Happy Thanksgiving

It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving break is here!  The first round of parent/teacher conferences are wrapping up; however, if you were unable to attend your conference, contact your child's teacher to reschedule.  They will make time to meet with you.

 

Triple digit subtraction is in full swing.  This is a very hard for our students to understand, so please help them at home.  View this video to see one of the ways we are teaching this skill.

 

Triple Digit Subtraction Video

 

Happy Holidays to all of our Christie Cubs!!

 

 

 

Pretty Cool...

Today, Ms. Bradley's class got to try out the new Learning commons for the first time. I have to say, it was WONDERFUL! Students were collaborating together and really using their critical thinking skills.

Their task was to create a race car out of Legos. We talked about how car companies pay engineers to create designs of new cars and that car companies wouldn’t want to pay a lot of money for a car that didn’t’ work. Therefore their car had to be the cheapest AND fastest car to win. Students used their addition and problem solving skills to find out how much each car was worth, and then tested each car down a ramp.

Here are some pictures from the day!

 

 

 

 

November

Hello Parents.....so hard to believe it's November. Where did the year go?

We are looking forward to conferencing with you in two weeks, Nov. 11-14th!

 

This first week in November we will continue to work on map skills. The students

will learn to locate important places on the map.  Google Earth is a favorite way to

explore and kids love it. We will also discuss how people change our physical environment,

this will involve a Mind Mission which is always fun.

 

In Math we will continue to work on subtraction with two-digit numbers.  We will

also teach the students how to subtract using a number-line and how we use addition

to check subtraction.

 

In Reading we will continue to discuss community hero's. Our focus will be on inferencing.

This involves helping  the students understand the story by using text clues and pictures, as well as

what they already know.

 

Have a wonderful week, and thank you for all your support !