Talking Turkey Thursday

Good Evening Team 201 Families,

I am so sorry about this late post.  We were experiencing major technical difficulties this afternoon. I just got home.

This evening.....

• Please use your Science book to complete the vocabulary cards.  Add an icon, picture or symbol that will help you remember the term.  Cutting and folding is optional. We can take care of this step tomorrow in class.
• Write a final draft of your Turkey Plea.  Students did a fantastic job working on "sustained" writing today.  Each child is coming home with a sloppy copy/ draft that includes: an attention grabbing sentence, a sentence that states the purpose or topic, a body of evidence/reasons, and a closing sentence.  We worked hard on this today!  Turkeys will be "disguised" tomorrow.
• There is no math homework this evening.

Notes:

• Students will take a Science Test tomorrow on weather. We have devoted the week to reviewing the material.  I think that your kids are ready!
• We will also take a reading test tomorrow. We will review the vocabulary in the morning. We will not take a spelling test this week.
• We spent a great deal of time working on division and multiplication today. Our focus is multi-step problem solving.  Please encourage your child the record the "K" and the "A."  Reading the problem 10 times is not an effective strategy!  We are learning how to take action against difficult problems.  
• We missed our ipads today, but they were very busy getting ready for us.  We will begin ESparks math soon!
• Keep going with the ST Math at home.  Let's lead the pod!
• Correction and apologies are due to you, parents and students.  Yesterday, I incorrectly entered the grades for the Science quiz, using a scale of 10 rather than 100.  This error has been fixed. I sent a few of you into a panic mode, and I am sorry!  All is now well.
• Next week, we will begin our study of plants.  

That's it for today!  It is time to fix some dinner. I will see you all bright and early in the morning.