Fernando

The VIP of the week is Fernando. Fernando's favorite number is 20, colors are red and green, and television show is Sponge Bob. He likes monkeys, basketball, and Halloween. Henry is his friend. Have a great week Fernando!

This week in math we are continuing with rounding. The kids have been introduced to the concept of the Rounding Hill.

The idea of a Rounding Hill is very simple. First, the kids need to know what number is being assigned. Our example is 56. If the kids are rounding to the tens place, they circle the number in the ones place. This is helpful because they know that if the number is 1,2,3, or 4, the number rounds down. If the number is 5,6,7,8, or 9 they round up. They then underline the number in the tens place.


When they have done this, they figure out which which tens, hundreds or thousands the number falls between. Once they do that they can circle the rounding numbers, "buckle up" and DRIVE!







Ask your child if they can show you how to do this.

In language arts we are beginning a new story The Ballad of Mulan. If you've seen the movie, you know the basic plot. Later this week we will be watching part of the movie to compare and contrast the two versions. In writing, we are continuing with our descriptive paragraph of My Bedroom.

In grammar we started with nouns. Nouns are people, places and things. Next week, we are learning how to make different nouns plural. Check out the homework to see what we're doing!

I look forward to meeting all of you on September 26th at Back to School Night!