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Check out the link to another RCA Blog...Journey Across Our Land. As we begin our journey across the five regions of the United States we will post what we are learning as well as links for students to do more exploring on their own at home!

Top Ten Hits from November 9-13

10. It was Jeans Day all week long.
9. We celebrated Veteran's Day.
8. We talked about using Choice Adjectives in our writing.
7. We are collecting food for the Thanksgiving Food Drive.
6. We finished researching and locating our message in a bottle familes and submited our findings to the CSI and GETU. We even made PowerPoints.
5. We are collecting inches, feet, and yards in math.
4. During Writer's Workshop we are working on Ocean Writing.
3. We enjoyed having FRIDAY THE 13th!!!!
2. We received Webster Dictionaries from the Salem Rotary Club.
1. We worked on our Picasso art project.

Honoring Veteran's Day

Today is Veteran's Day, a day set aside to honor those who have or are serving our country.

Learn about the history of Veteran's Day at history.com.
Choose an activity to learn more about this holiday at military.com.
Send an e-card to someone at americangreetings.com.
Print and color this Veteran's Day poster.
Select a patriotic craft to assemble.

Post a comment about what you learned about Veteran's Day!

Enjoy your day off!

Homework Help

Several students had a question about their math homework that is due tomorrow. For the month of October, we worked in Base Four. A unit in base four is worth 1. A strip in base four is worth 4. And, a mat is worth 16 in base four. Think of it like place value- ones, tens, and hundreds in base ten.

For example, the number 321 base four, would be 1 unit + 2 strips + 3 mats (looking at place value). Or, 1 + 8 + 48. (2 strips x 4 units=8 and 3 mats x 16 units=48)

1+8+48= 57 total

Does that make sense? We hope so!!!! Just remember this helpful hint: UNITS=1, STRIPS=4, MATS=16, MATMAT=64