This Week at School

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Students are invited to wear their pajamas to school on Friday, January 17th, 2020, to stay cozy on another cold day.

We have started our Testing Materials and Designs unit by learning about vocabulary. Some of the words we have learned include:

structure, engineer, stability, materials, construct, architect, blueprint

We are also learning about mental math strategies and number properties and practicing them by playing card games like Salute, I Spy, Addition War and more.


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