Friday, December 18, 2009

Happy Holidays

Well 2009 is ending on a very positive academic note! Each of my students has put forth a great amount of work and effort that makes me confident that 2010 will be just as successful!

Have a safe and happy holiday! See everyone next year! :)

Friday, December 11, 2009

December News

It was another great week, ending with Pajama Day today!

In math, we learned how to caluculate the perimeter of an object and will continue into next week learning about area. We will use manipulative and interactive games to reinforce these concepts throughout the week.

In RtI Reading we began our Christmas Carol activities and finally began reading today. We were very lucky to have Dr. Tiede read with us. Thank you Dr. Tiede! Next week, we will finish reading the play and, at the end of the week, watch the video. It is rated PG. If you have any objections to your child watching this, please contact me at cnino@ccsd66.org.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

December is Here!

As always, it was great to meet with many parents this evening at conferences! Second trimester is getting off to a great start and I know that the positive progress will continue!

Next week, we will begin to learn about the perimeter of squares, rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms in math. We will also learn the equations necessary to find each perimeter and even solve for an uknown side when the perimeter is given to us.

In RtI, we will continue to write and develop our editorials for Language Arts and then begin reading the play, A Christmas Carol. This play will take us through next week, as well. We will be discussing the elements of a drama, stage directions, theme, plot, and comparing/contrasting.

Have a great week!