One Hundred Sixty-Sixth Day

We have been continuing our Being Afraid unit as well as our reading battery.

In math we have been adding fractions with like denominators and finding equivalents for basic fractions. Today we subtracted fractions from a whole.

We will mark our final day of school with a class celebration. The last day of school is a minimum day so our celebration should begin shortly after 10:00. I will be preparing for the festivities at approximately 9:30.

One Hundred Sixtieth Day

Today we discussed things which may cause the emotion fear.

In backpack you should find a fraction report for the week which will show "cookies" cut into equal fractional pieces with corresponding equations. I would expect most students to have been able to complete at least 5 "fraction cookies" in the allotted time. Some students will have up to 7.

I did notice how quickly footwear changed after I made mention awhile back, thank you. Today, however, a child's P.E. performance was greatly limited/unsafe due to improper/inadequate footwear. A reminder: all children should wear secure (laced) shoes (sneaker or tennis style) for safety, comfort, and performance requirements. All children should wear socks every day.

Have a good weekend.

One Hundred Forty-Seventh Day

We took our last publisher's topic math test today. I am going to spend some time filling in holes we made while rushing through the year. Then I will spend some time on fractions, an important concept not covered by the new program in 1st grade. We will focus more heavily on parts of a whole, for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 equal parts. We will add fractions with common denominators and reduce some fractions to their simplest form.