Family Event!

Mark your calendars, this event is going to be a lot of fun.

DEAL ME IN… FUN MATH GAMES TO BUILD FACT FLUENCY !

Who: Parents, Teachers and K-5 Otsego Students

When: Thursday, March 4th

5:30 Dinner
6:00 Learn and Play Family Math Games

Where: Otsego Elementary Cafeteria

Cost: Free!

What: Teachers will generally agree that students who know basic math facts demonstrate a greater level of confidence and approach math with a more positive attitude. The immediate recall of basic facts frees a child’s working memory for solving more complex problems. ‘DEAL ME IN’ is a series of unique and challenging math games designed to help students develop fact fluency. This isn’t a typical workshop…it’s faced paced and designed to be fun for everyone! You will learn to play TRASH, SWAP, PASS THE FACT, SPEEDWAY and many other games that you can put into practice in your own classroom the very next day.

Your Presenter: Mary Dank is currently the AYP Support Teacher at Talahi Community School in St. Cloud. With more than thirty years in education, Mary spent the majority of her teaching career in Northern Michigan, returning to this area ten years ago to accept a teaching position in the Department of Teacher Development at St. Cloud State University. Her areas of expertise include reading and math curriculum support and family engagement.
Please reserve a spot so we can provide the appropriate food and space for your comfort and enjoyment of the activities. You can let us know you will be attending by any of these ways:

• calling 763-241-3494 and leaving a message
• return the form below to the office
• or send a note to school to the office

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Names attending grade level (please circle)
____________________________________________________________________________ Parent/Adult K 1 2 3 4 5
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Tuesday February 9

Language Arts: Setting worksheet

Reading: "Ali Baba Hunts for a Bear

What two fun activities did Ali Baba enjoy at the park?

Reading about bears and nature.

Math: Multiplication and division arrays.

Spelling Words

Here are the new spelling words:

complete
strong
probably
class
piece
common
stop
am
talk
whether
fine
complete
strong
probably
class
piece
common
stop
am
talk
whether
fine

Math Practice

http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

http://harcourtschool.com/thinkmath/grade_4.html

http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html

I Love to Read Month!

Make sure to check out the Wednesday folder information:

http://otsego.elkriver.k12.mn.us/otsego.cfm?subpage=17922


Here's a fun math game that can be downloaded for free. It's called Times Attack and it's a great way to practice multiplication.

http://bigbrainz.com/


We're learning about poetry this month. If you'd like to read or write more poetry at home, check out Bruce Lansky's website. Remember, he'll be visiting Otsego later this month,

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/clerihew.htm

February 1-5

Reading: This week we are reading "Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind" and discussing folk tales and tall tales.

Math: We are practicing division facts and continuing to review multiplication facts.

Language Arts: We are continuing our poetry unit. This week we are focusing on haiku poetry. Haiku poems are 3 lines, the first has 5 syllables, the second has 7, and the last has 5.

This Week's Spelling Words

sure
answer
though
hundred
that's
class
piece
surface
river
common
there's
their
through
because
thought
both
children
live
across