Week of August 28th

Happy Monday Everyone,

     We are starting our 3rd week of school!! We will have Open House on this coming Thursday (8/31) night. This is a parent only event. Open House will run from 6:00-7:30. Mrs. Pavlinek and I hope that you can join us. We will also have a long weekend in honor of Labor Day. No School on Monday 9/4!!!

     This is the last week to purchase JBE class t-shirts. If you would like to have one for field trip and other school activities please send in your form and money no later than Friday. 

     We have a new technology resource. This year we will be utilizing Brain Pop in classroom and at home!! Brain Pop is  a wonderful resource. It presents information to students in the form of short animated movies. Simply follow the directions below. Once students sign up for the class we will then be able to make assignments. 

1. Go to www.Brainpop.com and click on "Enter Code" at the top of the screen.
2. Enter jberocks1
3. Either log in with your personal accounts or create a new user account. 
4. Explore the site
5. Check back for assignments to complete.
6. This week the students have two assignments that need to be completed by this Friday 9/1.

     This week in math we will work on rounding numbers to any place value using various strategies, estimating sums and differences, and fluently adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm. Students will have a quiz on Wednesday that will cover place value concepts, comparing numbers, numbers and rounding.

Rounding Strategies

     This is our first week of Math Superstars!! Students will receive the new sheet on Mondays. The completed sheets are due Friday of that week. Parents are encouraged to provide help on difficult problems. The goal is to provide help with out giving the answers. Another important goal of the program is for students to engage in the problem solving process. In order to receive credit for that weeks sheet, I need to see that students at least attempted the problem. My homeroom is still in need of a parent volunteer to check the sheets and come in once a week to go over the most missed problems with the students. If you are interested in volunteering please let me know. 

     In science we will continue to learn how scientists do their work. We will also learn about science tools.  The Brain Pop assignments this week are both science related. One is on science tools and the other takes a closer look at how microscopes work. 

     In social studies this week we will review some basic map skills. Like do you know what the legend, and compass rose are? We will also learn how to use the map scale. 

Have a GREAT Week and Super Weekend,

Aesha