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11 25 09 Newsletter

This newsletter provides information about the past and upcoming week at High Pointe Elementary. It discusses topics that were reviewed in class such as shapes, congruency, addition, and multiplication. It previews plans to start a new writing assignment on holidays and a unit on the Constitution. The newsletter also includes spelling words and questions to ask the student about math and shapes.

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11 25 09 Newsletter

This newsletter provides information about the past and upcoming week at High Pointe Elementary. It discusses topics that were reviewed in class such as shapes, congruency, addition, and multiplication. It previews plans to start a new writing assignment on holidays and a unit on the Constitution. The newsletter also includes spelling words and questions to ask the student about math and shapes.

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HIGH POINTE

ELEMENTARY

SPELLING
LIST
The Brubaker Buzz
I S S U E 1 4 N O V E M B E R 2 0 , 2 0 0 9

knew

know

then
A Look Back
usually This short week was tool that will help your child quality time with your family.
spent reviewing quite a bit of become a more thorough We’re off to West Plains and
what information. reader and effective question Kansas City for an eventful
answerer. To go along with weekend of fun. My family is
helpful We reviewed and this strategy, we read a short going to take in a basketball
talked about flips, turns, and story about the first Thanks- game at K.U. (This is where
finally
slides with shapes. We also giving. Following the story, Kaitlyn thinks she should go
suggestion reviewed the term the students had to answer to college!) A little rivalry
“congruent.” On the back of questions and prove their an- trivia: I went to school (for a
sadly this newsletter are some ques- swers by showing what para- while) at the rival! Most of
easily tions about those. Please ask graph they found the informa- you probably know that it’s
these to help your child be- tion in. M.U.
decision come better at these concepts.
We also continued practicing We spent the week
action
addition and multiplication talking about the first Thanks-
conclusion facts by completing some giving and what the culture
computation sheets and activi- was like at that time. We’ve Classroom Rule:
population ties. learned a lot of neat things!
objection
During reading we Have a great Thanks- Choose your lunch
reviewed how to use the Star giving! I hope that you get to in the morning, so
Method. This is an amazing spend some much needed
DATES TO no one else chooses
REMEMBER for you.
11/25 Early out for
Thanksgiving vacation
A Peek to Next Week
11/26-1127 No
School—Thanksgiving We’ll come back full recall of multiplication facts.
vacation swing after our bellies are We’re also working on criti- that we’re well into the school
Book Orders due 12/1
full! cal thinking skills. My goal is year.
to have everyone thinking
In math we will con- more deeply about math prob- We will begin a new
tinue working on multiplica- lems. We’ll be getting into story called Tornado Alert.
tion. Our practice will focus some pretty tough ones now During this story we will fo-
on word problems and quick cus on context clues, fact and
opinion, and summarizing.
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Next Week Cont.


We will start a new and the history behind each If anyone wants extra points
writing prompt about holi- of these documents. We on Monday, bring in the
days. With this we will will also look at citizenship Ask Me, I Know section of
this newsletter answered
concentrate on capitaliza- and what our government
and I will give a few bonus
tion, punctuation, the use of consists of. I love this unit! points!
figurative language, and I always have a great time
having a strong voice in teaching the preamble and
writing the paper. branches of government!

I anticipate starting
a unit about the Constitu-
tion and Declaration of In-
dependence this week. Stu-
dents will learn vocabulary

Ask Me, I Know!


Anything multiplied by Draw an array that Draw an array with the
Education is not 0 is always ______ represents 25. dimensions of 6 x 8.
the filling of a
pail, but the Anything multiplied by
lighting of a fire. one is always the
-William Butler
_______ _______.
Yeats
When do you change a
Y to an I at the end of
the word?

Appreciation and Reminders


Thank you to every- Please remember to Thank you for helping
one who could be sign your child’s as- your child be success-
signment book each ful in third grade!
sending in cleaning
night.
wipes! We try to No school Thursday or
keep our room clean Don’t forget to sign Friday! Have a great
and these help out a and return the math break!
lot! check-ups that come
home each Friday.

THE BRUBAKER BUZZ

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