Inside Recess....

When the weather outside is chilly we are inside for recess. Today we were able to go to the computer lab for inside recess time.

Landon is the Star of the Week!

Today Landon shared his star of the week poster. He enjoys baseball, hockey, and building things.  His hero is his dad because he teaches Landon lots of things.  Landon's favorite book is American Chillers. You are a super star in room 119!

GAME NIGHT

Game night has been rescheduled for this Friday, January 17th from 6-8 pm.  Pizza and a water bottle for $1.00.  Hope to see you all there!

New Scholastic Coupons

I sent home coupons for free books for the book orders.  Please send them back by next Wednesday if you are wanting to order for your child. Please call or email me if you have any questions or problems with online ordering.

Partial Products-Multiply

In math we have been learning how to multiply multi-digit numbers.  Many of the students know how to use the tradition method, however we are learning the partial product method.  This strategy has a strong focus on place value, which plays a critical role in the development of mental and written computation strategies, while providing students with the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of how the standard algorithms work.

Partial Product:  Each part of one factor is then multiplied by each part of the other factor, and finally, all of the resulting partial products are added together. I have added a link to our math curriculum websites to show as a model.

Partial Product Video
 

Scholastic Order Free Book Coupon

Parents:
I will provide new coupons for parents to use for the free book with a $10.00 order. The coupons I have handed out do not have the code in the bottom right hand corner. They should arrive to Sibley in 5-7 days. Thanks

Updates for the New Year

Game Night

Sibley game night is scheduled for January 10^th here at Sibley at 6pm. There will be pizza and fun games to play. Hope you all can join us.

 

 Homework

You will start to see a couple of math study links come home each week.  The study link is a review of a lesson that was already taught in class. I want the students to be prepared for the homework that lies ahead in the following grades.  This will help teach responsibility by completing the homework on time and also teaching them independence. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

 

Prairie Fire Theater

Auditions are going be to be held January 27th and practice will be that following week.  More information will come home today about Prairie Fire.

 

Academics

 

Math

The students have been working on:

§  Estimating Sums

§  Extended Multiplication Facts

§  Venn diagrams

§  Measurement

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be working on:

§  Estimating Products

§  Partial–Product Multiplication

§  Lattice Multiplication

§  Rounding  

Reading

Next week the students will learn about realistic fiction and reading different books within this genre. We will be working on summarizing what they have read as our skill for the week.

We have also been learning about figurative language such as similes and metaphors. 

In our writing curriculum we are writing science fiction stories. Everyone has picked a character, a setting, and a problem that will happen in the story.  We will be completing the writing cycle on our science fiction stories.

 

Welcome Back

Tomorrow we will be back at school and  I am excited to see all of you and hear about your holiday break. Make sure you bring all your warm winter gear if we are able to go outside for recess. 

Kendall is our Star of the Week!

Kendall was our Star of the Week! Kendall enjoys singing, acting, and modeling.  She loves to read and is a wonderful friend to all!

Our Holiday Party

We spent the day doing some fun things! We decorated ornaments for our families, had hot cocoa and a treat, and played some excited games!  It was a great day for celebrating all our hard work.