Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Dear Parents,

I hope you will be able to attend the Math Night for Parents at school tonight. It begins at 7 p.m.

Tomorrow ALL LIBRARY BOOKS ARE DUE! I trust the children will behave as well tomorrow as they did last week.

As you know, the children are to read for at least a half hour every day at home, and on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday they read for a half hour after lunch. Today the teachers received a chart showing how each class in the school is doing with their A.R. reading. The chart shows how many words have been read. Our class is read over 8,000,000 words since school started August 12. That seems like a lot until one realizes that the fourth grade classes, the other fifth grade classes, and the sixth grade classes have all read many more words than this class has. The other fifth grade class as read 19,000,000 words--11,000,000 more than us. There's no way we can catch up in the next few weeks, but I do encourage you to have your child do more reading at home. Reading is one of the most important things a child can do to improve his/her comprehension, vocabulary, and knowledge.

Today my math group took the test on chapter 25 on integers. Several students got A's on the test. That's great news. I then gave them the math packet on Measurement and Geometry Standard 1. Many children did not do very well, so tomorrow I will do a review of linear measurement, as well as how to figure area and volume of geometric figures. There's a lot to remember in order to have the correct answers--it's not just a matter of calculations.

The next math chapter is on subtracting integers, which is as tricky as dividing fractions. (A lot to remember to do in order to get the correct answers.)

Have a good evening!

Sincerely,
Ruth Landmann

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