggs in class this week!!! Brine shrimp eggs appear to be non-living... but are things always the way they seem?

Of course, this program entails so much more; these are just some of the highlights!

Go explore!

Math Math Math

We are continuing to work through chapter two of our text. Chapter two focuses on Mental Math and Estimation. Last week, we studied mental addition and subtraction. We will spend the remainder of the week focusing on Rounding Numbers to Estimation as well as Front-End Estimation. If you go to Thinkcentral.com, you can access your child's text book and workbook. Chapter two begins on page 41 of the text book. If you are looking for ways to help your child with his/her math, look at the text book and go over some of the problems with your child at home. We do these problems in class but extra practice is ALWAYS a huge help! Remember, your child's login and password is: first initial last name. If I were a student, my login and password would be lbayne. Have fun learning math!

Diver of the Week!

Congratulations to Andrew for earning our "Diver of the Week" award! Andrew continually displays a strong work ethic, follows directions in class, and helps his classmates when needed. Great job Andrew!