Happening in the Beehive...

Welcome to a new school year at TMSE! I am so excited to start our SIXTH year, and I am so glad to have your family as part of the adventure!

Learning to Be IB!

At TMSE, we are working hard to become IB Learners. The qualities of an IB Learner include: reflective, open-minded, thinker, inquisitive, risk-taker, knowledgeable, communicator, principled, caring, and balanced. Throughout the school year, we work to build these qualities in all learners, knowing that all students already display many of these qualities. We want them to know it, too!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Counting Bags

Good afternoon! Day 5 is done! Wow! Today, I asked your students to please prepare a ziploc bag of a number of items for us to use in math class. The bag can contain any number of SMALL items from 20-99. Some examples are: pennies, paper clips, marbles...the list is endless! Small foods could be used, too, I suppose. Cheerios, cheez-its...although the might get crushed and be unusable. Please send the baggie to school with your student tomorrow, or Thursday at the latest. We are using them to practice various counting strategies as we prepare for problem solving strategies.

Also, please subscribe to the classroom blog. This is where you will be able to find quick updates about what is happening in the classroom, as well as see pictures of your child at work (unless you have requested otherwise through FERPA). As I stated in the back to school newsletter, I won't send a paper newsletter every week. I am still trying to figure out the best way to communicate homework. Any suggestions?

Wow. That's really all I can say about this group of second graders. And I mean that in the BEST possible way!

Laura
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