October 25-29

Hello everyone, hope you had a good week.

2nd Grade Math:

Students finished up work on place value. We will be switching groups next week and moving into the next unit.

2nd Grade Reading:

Students finished up their autobiographies by editing with me and creating covers for their books.

3rd Grade Math:

Students will begin working on perimeter, area, and other units of measurement including metric and converting units of length.

4th Grade Math:

Working on identifying and using properties of multiplication and division

5th Grade Math:

Working on writing mathematical expressions and using algebraic expression to solve for unknown variables.

Just a reminder, we are off school this Friday in recognition of Veteran's Day.

Enjoy,

Mr. Packer

October 18-October 22

I hope everyone had an informative conference week.

Here is what is going on at Irving School in regards to GTD Services.

2nd Grade Reading
Students are putting the finishing touches on their own autobiographies (proofing, editing, cover illustrations, etc.) before we share them with each other and bring them home.

2nd Grade Math
Students are contuing to work on numeration and number sense working on problems and puzzles dealing with place value (identifying, giving value, etc.).

3rd Grade Math
3rd Grade math students are finishing up working on subtraction with regrouping and place value

4th Grade Math
Students working on data colllection and organization.

5th Grade Math
Finished Unit 2, took the test, preparing for unit 3 and our presentation of PowerPoints.

All my best,
Mr. Packer

October 11-October 15

Hello all,

Here's what's happening in the world of GTD Services at Irving School

2nd Grade Math students are working on riddles and problems with place value. These activities require the students to have strong number sense and have an understanding of place value to manipulate numbers.

2nd Grade Reading students have finished 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie DePaola and the kids have been writing about events in their own lives to create their own autobiographies. We are editing our writing and creating covers for our "books"

3rd Grade Math students did not meet this past week due to the Columbus Day holiday

4th Grade Math students are working on data collection and have learned about line plots and stem and leaf plots. Also working on division strategies.

5th Grade Math students are finishing up Unit 2, beginning Unit 3, and working on data collection presentations.

Have a great week.

Mr. Packer

September 27-October 1

Hello everyone,

I hope everyone is enjoying the cool crisp fall weather, the smell of fire and spice in the air, the sounds of crunching leaves, and the sight of beautiful shades of organges, red, and browns.

2nd Grade Math

Students have been placed in the Unit 2 group. We had an introduction to subtraction and regrouping and will continue with that work next week and working on place value.

3rd Grade Math

3rd Grade math students also working on subtraction and regrouping and solving mystery number riddles which help with identification of place value and terminology.

4th Grade Math

Students will begin working on data collection and organization. Monday will review terms (maximum, minimum, range, mode, median, and mean).

5th Gradee Math

Started to work on data collection by distributing surveys and collecting, organizing raw data, and making predictions. Continuing to work on operations with decimals and place value of large numbers and small numbers.