Update

We have been working hard in the classroom!  

We had our first night of conferences last night!  Thank you to all of the parents that came out; it is always so wonderful to meet all of you and talk about each of your children!  We will have conference on Tuesday morning and again next Thursday evening.  We are excited to speak with you about your child!

In math, we just completed our unit on Order of Operations.  The students really enjoy this unit, but still need to remember the order in which they should approach EVERY problem is using our rule of P (parenthesis) E (exponents) M (multiplication) D (division) A (addition) S (subtraction)!  A common mistake for many students has been remembering that when they get to multiplication/division or addition/subtraction, it is which ever operation comes first in the problem when you read it from left to right! Next week we are going to work on plotting points on a coordinate plane and also starting geometry!

In Science, we have been working on our light unit. We have discussed, in depth, how we see light/color, by discussing the parts of the human eye.  I shared a story with the students about having laser eye surgery to correct my vision-they seemed to really enjoy this. We finished our week by completing centers on light (we did several activities working with reflection and mirrors).  We will be finishing up our unit on light next week, with a test at the end of the week.  I also would like to dissect the cow eyeball right before break or right when we return from break, depending on how many students are leaving early for the holiday! Please look for a permission slip to come home early next week about this.  

Have a great weekend!  We hope to see many of you next week!