Dear Parents, 

     Last week in math we explored fractions.  We used fractions to name parts of collections and discussed equivalent fractions. We learned how to use fraction cards to play two games: Equivalent Fractions and Fraction Top It.  The students also created and solved number stories involving fractions.  This week we will review the concepts from Unit 8 on Monday and the <strong>students will take the Unit 8 Test on Tuesday</strong>.  On Wednesday, we will start Unit 9 “Measurement.”  We will discuss using “nonstandard” units of measure, and measure objects using yards and meters.  On Thursday we will review measuring with inches, feet, centimeters and decimeters.  On Friday, the students will take their weekly timed tests and we will work together to solve the Unit 8 Open Response question.

     Last week during writing workshop we made sure to check the endings of our small moments and shared examples of strong endings.  We also discussed revising <span style="text-decoration: underline">while</span> we are writing; we don’t have to just revise old stories, we can also revise as we are writing new stories. This week we will discuss how to use partners when revising.  We will discuss that the students can revise their stories by changing its genre; turning a story into a poem, turning a letter into a song.  Finally, we will discuss how to use authors and the books in our classroom library to help us when revising.

<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Passport Check:</span></strong>
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	<li>A new map is coming home with this week’s targets: Japan and the Philippines.</li>
	<li>We are looking forward to two Passport Presentations this week!  Daisy’s mom will be presenting on Japan and Joden’s mom will be presenting on the Philippines!</li>
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Thank you to Mr. Karlstrom, Livia’s dad, who taught us about Sweden last week<span> </span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-size: 14pt;color: black"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Passport Check:</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;text-indent: -0.25in"><span style="font-family: Symbol"><span><span style="font-size: small">·</span><span>        </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;font-family: Times New Roman">A new map is coming home with this week’s targets: Japan and the Philippines.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;text-indent: -0.25in"><span style="font-family: Symbol"><span><span style="font-size: small">·</span><span>        </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;font-family: Times New Roman">We are looking forward to two Passport Presentations this week!<span>  </span>Daisy’s mom will be presenting on Japan and Joden’s mom will be presenting on the Philippines!</span></p>
<span>Thank you to Mr. Karlstrom, Livia’s dad, who taught us about </span><span>Sweden</span><span> last week</span>