The Marshmallows' Homepage: November 2016

This time of year we take a moment to step back and reflect on what we're thankful for. Even with this being my fourth year at Barretts, I always find myself amazed and so thankful that I have the best job in the world, and that I also get to work with the best kids, parents, and staff. Thank you for sending me your best each day. I hope over the break you are able to relax, enjoy, and spend time with family and friends. Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Please enjoy the Thanksgiving learning games below!

Turkey Terminator

Turkey Swap

The object of the game is to swap the locations of the turkeys and the pigs with as few moves as possible. You can move each tile by clicking on it. A tile can be moved to the empty space that is immediately beside it.

Turkey Anagrams- Word Puzzle

Turkey Multiplication

Read about the First Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Dinner Puzzle

Jamestown Adventure

Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle

Thanksgiving Sodoku

Friday, November 18, 2016

11/14-11/18

Happy Friday! Check out what the Marshmallows have been up to this week...

Reading
This week we are beginning to wrap up our Navigation Nonfiction unit by...

reading texts to determine author's purpose

persuade
inform
entertain

identifying unfamiliar words within our text and using tools, such as a dictionary, to determine their meaning
reviewing how to identify the main idea of a text

Please remember to read 30 minutes nightly!

Writing
This week we're wrapping up our Persuasive Essay unit by...

revising our conclusions to include a call to action for the reader
revise our pieces to include a convincing tone by using:

auxiliary verbs
sensory details/vivid verbs

editing our pieces for grammar, punctuation, and capitalization
publishing our pieces in the form of speech presentations

Math
In our Multiplication and Division unit we...

used various multiplication strategies to multiply 4 digit by 1 digit numbers
multiplied 2 digit by 2 digit numbers using multiples of 10

Please remember to practice math facts nightly!

Online Practice Buddies are assigned to your child, they are welcome to complete any as optional homework at home!

Science
This week we began a new unit of study, Motion and Design! We kicked off our unit by...

meeting with our engineering teams and worked on teamwork and perseverance
designed vehicles from two-view drawings
explored how weight pulling on a vehicle affects the distance traveled

Upcoming Dates

11/23-11/25: No School; Happy Thanksgiving!
12/7: Late Start, 11:05 start

Friday, November 11, 2016

11/9-11/11

Happy Veterans Day! Even though we only had a 3 day week, we still packed in a lot of learning. See what we've been up to this week...

Reading
This week in our Navigating Nonfiction unit we...

learned that all authors have a purpose for writing a text
learned that there are three purposes:

persuade
inform
entertain

Please remember to read 30 minutes nightly!

Writing
This week in our Persuasive Essay unit we...

revised our essays to elaborate on our evidence
used powerful transitons in our essays
revised our introductions

Math
In our Multiplication and Division unit we...

used partial products to multiply 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers using the expanded algorithm
learned the common/tradition way to multiply 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers

Please remember to practice your math facts nightly! Fact fluency is one key to success in this unit!

Your child also has a Practice Buddy assigned to them online each day. This is optional homework.

Social Studies
During social studies this week we...

reflected on our strenghts and goals based on our Early Settlement assessments
signed up for committees for our grade level service learning project (collecting pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House)
worked with our grade level committees

Upcoming Dates