Parent Teacher Conferences

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Pasta for Pennies

Students who raise over $100 in online orders will earn a t-shirt.

Classes who bring in the most money will earn a Pasta Party from Olive Garden.

We are raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Here is our class link, you can give this link to your family and friends (post it on social media) and help raise money for our school.

http://events.lls.org/pages/az/Sonoran-Science-Acad-Perria-K-8-2017/Gardner

 

 

 

 

My niece was diagnosed a year and a half ago. Six months ago she had a bone marrow transplant. She is now cancer free. However, this fundraising event is near and dear to my heart. You can learn more about her story in the following link:

 

https://www.facebook.com/heartsforhazel

 



Math Homework Tonight

Students are to complete an online 25 addition problem quiz and a 25 subtraction problem quiz and then email the results to me.

Go to this link: http://www.hoodamath.com/mobile/games/mathtimedtests.html

Click on Addition
Click on 25
Click on the answer
Click on enter
At the end, it will show you the results
Click on Email Report
Type your first name
Type your last name
Type my email address (twice) kgardner@sonoranschools.org
Click on Submit
Click on Play Again
Click on Subtraction
Click on 25
Click on the answer
Click on enter
At the end, it will show you the results
Click on Email Report
Type your first name
Type your last name
Type my email address (twice) kgardner@sonoranschools.org
Click on Submit

Now, you are done :-)

For more challenging problems try this link: http://www.hoodamath.com/mobile/games/mathtimedtests2.html
Do 25 addition then 25 subtraction - but be careful - slow down - check your work - I made 2 mistakes because I didn't check my answer before going on..... - be sure to email me your results

Math for this week

We complete the problem sets of our math lessons in class. We either complete them together or grade them together. Students are responsible for making sure they have the correct answers on the pages. The students are then responsible for taking the problem set home to help them with their homework.

Here are some of the concepts we will be working on this week. The students need to show their work so that I can see what they were thinking. Once mastered, these strategies will help students effectively mentally add and subtract 2 and 3 digit numbers.

Simplifying Strategies. . .

The Arrow Way

Explain your thinking:

First I subtracted 300. Then I subtracted 80. Last, I subtracted 10.

Draw a Number Bond to make 100

Explain your thinking:

199 needs one more to make 200. I made a number bond with 25 using 1 and 24. So now I will add with the 1 and the 24 instead of the 25. I added the 1 to 199 to make 200. Then I added 200 to 24 to make 224.

Tape Diagram

321-199

Explain your thinking:

199 needs one more to make 200. I added one more to 321 and one more to 199. So my new equation is 322-200 which equals 122.

Papers Went Home Today

Many things went home today. Here is the break down of everything.

1) School Science Project packet - last page needs to completed and returned before Winter Break.
2) My Science Project instructions - the last page needs to be completed and returned by Dec 15. - students may not work on their projects until it has been approved by me. The next due date will be announced later this week.
3) I gave the students a list of their missing work. They may find these assignments and turn them in

Study Guides

Three study guides went home today. Just in case they did not make it home or if they get lost, here are copies of the study guides. Let me know if there are any problems with the links.

Science Study Guide - Changes in Heat
Studies Weekly (Social Studies) Week 9 Study Guide
Math Module 4 Study Guide

Click here to find this week's class newsletter
Click here to find this week's spelling list

November is Almost Over

Are you ready for December? It will be here before you know it. As we draw closer to the end of the year, we will be getting ready for more assessments. The excitement that comes with the events in December can cause students to become distracted. There are just a few weeks left until Winter Break. Working together, we can keep the students on track.