Tuesday

Today we read the parable called "The Buried Treasure". Then we reflected in our workbooks about how the parables talked about the Kingdom of Heaven.
In language we completed the Weekly Assessment, CLOSE test, and dictation. I think students still have vacationitis. They seem to be having issues concentrating and following directions. I noticed this on these assessments.
If your child receives an Incident Report and it says "warning 1", this is like a yellow light. Your child has probably needed a lot of redirection or has been told the same directions many times and he/she still seem to be off task. Please don't worry, this does not reflect any permanent consequence.  This seems to work when recess and time outs are not working. This is my communication to you only.
In math we reviewed subtracting/adding 99 or 98 from another 2 or 3 digit number. They seemed to get a better idea about adding one or two to 98 or 99 to get 100 and then add 1 or 2 to the other number, for example 47+99= 47-1+ 100= 146  or 158- 98= 158-2 -100=60. It is new to all of us, even me.
Tomorrow I think we will be moving desks, I think this will help students regroup and refocus for the quarter.