Week 1/5-9

Welcome back!  The kids came in bouncing full of stories about their holiday break on Monday!  I loved hearing all of them!  In my homeroom, I had them write down their best memories of the break or the presents they couldn't wait to tell about.  Then to add to the suspense I read a few everyday finishing today.  They would sit on the edge of their seats waiting to find out if it was going to be them. :)  

In math, we expanded our knowledge of adding and subtracting to three digits.  Once we got the wrapping paper and bows knocked of those cute little brains, things started to fall into place.  Some of the kiddos are still making silly errors like: forgetting to borrow when the number on the bottom is bigger, forgetting to actually go borrow from the next place value before adding 10, and forgetting to add the one that was regrouped.  If you have a few free moments this weekend, give them a few two and three digit adding and subtracting problems to keep it fresh.  We have our unit test on adding and subtracting next Friday.  It will also cover a few of the errors that our students showed some weaknesses on the first semester tests.  I will be sending home a review sheet next week for homework.  Please have the students work through it independently, then go over it with them.  I know that they are going to do amazing!!

Have a great weekend and stay as warm as you can!