Early Explorers Research Project

Here are selected links for trust sources for your explorer research project-

Ducksters History Site

Enchanted Learning

Mr. Nussbaum

Land of the Brave

Encyclopedia.com

Mariners Museum

Subtracting Mixed Numbers

During topic 10 of our math unit, students will be required to subtract mixed numbers.  This can be a tricky concept for some.  Feel free to watch these two videos I have selected which teach different methods for subtracting mixed numbers.

Book Fair/ Art/ Games

Friday's book fair was a hit!  Our classroom received two handfuls of books for our classroom library!  See pictures below for students browsing new titles at the  book fair, working diligently during art, and having fun with our word sort games on Friday.

A Few Updates

A big thanks to all the parents who came to conferences this week!  We had full attendance and I was able to give everyone an update on their child's progress and where we are headed.

Speaking of where we are headed; going forward, we will try to have a monthly book report/ project of some kind.  For our first book report/ project, students must have a book selected by this upcoming Friday, November 13th.  I must approve their book selection before they begin the assignment.  This is perfect timing as well because our book fair is scheduled for that Friday.

Students will have until Friday, December 18th to complete their book and complete their 'Outside the Box Project'.  They will be creating a cube to share information about their book with our class.  Each face of the cube will require students to fill out various information.  Their finished projects will look something like this:

As we have started our new math unit on fractions, the big concept and understanding that students should be working on is finding the least common denominator.  Some videos for reference-