Tantrum Tuesday

Long Division can have these side effects: tantrums, stress, even crying. Talk to your teacher if you are experiencing these symptoms, but don't stop trying.   Long division combined with messy handwriting will result in frustration and inaccuracy in most cases.  Please do not combine the two.  When dividing, keep a multiplication chart handy and ask yourself: Does McDonald's Serve Burgers?  Repeat.


So.....Long division crept in and took over our lives today.  Don't get mad, kids, get even. Learn your multiplication facts. Keep your notes handy. Think about what you are trying to accomplish is spitting up the number.   Kids, I am back to edit and revise again! This is what  every-day people who need to write in order to communicate, like your teacher, must do! Even when they are adults. Even when they are teachers! This sentence just isn't saying what I want it to say. Here is another attempt: Think about what you are trying to accomplish. What is the divisor? How many groups do I have? What makes the most sense?  Finally, stick with it. You will get it.  Don't let division be a bully.     Put that lid on your bucket and roll up those sleeves.


This evening at home....

• prepare for tomorrow's classroom Bee.
• Read, or reread chapter 9 in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.  In 7-10 sentences, summarize the chapter. Find 3 "rich" vocabulary words that you would like to share. Write the page number where you found them and describe how the word is used in the story.
• 4.10: Homework and Practice  

Need help starting your summary? Try one of these sentence tags on for size..

* In this chapter...

*This chapter is about.....

* Chapter 9 begins..

News....

• I have 3 volunteers for Gingerbread Math. Thank you to Kaliyah's mom, Maxwell's mom, and Ian J.'s mom. We have room for three more helpers next Wednesday.
• Great job on the homework last night!
• Thanks for signing the Reading Log each day. Kids should be reading for 20 or more each day.