Hello Room 24 Families,

It was great to meet with you all and have chats about your kids.  They are a nice bunch,  and I think you all could tell that I'm enjoying this year.  Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any new questions as the year progresses.

This week we will wrap up our chapter on subtraction, which concludes this particular unit in math.  There will be a unit test midweek,  and then we will begin several math chapters on the concept of multiplication, and various strategies to learn the multiplication facts from 0-9.  We will also continue drilling on the facts throughout the entire year, and begin Rhymes 'n Times ( a multiplication program utilizing rhymes, pictures, and manipulatives.)

As I hope you all know, the landform projects are due on Tuesday.  The kids will share their landforms with the class, and then we will tour and view the projects in Mrs. Allen's and Miss Grable's classes.  Kids will bring home their projects on Wednesday, as we don't have a lot of space to store them.

Finally, permission slips will be coming home this week for our next field trip, in November, to the Natural History Museum.  Attached to the permission slip is a request for donations to cover the cost of the four field trips we will have this year: Natural History Museum, Aptos History Museum, SC Museum of Art and History, and the Agricultural History Museum.

Take care, and I look forward to seeing you at the Harvest Festival on Friday evening,
Carroll Mayer