Time Warp Thursday

Happy New Year Team201!

It only feels like Monday!   It was wonderful to see the members of 201 today.   Thanks to all who worked on their reading logs over the break.

 Today we......
-Admired Leona's beautiful diorama and essay.  She followed the directions perfectly and brought in a beautiful project.  Thanks for getting it in early, Leona. Now we can use your project as an example for all.
-Discussed the Brain Pop episode on Natural Resources and worked on creating symbols to represent various resources and added them to the map.
-Worked on developing goals and resolutions for the new year.  We talked about how the most obtainable goals present a solution, are measurable, and are realistic.  We began working on a two paragraph mini-essay about our goals.   Tomorrow we will publish our writing.
-Continued our problem solving with multiplication and division.  We also began working on Chapter 9, which revisits evaluating expressions and equations with variables.
-Answered questions about the Animal Project and set goals for finishing the class billboard project.
-Went to ST math.  I met with each child to discuss individual ST Math goals.  



Tonight at home:
-Read the Mighty Mississippi Mini pages handout   Complete a  Fact Finder, Fact /Opinion T Chart,  or a Journal Response.  Whatever you choose, make sure that you include 10 facts in your response.
-Math sheet: Evaluating Expressions with (   )
-Animal Project is due on 1/11.  Please follow the correct format.