At conferences, I passed out a half sheet of paper telling parents about this blog. If you are visiting for the first time, welcome! I try to update this once or twice a week.
Please remember that Fall conference times will stay the same in the Spring. There is very little room for adjustments unless you'd liket to come on the Friday of that week instead.
This Friday is the end of the 1st quarter. Can you believe it?! Where has time gone??!! As far as grades go, I used the cutoff as anywhere from October 12-19th so that I could begin working on them. The information I presented at conferences should be similar to what you see on the report card, possibly just worded differently. If you get the report card and have any questions, please let me know.
In math, we are beginning to work on the standard algorithm for multiplication. For many parents, this is the way you learned it when you were in grade school. I would like to stress again that it is VERY important for kids to know their basic facts. I am already starting to see some kids struggling with solving 2 digit x 1 digit multiplication because they don't know their basic facts.
After completing the Social Studies units on Iowa History and the Midwest Region, we are taking a break to switch to Science. We will be taking a test this week on the Scientific Process and then beginning units on Earth Materials and the Earth, Sun, and Moon.
This week is our first big reading test!! We have spent two weeks reviewing for this assessment. Again, the best way for your child to improve at reading is to.... READ!! We are also practice lots of different writing skills, including paragraph, details, grammar, etc.
I have really enjoyed this group of kids this year. They are learning quickly and we are getting used to my routines. If you have questions or concerns at anytime, please remember that you can always contact me at:
afreiberg@marshalltown.k12.ia.us (email)
641-754-1030 (school phone)
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