November 12th

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Today we had a great day!
We spent our morning talking about what makes a good paragraph. As a class we created a rubric that we will use to mark our non-fiction books! Math had us practicing our Decomposing Dan addition strategy! Ask your student how this strategy works!

Field study forms are coming home today! Please return them as soon as possible!

Thank you!

Mrs. Giborski

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