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September 30, 2010

Dear Miss Hiltunen,

I hope you are having a great week! My 3rd grade class has been very busy so far this year already! We have made a class quilt that is on our wall right now. We also made an 'About Me Pizza' to help learn about our classmates. In Social Studies, we are learning about the continents and oceans right now. In Math, we are reviewing addition and subtraction. Next week will be exciting and busy for us. We have Picture Day on Wednesday and Field Day on Thursday! What is your class learning about? Have you had Picture Day yet? Did you get a lot of rain today like we did? I can't wait to hear about your class!

Sincerely, Miss Ridgway

October 29, 2010

Dear Miss Ridgway,

Wow, that does sound like a busy year already! Our 7th grade Pre-Algebra mathletes are working hard to get ready for the 8th grade Algebra class next year. We've been reviewing some things we already know and starting to add some new skills to our math toolbox. On Tuesday we used Skittles to practice calculating fractions, decimals, and percents and then got to eat them in class! We are getting ready for our Unit Test next week and will be practicing adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions soon so that we can become experts.

We had Picture Day a few weeks ago and even got to dress down for the day, instead of wearing our normal uniforms. We've gotten a few rain storms here in the past few weeks. One day we even had a two-hour delay because we had so much! North Carolina isn't much different from Virginia, but that is one thing I've never heard of before.

I can't wait for more news about your class! Have a good weekend.

Sincerely, Miss Hiltunen

11-3-10

Dear Miss Hiltunen,

I hope you are having a great week! We did not have school on Monday or Tuesday this week because of parent-student-teacher conferences and election day. Did you go vote? I did not because I am still registered at home, not in Fairfax. The Skittle lesson sounds like a lot of fun (and yummy too!). I am sure your students LOVED it. We are learning about Simple Machines in Science class. We are still learning about geography in Social Studies. In math class we are starting to learn about fractions, place value, expanded form, and money. We just started learning about homophones in Reading class. They are tricky to figure out sometimes.

Our class is doing a P.E. Challenge. We are trying to make it to Disney World by walking laps around the blacktop. So far, we have gone 113 miles. We have a long way to go still but are having fun!

Have a great day! Sincerely, Miss Ridgway