We started our chapter on addition today in math.  Everyone was so excited to be back in familiar waters!  Tomorrow we are going to be working on four digit addition without regrouping.  I don't want us to leave behind the difficult material we have been working on though so I will be continuing to push students to think flexibly about place value, round numbers, estimate, and do math mentally using efficient strategies. 
    We finished our first read aloud book There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar.  Everyone seemed to enjoy the book immensely.  Our next read aloud will go along with our social studies unit on Elections.  It is called How Not to Run for President.
    In non-fiction work we read an article today about Olympic Athletes.  We practiced making predictions, and asking questions before we read a text.  Tomorrow we will be looking at functional documents like calendars, schedules, the food pyramid, brochures, flyers, and lunch menus. 
    The PTA's fall fundraiser has started.  The coupon book that came home today is for sale for $30.  If you have any questions please let me know.  If you do not plan to allow your child to sell coupon books, that is understandable.  Please make sure that they bring the book back to school and we will make sure it gets returned.