BOOMERANG LUNCH

Thank you to all those students who are trying so hard to be environmentally friendly. Our earth really does need your help. We cannot recycle milk cartons here at the school, so keep taking them home and putting them in your blue box. Every bit counts. Go Boomerang!!!

Miss. Sturgeon has added an Organic Waste Bin to the back of the class, for orange peels, apple cores and banana peels. Feel free to place organic waste to be composted in the bin.

Reminder: Unit Test on Geometric Solids, Perimeter and Area

Yikes! Our end of unit test will be coming up very soon...around the second week in February! Stay tuned for a study guide which will be sent home. It will outline all the items students need to study and review for the test so there are no surprises. Good Luck. Study well.
------Monty

PIG PEN CONTEST

Our class has begun learning all about perimeter and area.

Remember:

Perimeter is AROUND the object or shape, like a fence. To calculate you add the outside measurements!! P = Side + Side + Side + Side

Area is the INSIDE surface of the object or shape, like grass or flooring. To calculate you multiply length x width. A = L x W

CONTEST:
Students are working to create a pig pen for our resident pig, Percy.
They are creating a pig pen with only 24 square tiles and can be creative with any style or shape they wish. However, it must be appropriate for a PIG. The pen must be able to be kept clean (not too many tiny corners). Percy the Pig needs a place for sleeping and eating, so factor that in as well!
Students will be building their final chosen pig pen on the floor of the gym, actual size to find out what our pig enjoys best!
So have fun and THINK!
----Monty

Monty has decided that the students are doing very well with their reading comprehension as they dive into their Book Club novels.

Newsflash!

Monty's Book Club for Literacy has begun!