Nov. 17

 I hope everyone is having a great week so far!

 We have all but a couple of our Peace Books published into videos for you all to see on our Google Classroom. The students created some beautiful books about Peace that I know you will love. I hope that posting these into video form  on Google Classroom is helpful for you to see! I know how difficult it is not being able to come into the school and see your child's work in person so I am experimenting with this format. I would love your feedback!

In math, we have started using our knowledge of skip counting to help us better understand the concept of increasing and decreasing patterns. Students have been using blocks to help them create and complete patterns. They have been practicing verbalizing a pattern rule based on patterns that peers create or they create. 

Students also played a game that you could try at home. Here are the gist of it. Have your child teach you!

Choose a number between 1 and 5, roll your die. Your first number is what you will start your pattern with, the number you rolled is your pattern rule (how many your pattern will increase by each time). Create an increasing pattern using these numbers, with blocks or drawing a pattern.

You can make a decreasing pattern by choosing a number between 20 and 30 to start with, rolling the die, and decreasing your pattern by that number each time.

We will be moving into using numbers to show repeating patterns, such as 3, 7, 11, __, ___ or 

90, 84, 78, ___ ,____ and identifying the pattern rule. We will also be doing some input and output tables. This is a great way for students to see patterning in another way and one they will see often in future years.

To help your child at home, you could:

Don't forget that Thursday and Friday are our Parent Conferences. You will receive a link for the conference 5 minutes before your time to your email address. Please check your junk folder just in case it goes there.  At your time, I will admit you from the lobby into the Teams Meeting.  Please have your microphone and camera on for this meeting! It is nice to be able to see each other, even though it is through a computer screen. Alternatively, if you don't want a video conference, you can email me and I can call you at your time. I am looking forward to seeing you all and having some time to chat about your child!

Important Upcoming Dates:

• Parent conferences - Nov. 19/20
• No School - Nov. 20
• No School - Dec. 4
• Ms. Wolfe's Last Day - Dec. 8  :(
• Winter Break - Dec. 19 - Jan. 4