Pumpkin Book Characters!!!

Parents and students you did an AMAZING job on these pumpkins! Thank you so much for your amazing effort and willingness to do this project!!!

   

Parent Teacher Conference Signup

Please use the link below to sign up for a time slot to meet and talk about all of your child's progress!! 

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Bat Week (Week of 10-24-16)

This week our theme was BATS! 

Take a peek at our week to see some of the things that we did! 

Monday:  During our morning meeting, we talked about what an election is and the voting process. Our school implemented a school-wide LDC (the first in the country!!!) called "Count on Me". 

Today we started by creating a KWL chart on bats! The kids had a lot of background knowledge on bats already! We read a fiction story named: Stellaluna, and sequenced the story as a class. In Math we reviewed for our benchmark. 

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Tuesday: We talked about authority figures and their roles today. We also made our voter id cards and had a chance to see the 5th grade students that were running for school president. 

Today we also read the story: Nightsong. We compared and contrasted it with Stellaluna using a Venn diagram. We also made a text to self connection and wrote about a food that we liked and a food that was disgusting. 

 

Wednesday: We watched each 5th grade candidates speech today and listed the things each one said they would do for our school. We live streamed an assembly where the 5th graders held a debate. Here are some picture of the kids voting for school president! They were SO excited!!! 

Thursday:  Today we took our first FIELD TRIP!!! Here are some pictures!!! 

Reminders: 

Parent teacher conference time is almost here! Please use Sign Up Genius to sign up for a time for us to meet. Here is the link: 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e48afac2ea31-parent

We have benchmarks next week! Please arrive to school on time each day! We will not have homework next week! 

Spider Week (Week of 10-17-16)

This week we learned about SPIDERS!! Take a peek at our week! 

Monday: This week we learned about initial digraphs (2 letters that make one sound) (sh, ch, th, wh). We made anchor charts for each digraph. We dove right in to learning about spiders this week by using a Nearpod presentation. This is an awesome program that allows me to plan lessons for students integrating their ipads! We read a non-fiction article to learn about spiders. In math we continued learning about defining and non-defining attributes of shapes. 

Tuesday: Today we started our informational writing on spiders. We filled out a tree map to help guide our writing! We did a grab bag activity in math where we chose a shape and had to describe it to the class. 

Wednesday: Today we read a mini book on our ipads about spiders! In math we did Xtra math for the first time. It is a website that allows us to practice our addition and subtraction fluency. 

Thursday: Today we made headbands to show all of the things we know about spiders. We also reviewed all that we know about shapes!! 

Friday: Today we finally read a fiction story about spiders. We read The Very Busy Spider. We sequenced the story and did a writing activity to tell if spiders were cool or creepy. 

Reminders/Upcoming events: 

-Pumpkin Book Characters are due! (Monday 10-24) 

-Field trip to see Junie B. Jones (Thursday October 27)

-Class Fall Celebration (Monday October 31). You can sign up to bring something for this using the link on this blog. 

-Math Benchmarks (Tuesday 11-1 to Thursday 11-3) (We will NOT have homework this week, just continue to read at home).

Class Fall Celebration

We will have a class fall celebration on Monday October 31, 2016. 

Please use the link below to sign up to donate items if you are able. Thank you in advance for all of your help!! :) 

Fall Celebration Signup

Fire Safety Week (Week of 10-3-16)

This week we learned all about fire safety!! Take a peek at our week to see all of the fun that we had!! 

Monday: Today we read a story called Miss Mingo and the Fire Drill. The kids responded to the following question: Is this story fiction or nonfiction? How do you know? Here is some of their work!!

In Math we started learning about 2-d shapes today! We learned about defining and non-defining attributes of 2-shapes. We also talked about the attributes of each shape. 

Tuesday: Today we read a story called Fire, Fire! and talked about main idea and key details. We also did a grab bag activity where students had to feel a shape and describe it to their partner. 

Thursday: Today we used our ipads to complete a Nearpod on Firefighters! Nearpod is a program that we use in the classroom to integrate technology and the kiddos absolutely LOVE it!! 

Reminders/Notes: 
*Field trip money is due next Friday (10-14-16)
*Don't forget about our Pumpkin book character project that is due Monday October 24
Our half day on October 28 will now be a full day for students to make up for our missed day! :) 

Weeks of 9-19 and 9-26 :)

The past 2 weeks have been a whirlwind! We gained 4 awesome new students in our classroom, completed reading 3-d testing, took our first math test, had a day off for bad weather, and a 2 hour delay! I am amazed how resilient these kiddos are and how much they are learning already!! 

Here are a few reminders/notes: 

- Progress reports went home Friday and should be returned Monday signed. 

- Progress report folders should be returned each Monday. Please ensure that you pull out your homework or anything that you need from the folder. 

-Homework is due each Friday!! :)
-Field Trip money and permission slips are due October 14
-Our field trip is Thursday October 27