Hi All,

I hope you enjoyed the rainy weekend!

This past weekend I attended the CMC Math Conference at Asilomar with a large part of the Rio staff. The conference was paid for with your fundraising dollars---thank you!  I attended sessions on word problems--always a challenge, as well as ancient number systems, and learned some strategies that I'll be integrating into my math instruction for your kids, as well as future students.

In Room 9, we will be doing the "Hour of Code" this Monday, and I've put the link on our Google classroom so that kids can access it from home as well.  We should finish up our winter MAP testing early this week, and will be reading about Native Americans in Reading class until Winter Break. In Math, 3rd Graders are working on strategies and fluency in multiplication facts, and 4th Graders are multiplying and dividing with larger numbers.

This Friday, 4th Graders will be going on the mission field trip with Mr. McMillan's and Mr. Avey's classes. We have 3 parent chaperones driving and attending from our class.

Room Parents will be reaching out about our holiday party, which will be held on the kids' last day of school before break: December 20th. Let them know if you'd like to help.

Finally, keep a watch for information about "Stick it to Hunger" fundraiser for Second Harvest. Information is coming home today.

Have a great week!

Carroll