We have a busy week this week! The students have a half day on Thursday and Friday this week. School will be dismissed at 10:55 both days. I am looking forward to meeting all of you at parent/teacher conferences!
Math- We will be continuing our instruction on dividing fractions. The students will have a quiz on both multiplying and dividing fractions on Wednesday. We will then move to decimal operations.
Reading- We will finish up our Holocaust Literature Circles this week. Our main focus is comparing and contrasting between the three different books the students are reading. They will take the AR quiz on Thursday and we will watch the movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas on Thursday and Friday. This video is rated PG-13. If you would like more information on the movie, please follow this link, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914798/. Let me know if you would prefer your child NOT to watch this video. One of our common core standards is to compare/contrast between text and video on the same topic. This is a very powerful movie that, unlike the books in our literature circles, is based on a German boy around the age of my students. I feel this is a very good way for students to see how people from both sides of the Holocaust were effected.
Writing- I am very excited to have Mrs. Powell into our classroom this week during writing. She is going to review and teach many technology concepts that will get our students ready for when we adopt the chrome books in January. This is a very exciting opportunity for our students.
I will be sending home a reminder with your conference day and time on Monday or Tuesday this week.
As always, please email me with any concerns or questions!
Thank you,
Mrs. Wood
tara.wood@mybedford.us
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