Math Test Tomorrow

The students have been working hard on Chapter 15 - Understanding Time.  They've been learning to use a calendar.  Some students are easliy confused when asked to write the day or the date.  We've been continuing to practice telling time with clocks and the student are getting really good at telling time!  Our math test will be tomorrow.

Writing Celebration

The students have been working hard writing their opinions about books.  The students started out writing about favorite characters and favorite parts of books.  The students used proof from the text to support their opinions. Most students wrote about several different books and then from there, they chose one of their favorite books to write a book nomination.  The students wrote why they thought their book was the funniest or had the bravest characters.  After weeks of work, we're wrapping up this unit with a book celebration on Friday.  We'll be celebrating by having a little "awards" ceremony.  Here's a few pictures of the students deciding which awards would be earned.  

Dr. Seuss Fun!

The students in K-2 will be decorating their classroom doors this week in honor of their favorite Dr. Seuss book.  Our class voted yesterday and our favorite book is The Lorax.  The students helped to decorate our classroom door today! Check out our classroom door!

Social Studies - Unit 5

We've started learning about our country's past. Today we talked about the first Americans - Native Americans.  We looked closely at 4 different groups - The Navajo, The Shasta, The Osage and The Delaware.  The students have learned how they used the natural resources around them for everything they needed.

Buddy Time and Habit 5

We had time with our 5th grade buddies.  We talked about Habit 5-Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood. We watched a short video about how to be a good listener and acted out some ways to be a good listener and not so good listener.

Six Flags Read to Succeed

Many students are still trying to reach the 6 hour reading goal to earn a free Six Flags ticket. All reading logs should be turned in by Monday, February 26th.

Upcoming Tests

Tomorrow the students will have a math test over telling time. The chapter review sheet was sent home today. On Friday, the students will have a science test on Chapter 8-Matter.  I sent the science books home today so your child can review at home tonight and tomorrow night. Please have your child return the science book on Friday.

Time

The students were learning about lapse time on Friday and again today.  They are getting better at this skill.  We'll be reviewing telling time tomorrow and our Ch. 14 test will be on Thursday, Feb. 20th.

Valentine Writing

The students enjoyed the book Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink.  Then after talking about the story, we decided it would be fun to make special Valentine poems for someone special. The students are having fun writing Valentine poems today.  

Matter Changes

On Monday, the students were given two balls of clay.  One was pink and the other was blue.  The students learned that they can change the shape of the clay.  They learned that the properties of matter changed because its size, shape and color changed.  We talked about the physical changes that can be made to paper by folding, tearing and bending.  On Tuesday, we made a mixture with Teddy Grahams, chocolate chips, and marshmallows!  We also added water to lemonade mix and watched the solid dissolve. The students learned that matter can change completely when we made muffins this morning.  We took the muffin mix and added water.  The mixture was like a liquid with pieces of solid little chips.  The muffins changed completely when we added heat.  The color, texture, and size of the muffins changed and they were delicious too! I think this might be their favorite science unit yet since there's so much food involved!  Yum!

We're enjoying our mixtures!

We talked about the properties of dough being very different from the properties of bread. 

Telling Time

We're learning to tell time.  We've been talking about half past, quarter to, and quarter after.  Today we started telling time to 5 minutes intervals.  We're practicing on flipcharts, puzzles, matching games, and Judy clocks.  Check out our these pictures.

Jump Rope for Heart

The students had fun on Friday during gym class!  They participated in Jump Rope for Heart.  The competition was fun and of course the snack was even better.  Check out a few pictures!

Check out our winners! Caroline earned the gold medal. Sammi earned the silver and Vanessa earned a bronze.

Fairy Tales, Folktales, and Tall Tales

Over the last few weeks, the students have been learning about fairy tales, folktales, and tall tales during our library lessons with Mrs. Justus.  Mrs. Justus told a Russian folk tale around the camp fire today and the students helped too.  The folk tale was a lot like The Gingerbread Man.  Ask your child about the story!

Properties of Matter

The students had fun looking at the different properties of matter.  Each group had a bag of little items. They were able to sort them by color, size, and texture.  The students also had fun using a scale and measuring the mass of the various objects.  

Telling Time Practice

The students had fun using their new dry erase boards as we practiced telling time.  I was setting the clock and then they would write the time on their board!  Right now we're reviewing telling time to the hour and half-hour.  We'll move to telling time to the minute.  This gets tricky pretty fast for some students.  

A special thanks goes to the Long PTO for awarding the teacher grant for the new dry erase boards!  The students love them and are looking forward to practicing any skill with them!