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7/8 Newsletter • 10/6/19
Math – Mrs. Tapley: 7th grade mathematicians worked on demonstrating their understanding about unit rates with fractions on an assessment. They then began applying their work with proportions to studying scale drawings. 8th grade mathematicians practiced applying their learning about scientific notation and exponents and then completed an assessment on Friday on …
7/8 Newsletter • 9/29/19
5/6 Newsletter • 10/6/19
Math – Mrs. Tapley 5th grade mathematicians demonstrated their learning so far this year on a series of “exit tickets”. This was sent home with them on Wednesday. Students then continued their work with decimals by adding and subtracting decimals. They also continued to practice their rounding skills. ELA – Mrs. Thoner We …
5/6 Newsletter • 9/29/19
Math – Mrs. Tapley 5th grade mathematicians started their learning this week by comparing decimals and building on their understanding of equivalence in decimals. We then expanded their rounding skills to rounding with decimals, and ended the week by adding decimals using their place value understanding. 6th grade mathematicians worked with two …
3/4 Newsletter • 10/6/19
ELA – Mrs. Thoner We continued reading Love That Dog with a focus on watching Jack, the main character, develop his understanding of what poetry is. We learned that poetry makes “pictures with words”. We also worked on developing our own ability to find evidence from the text when we respond to a question …
3/4 Newsletter • 9/29/19
Math – Mrs. Tapley 3rd and 4th grade mathematicians focused their mathematical thinking this week on rounding. This was a skill some students learned last year, so these students increased their ability to round to larger place values. For others, this was a new idea and students did a great job thinking …
Newsletter 10/3/19
Thank you To Mr. McBride for all the baked goodies he has brought in and shared with the school staff. WoodenBoat for their donation to the kitchen. Flu Vaccine Clinic Paperwork Flu vaccine clinic sign-up sheets are being sent home with students this week. Please complete and return the form to school …
A day in Pre-K / Kindergarten
We have been working hard to master the skills of needed to be safe, respectful and kind classroom citizens. Now that we are almost into October, our classroom is looking, feeling and sounding like a learning community. When the morning bell rings at 7:47, Pre-k through 8th grades gather in the gym …