What's coming up?

We have a lot of new things coming up and they are very exciting.  I will do my best to get them all

Daniel Boone Home
Tuesday Nov. 4th
      Please bring your own lunch and dress in warm layers.  The forecast calls for rain and chilly temps.  You may want to send a small umbrella or rain jacket as we will have to walk outside between each station.

Book Review
Today we practiced doing a book review in class.  They will be picking books tomorrow for the book review that we assigned as homework.  They were given a packet to help them organize their thoughts into paragraphs.  Here's the basic outline of a good book review:
Paragraph #1 -  Summary of the book
Paragraph #2 - Your opinion of the book.
Both paragraphs need a main idea sentence and supporting details.  They should have a good conclusion sentence as well.
(If they would like me to check a rough draft I need to have it by Mon. 11/3.  This will not be graded or mandatory.)

Multiplication
On Friday of this week I will be introducing multiplication.  Our goal is that the kids know their times tables through 10 by the end of the year.  This means they need to be able to complete each set in  40 seconds or less.  They will be tested according to the days we put on the Social Studies calendar.  If they do not pass the first test, they must take it again the next day.  We would like them to know 0-5 sets by Thanksgiving break.  This will be the main focus of our math lessons during the month of November so please help them work on it at home, in the car, waiting in line at stores, etc.  It's a great time filler!