Hope everyone had an EGGcellent long weekend!

We have finished up our Algebra and Multiplication Strategies in Math. Test have been sent home to be signed and brought back. A re-test is available on Friday for those who need it. Overall, the class did a great job! EVERYONE needs to be practicing the multiplication tables at home! Your facts should be memorized up to 9 x 9!
Here is the math trainer site where you can practice! Just doing a couple of minutes a night will really help!

http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Now we are working on division strategies and geometry. Look around your house for our benchmark angles of 90, 45 and 180 degrees.

Check out the following vertual online protractor to practice measuring angles!

http://www.mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html

Also try this fun game!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/angles.swf

Medieval Times is a fan unit. We have big plans for this including a Tournament in gym, a Medieval Feast and building our own model castles. In art, we have made some beautiful coat of arms and illuminations as well. We will schedule the medieval feast near the end of the month, and students will be asked to bring in different food for everyone to share at lunch, as well as dress up in costume.
Here is a link to an article that has some ideas about constumes if you want to start thinking ahead!

http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms/medieval_life/Costume.doc


In language, we are looking at different points of view in our reading, and investigating first, second and third person writing. We continue to work on inferences, making connections and communication.  Our learning goal is to be able to identify features or characteristics of a variety of text, We are now looking at the features in poetry.