News for 11/27

What a great week we have had! It has been great to be back and see everyone. The students have been hard at work and having fun!

Announcement: 
Please join us for our Fall Open House on December 12th from 3-4pm. This is a student-led fall showcase for all current TAG students. Please bring your student with you when you come. They will be your tour guide and will be sharing their work with you. This is a come and go event. We hope to see you there!

REMINDER: The window to refer students for TAG testing and submit all paperwork closes at 4:00pm on Friday, December 8th. 

Math:

3rd Grade- 

Third grade has begun working on their division unit. We have been working on learning different strategies for dividing multi-digit dividends by single and double digit divisors. They have been working on solving problems using the standard algorithm, area model, and strip diagram models. It has been a lot of fun to work with problems in a variety of ways.

4th Grade-

4th graders have been exploring multiplying fractions this week. We practiced our skills by creating holiday cards for a unique card exchange across the world.  Students used stars on their cards, and depicted a problem multiplying a whole number and a fraction with their stars.  We wrapped up the week by creating a shopping list for a huge holiday baking project.  We had nine recipes and students had to calculate how much of each ingredient was needed for multiple batches of each recipe.  We had fun, and their brains worked hard!

5th Grade-

5th graders have spent the week studying ration, rates and unit rates.  We created holiday cards for a card exchange our TAG students are participating in.  Students created cards that used stars and showed a ratio relationship with their stars.  Some of them got really creative and measured the sizes of stars down to the millimeter to show a perfect ratio!

We spent some time on rates and discussed real life examples- miles per gallon, points in basketball games, and price per box of cereal to name a few.  We dug deeper with unit rates and had a whole lesson using candy!  Students had a great time finding the total number of candies in one box, and then finding ratios and percentages of each color and the unit rate for one piece of candy.  We ranked the candies from the best unit rate to the worst. Check out our posters in the hall outside Mrs. Hamilton's room!  

ELA Enrichment & ISP:

**ISP supply note...the students have been creating materials lists for their ISP projects in class. Please know that we will be using found objects as much as possible. The students are not expected to purchase special supplies for these projects. 

1st Grade- 

1st graders had a great week studying the book Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle.  We read the book several times, and loved seeing the unique clear overlay pages to enhance the illustrations!  Students colored and cut out seahorses using the unique color collage style of Eric Carle and added yarn fins to their creations.  They turned out great!

2nd Grade-

Second grade participated in a holiday card exchange program that our TAG classes are a part of. We are sending out 29 holiday cards and will be receiving 29 cards back. We are excited to use our received cards for some fun math activities! 
The students have also been hard at work completing the typing of their ISP essays this week.

3rd Grade-

Third grade also participated in a holiday card exchange program that our TAG classes are a part of. We are sending out 29 holiday cards and will be receiving 29 cards back. We are excited to use our received cards for some fun math connections to place value, addition, subtraction, and division!
The students have also been hard at work completing the building of  their ISP projects. They are getting closer to completion!

4th Grade-

ISP has been the theme of our time this week. We have been working hard to compete our houses for the January STEAM night. The students are excited to show off their hard work!

5th Grade-

Fifth grade has begun planning and developing their TV script ideas for their novel study. We have been brainstorming ideas for scenes and will start working on scripts soon. They have also been working on their "Think Tank Thursday" Environmental projects. They are looking forward to sharing knowledge with the other students in school.

Have a great weekend and see you next week!

Important Dates:

12/7     6:30 Singing Stars Concert

12/12    6:15 Singing Stars Caroling
12/13    8:00 3rd Grade December Around the World               performance for families
12/21    Sweater Spirit Day
12/25-1/8 Winter Break
1/9      Students back to school