Friday

HW
Read
Facts/States practice
Math page

This week we:

*finished NECAPs!
*decided on a NECAP celebration which will be next week
*remembered that we went on a walking field trip to the Public Library last week!
*started learning about rounding whole numbers and decimals
*learned about mental math strategies using compensation, the associative property of addition, and the commutative property of addition
*continued our banagrams tournament
*started the place value challenge
*started a Wonder Wall
*decided our calendar will be about Family Fun
*have been celebrating books we have finished with book marks and book reviews
*have been working on NFS Reads website, created by OUR STUDENTS! 
Check it out at: https://sites.google.com/a/apps.portsmouth.k12.nh.us/nfs-reads/
*finished our Hippo play in music
*had a soccer game.  The other team won, but our skills improved!
*worked on our name projects in art
*played a new computer game called "Stop that Post", we are learning about online safety.
*converted to using our binders with all of our notebooks and folders in one place
*celebrated Olivia's birthday
*celebrated accomplishments in Xtra Math operations
*learned a rounding rhyme to help us remember.  "Circle your number, look next door.  5 or greater add one more.  Numbers to the left stay the same, numbers to the right, Zero's your name"