Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Today I introduced our class to some new “pets” we will be observing in science.  They are mealworms that we are going to observe change into beetles and also do some experiments with them. 🙂  I only had a few kids who were squeamish about it, but I am not forcing anyone to handle them.

Since tomorrow is the first day of September, reading calendars for August need to be turned in, in the morning.   In math we reviewed place value of decimals and how the place to the left of the decimal is 10 times bigger than the one to the right and the one to the right is 1/10 the size.  It was a little confusing for the kids but as long as they remember each place is either 1/10 as much or 10 times bigger (depending on the place) they will be fine.  We did all of the problems in class today so there is no math homework but there will be tomorrow. 🙂

We will also be beginning our unit on heredity and genetics so be sure and ask your child what they are learning.  It is good for them to explain it to another person.  

Please remember that this Friday is another short day but NOT a dress down day.