Dear Parents and Students,                                                           February 1, 2012

     Third quarter is off and running!!  We just past the 100th day of school.  Can you believe that we are half way finished with this school year?  Where has the year gone?

     Our class has begun our study of Missouri History.  Be asking your students daily what they are learning about our great state of Missouri.  We have started our study with the land of Missouri and we will finish up our Missouri Study in May with the Mark Twain's play Tom Sawyer.  What exciting thing to come!!  Check out our Missouri page to keep up with what we are learning.

     Students are learning to use lattice and partial product methods of long multiplication.  It is always a lot of fun for me to see how excited the students get when they work out long multiplication problems on their own, and when they realize that by using these two methods there really isn't a multiplication problem they can not do!!  We are continuing to work toward taking our MAP test in April.  Click on the following links for MAP Resources and additional MAP questions.

     Our class is working hard on meeting our AR goals for 3rd quarter.  We have almost reached the 100 point mark in Reading Counts.  For every 100 books our class reads we earn a Read -n- Feed.  Continue to encourage your child to read and take test daily.

     We will be having our Valentine's Day party on Monday, February 14th.  Be sure to check out What's Happening and the Classroom News links to keep up with what's happening in our classroom. 

Happy Valentines,

Ms. Kelso