Room 27 News

LEARN LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY

Weeks of 1/13/2017

  Tom McCabe, story teller from Paint Box Theater, visited Coburn School.  Tom talked to the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders about writing and told us some stories.   In science we worked on prototypes of a straw rocket.  Students worked in pairs or groups of 3 to create a straw rocket that could fly at least three feet.   In social studies we continued our study of Northeast Region.  In writing we wrote a fictional writing piece and started opinion writing.   In reading, we continued work on compare and contrast open response questions using Google Classroom.  In math we started a unit on fractions.   Students should study math facts nightly.  

  

Your child should read for at least 20 minutes nightly, complete the Reading log and parent/guardian should sign the reading log.

MATH TIP OF THE WEEK: Teach your child math tricks, such as the 9-method.

Example: To figure out 9 x 7, hold out all 10 fingers. Start counting at the pinky finger on your left hand, and then lower the seventh finger (the index finger on your right hand). There are now six fingers to the left and three fingers to the right of the seventh finger. The answer is 63. The trick works with 9 x 2 through 9 x 10.

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Important Dates:

1/16  No school, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day

1/17: Town Council Meeting @ 7:00.  They will be voting on a new Coburn School.  Please attend if you can!  Bring family and friends to show support!  The larger the crowd to show support the better!