Winter Party Fun!

The students had fun at the Winter Party! A special thanks to all the parent volunteers! 

Flat Stanley Travels

The students enjoyed sharing their Flat Stanley pictures! He sure traveled a lot of great places! 

Dress Like a Book Character!

Buzz Boy and Fly Guy were the most popular characters. Of course, Lilly and Purplicious, Corduroy, and a few other special characters were there too! Everyone looked great!

Winter Poetry

The students wrote several winter poems. Some students worked on acrostic poems on a website called Read, Write, Think.  The students brought home their poems right before winter break to share with their families.

Math Test on Friday

The students are doing great learning to add 3-digit numbers. Today they learned more about problem solving too. We will review tomorrow and the Chapter 6 test will be on Thursday.

Thinking and Working Like a Scientist!

We've been learning about scientists. We know they ask questions and observe! We've been learning about the tools that they use to measure too. Today, we asked a question and wrote a hypothesis. Then the students actually followed the procedure and tested it and collected the data. They wrote their conclusions and we talked about what they learned!  Ask your child about the scientific method we tried out today.

Welcome, Miss Durham

Miss Kate Durham sent home a letter introducing herself today. She'll be working in our class every morning. She's helping out during reading, writing and word work to help meet the needs of all of my students. She will be working individual students or small groups.  She's great with the students and I'm so glad she's part of our class!

Writing Celebration

The students enjoyed sharing their opinions about books with their classmates and some students from Mr. Jobst class.  Many students shared their opinions about books with Mr. Schoenekase too.  Mr. Schoenekase now wants to read some Fly Guy books after hearing so much about him! After our celebration, the students gathered all their other opinion writing from this unit and should have brought it home to share with YOU!  They also brought the "Opinion Writing Checklist" so you can see what's expected with this writing unit.

Learning About Scientists

We're learning about the kinds of questions scientists ask as they study the world around them. We learned that scientists predict before they observe. Then they compare and contrast what they observe too. Today we sorted shapes by their color, the number of sides, and the number of vertices. Tomorrow we'll learn about the different tools scientist use. 

Math - Place Value

The students have been learning about numbers to 1,000. We've been working on expanded form: 300 + 50 +  7 = 357. Students also learned to compare numbers too: 345>258

The students have math homework to practice comparing numbers. We reviewed on Friday with the Activotes and the graded chapter review was also sent home. We will review again on Monday morning before the Chapter 5 math test after lunch. 

Social Studies Review

We reviewed Unit 2 in Social Studies today with our Activotes! The students brought home their books and vocabulary cards so they can review at home. The Unit 2 Test will be on Friday, December 5th. We will review in class tomorrow too.

Buddy Time

Last week we had time with our buddies and we added special messages to playing cards. These cards will be sent to service men and women this holiday season. 

Place Value to 1,000

We've been learning about place value. The students have been using the hundreds, tens and ones blocks to model numbers to 999. Today, we learned about expanded form:  200+30+5= 235

I didn't send homework over our Thanksgiving break, however, a few students insisted they wanted to take it home. It's not really due until December 2nd.

Nominating Books

The students have been writing their opinions about books and characters. Last week they started writing a book nomination with proof from the text. Today the students shared their nominations with the judges in our class and decided which award was earned. 

Flat Stanley

We read the book Flat Stanley and decided to send our own Flat Stanley's on a little vacation so we can learn more about different cities, states, and countries. We've been learning about landforms and regions and we're hoping our Flat Stanley's visit some interesting places.

Blue Ribbon Celebration

We celebrated our Blue Ribbon School honor with lots of fun on Friday. The students loved their new shirts and we wore them with pride. After our whole school photo, we had a little Read In. The students went on a scavenger hint in the afternoon. We ended the day writing about why we earned the award and enjoyed a blue ribbon candy stick.  Yum!

Dressed For Success

It was exciting to see all the future jobs my students will have one day. I'm so glad there are future teachers, doctors, nurses, zoo keepers, surveyors, police officers, lab workers and geologists. I can't wait to see the talented athletes and performers. I look forward to eating some of the yummy food the bakers will make! It was fun seeing the future of all my talented students!

Math Test on Friday

We've been reviewing and getting ready for the math test tomorrow. The students will be expected to subtract two digit numbers and solve word problems too. They were excited to use our Activotes to review!

Landforms

The students have been learning about different landforms. They made a book to show the different landforms.

Continent Map

The students have been learning about the 7 continents. We sang the "7 Continent" song and made our maps. Check out a few!

Sing this song to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

Checking Subtraction

The students have learned how to check subtraction with addition. The students love using their dry erase boards to practice.

Sharing Our Opinions

The students have been writing letters about books and characters. The students have been writing their opinions and they enjoyed sharing their letters with their partners.