Friday, January 14

 Hi parents,

We had yet another awesome day today. I really couldn't have asked for a better 'first week back'.

In the morning we had our spelling quiz, and I was really happy to see that the students excelled at the Sight Words. The 'ou' blend seemed to present the most problems and I think we'll review it again next week.

The students went outside for gym, and then we did some more practice with using commas in writing. Today, we worked on using commas when listing adjectives. For example, "the lesson was fun, educational, and well-received". 

We learned a new (and very important) multiplication strategy today - arrays! This strategy basically involves solving a multiplication problem by using rows and columns. 

For example, the problem 3 x 4 could be represented with this array:

x x x x

x x x x

x x x x 

Creating neat, organized arrays makes it easy for students to skip-count and find a product. It also lays the foundation for calculating 'area' later on.

We ended our day with Daily LA.

Next week's spelling words will be added in just a moment - have a nice weekend!

Zac