April 11-April 15

Hello all, Don't forget: IRVING's 100th ANNIVERSAY OPEN HOUSE-FRIDAY April 15 from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Here's what's going on in the world of GTD Services at Irving School 2nd Grade Math Students are being tested for our next unit and grouping. Currently we are working on the underestanding of multiplication and representing multi-step multiplication problems with pictures and writing the number sentences that accompany 2nd Grade Reading Students are working on "Inventions". We have seen 3 really good prototypes. We are continuing to read up on Benjamin Franklin with the books "Ben and Me" and "What's the Big Idea Ben Franklin". Encourage students to watch Shark Tank to see how ideas/inventions can be profitable 3rd Grade Math We just switched groups and are working on fractions, idenifying equivalent fractions by mulitplying by 1 and ordering and comparing fractions. 3rd Grade Reading We are sharing our summaries of "Just So Stories" in forms of comic strips, puppet shows, and skits. 4th Grade Math In honor of Irving's 100th anniversary we are measuring the area and perimeter of the school and comparing it to that of the original building. 5th Grade Math We are finishing up Unit 7 and getting ready to take the Unit test and begin Unit 8 (Ratios and Probabilities)