Thursday, November 3rd

Here are a couple of pictures of the order of planets. One is the unlabeled picture that I use in class. We have started the second book of the George's Secret Key series, and during these read-alouds we practice our planet identification. We are also trying to learn the distances of the planets from the sun.

In my math group we have been doing measurements of playground equipment in an attempt to model a scaled-down version of the playground. It's been a lot of work, but the practice has been giving students access to a wide variety of math activities. We have gotten to do work with fractions, measuring, and a little bit of decimal work. It's been great practice for the kids.

I've been running like crazy, which is why I haven't gotten to the blog for a few days. I'm sorry to those students who are traveling, but I also imagine there are much better things going on for our travelers than looking at this blog. I'm going to send out progress reports tomorrow. They will be rough for reading and math, as some of my students go to Ms. Wells during that time. I will try to get a good idea of what is going on with grades.

Conferences will occur during the 22nd and 23rd. I will be sending out conference slips next week.

Take Care Out There-

Mr. B