Rewa is our first student to complete all of her addition and subtraction tests and will now be working on multiplication!    Your hard work is really paying off!  Way to go!  You are the first to enter Multiplication World!

Two more students worked hard and finished all of their addition facts! Due to their hard work, they have now moved on to subtraction.  The two students who have closed the door to Addition World and opened the door to Subtraction World are Rana and Naji!  Congratulations to the both of you!  As always…..who will be the next student to enter?  Will it be you?

We had a contest in our class that went along with Unit 5 in math!   The students were given 20  shapes (some they recognized and others that were not a specific shape) and a clue.  Here is the clue they were given-The shape has 4 equal sides, 4 angles, and 4 corners.  Students then worked cooperatively with their small group to solve the problem.  The teams that solved the problem by making all 5 squares (I know it sounds easy but it wasn’t!), moved on to the final round where they competed against each other in a race.  The winners are……Israa Khatoun, Nadeen, and MohamadAli!  Congratulations to all three of you!  Great teamwork and problem solving skills!

Sharks-og family

dog, fog, hog, jog, log, clog, frog, smog

Dolphins

part, start, park, dark, sort, fort, horse, more, short, jar

Penguins

darken, marble, partly, park, lizard, forest, favor, forgot, mayor, color

Great big congratulations are being sent to Saad for being our “December Student of the Month”!  Way to go Saad!  I wonder who will be the Student of the Month for January?

Please join me in welcoming Malak to “Subtraction World”!    She just unlocked the door and entered this new challenge!  Way to go, Malak!  You are a superstar:)  As always, I am wondering who the next person will be to unlock those doors!  Will it be you?

Sharks-ip family

dip, hip, lip, nip, rip, tip, flip, grip, ship, slip, skip, snip, trip

Dolphins

screen, scrap, stripe, string, sprain, spring, struck, strike, spruce, strap

Penguins-

screen, scrap, stripe, string, sprain, spring, struck, strike, spruce, strap

**Same words but you will identify if it is long or short and identify pattern.                               c v v c

Ex:  screen-long             s c r e e n

I am happy to announce that the doors to “Subtraction World” has been opened once again.  Our newest student entering is our very own Valentina!  You did an awesome job, Valentina!  Keep up the great work and welcome to “Subtraction World”!  Who will be the next person to enter?  I can’t wait to find out!

Since we had a “Snow Day” on Thursday, we will take our spelling test on Monday.

Yesterday and today we learned about the characteristics that make up a community.  There are 7 different characteristics.

Question:   Name at least 4 different characteristics that make up a community and give 3 examples for each.

Example:   Places to have fun-park, beach, and a movie theater

You can not use the one that I just did:)

In order to get a prize, you must bring the answer to school on Thursday, January 8.

Good luck!