News

Happy New Year to all the families of Room 201! Wishing you all the best in 2012! 
You can order books from this month's Scholastic Book Order online at:www.scholastic.com
Please refer to the instructions for ordering sheet that was sent home as the procedure is new this year.
Orders will be sent to Mrs. Hallin at Jenkins School

Math Websites for Fact Practice

www.mathfactcafe.com
www.studyisland.com
www.symphonymath.com
www.everydaymathonline.com

Starting in October, remember to do a problem on your MCAS Practice Calendar daily.

Math Fact Practice Sheets can be turned in each time your child gets to a "star" for a prize!

Curriculum News

Math: Current Unit: Geometry
Next Unit: Multiplication and Division
Science: Current Unit: The Properties of Water and The Water Cycle
Social Studies: Current Unit:The Puritans
Next: The American Revolution

Language Arts

Our Reading Log Project for this month is  a Book Award by Genre and Summary.  Theme 4 is "Tales to Tell". Concepts we will cover are : r-controlled vowels ( /or/: or, ore, our, oar, ar; /ur/: er, ir, ur, or, ear; suffixes: er, est, ly, ful; prefixes: un, re, dis; compare and contrast; theme; adjectives and adjectives that compare; articles; action verbs; play scene; folktale; and story dialogue.
  For Language Arts curriculum support go to: www.thinkcentral.com . Enter your child's first name and last name ( no spaces or capitals).

Weekly Homework

Spelling: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Grammar: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
Math: Monday-Thursday

Please e-mail me at: mhallin@scit.org if you encounter any problems on this website