This is a new feature that I plan on adding to The Scoop each week designed to help parents be more aware of what we are studying in class. I hope you like it. Please let me know what you think of this idea by commenting on the the article here.
Spelling: Words that include long [...]
Small groups spent time this afternoon writing complete sentences with a subject and a predicate. Then the group voted on one sentence to include on their colored sentence banner. After writing the winning sentence on the banner paper, they told me where to separate the subject and predicate. I separated them by tearing them [...]
Math is fun? Yes, it is in room 4B. Students have been playing dice games as a review of addition and subtraction facts. One, called AdDICEsun©, is played with two ten sided dice (these can be found for less than a dollar at Fun and Games on 23rd Street in Lawrence). You can play it [...]
Here’s another wonderful site for educational games called Arcademic Games. It includes several innovative multi-player math facts games that can be played from different computers even in different locations. It also includes some good single player games that provide fun practice on math facts, and language arts games (verbs, vowels and vocabulary).
Hello Parents from 2007-2008,
I hope your child is thrilled about entering fifth grade. You, however, probably are not thrilled about continuing to be notified that Mr. Brown has published another newsletter article. As I understand it, you can unsubscribe the next time you receive a notice from my blog. If this does not work, please [...]
Welcome back to school. This post is about a new service provided by the state of Kansas. Here’s what their website says:
HomeworkKansas is an after school tutoring service that connects Kansas students one-on-one with live tutors.
It is targeted at students in Kindergarten through 12th grades, college introductory students, adult GED students, and other adult learners.
Students [...]
