January 3

Happy New Year dear families.  I hope everyone had a wonderfully relaxing winter break.  I would like to thank you for the many wonderful Christmas gifts I received.  I feel so blessed.

I am still battling with some throat/voice issues.  The kids have been wonderfully quiet as I try and what little voice I have .

Today I met with some guided reading groups to see how they are doing with the books they currently have.  All groups will be receiving new books this week.

During Writer's Workshop we learned about how to write a good paragraph.  Here is what a good paragraph includes:

1. One main idea (Kennedy)

2. Indent first sentence (Caitlynn)

3. Topic sentence (Sabeeh)

4. 5-7 sentences (Braydon)

5. Closing statement (Elly)

We had library this morning.

After lunch we did DEAR and then we started to talk about multiplication.  Please post the answer to this question on the blog.  What does x mean in a multiplication sentence?

At the end of the day we worked in our inquiry groups.

Have a wonderful evening.