Mrs Kaisers News 708 233 8090 lkaisernpd 117

Mrs. Kaiser’s News 708 -233 -8090 lkaiser@npd 117. net It‘s what we learn after we know it all that really counts. Anonymous If you would like to volunteer to help with the Halloween party you will need to have your state ID photocopied and submitted to Sorrick office. If you do not have this on file, you will not be able to participate in any activities in the classroom or in the school. Important Dates October 14 - No School-Christopher Columbus Day October 18 -Popcorn Day (Limit 4 boxes) October 29 – Pumpkin Decorating Contest October 30 -Parade and Halloween Party November 6 Team Day- Early Dismissal-2: 00 November 11 -No School, Veterans Day November 25 – Parent Teacher Conferences 2: 30 PM - 8: 00 PM November 26 -Parent Teacher Conferences 9 a. m. to 12: 00 -------------------Our Schedule for p. m. class Monday: Gym. Tuesday: Fine Arts Wednesday: Library Thursday: Gym Friday: Gym Learning Focus Math: this week we practiced understanding place value by decomposing numbers. Every digit in a number has a place value we can break it up by tens and ones. Students had to break down a two digit number into their sub-parts. Decomposing numbers helps us to understand the difference between "tens" and "ones“ and how any number between 1 -10 can be formed by using a variety of addends. An example of this is if we had the number 32. They would break it down by saying that there are 3 tens and 2 ones or 30 + 2. By doing this it helps the students to understand the meaning of a number. There is value in students being able to see how to group numbers and to see the relationships and patterns in the numbers. As the math problems start to get harder the students will be able to decompose the numbers so they can solve higher level math problems. An example of this is adding 50+15 which we could change to 60+5 or 50+10+3+2. In Science, we used our magnifying glasses to help us to identify parts of vegetables and fruits.