Can you believe that the school year is already half way through? My goodness, time is flying by! We had a good week, although it had some rough edges! It was hard to get back into the five day week. It seemed like the kids were tired and fidgety this week, but I am sure next week will be a whole lot better! : D Our goal is to be "strike-free" all week!
We elected our Spring term ASB reps this week...congratulations go to Zach and Ann!
We will be continuing on full speed ahead with our Africa unit! This next week we will begin creating our frieze (mural) of the Maasai Mara game reserve. We will be learning all about the land, and creating our vision of what it may look like using a variety of materials. I will be taking lots of pictures along the way! We will also begin our poetry unit in writing which will go right along with our africa unit. The kids will love this!
Please don't forget to send in gallon size milk or water jugs next week...we need them for our Valentine's pockets! It would be nice to have a few extras, just in case!
I hope that everyone has a wonderful, restful weekend!
The secret to being a great student is believing you already are one!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
What a great week!
We had such a good week this week! Your children came in on Tuesday ready to listen and learn! We spent all week learning about new things - here are some highlights...
Reading - We learned all about different types of trees, how they grow, and the animals that live in them. We learned new vocabulary words like forecast, source, energy and shed.
Writing - We wrote pen pal letters to our friends in North Carolina and then actually got to meet them through skyping with their class. That is such a great experience for both classes! We have also been writing detailed paragraphs about our favorite winter time activity.
Math - We learned symmetry and practiced symmetry in our math books, with pattern blocks and with geoboards.
Social Studies - We have started our unit on Kenya, Africa. We are creating a story where we are the main characters in the story. Our job will be photographers, so we created our photographers this week. Next week we will create our passport for our trip, and then begin our journey into the Maasai Mara game reserve.
We ended our week with a wonderful pizza and game party! It was a great ending to a fantastic week! I hope that everyone enjoys their weekend...rest up, because we are back to five full days next week! : D
PS: Please don't forget to send in gallon size milk or water jugs...we need them for a special Valentine's Day project! Thank you!!!
Reading - We learned all about different types of trees, how they grow, and the animals that live in them. We learned new vocabulary words like forecast, source, energy and shed.
Writing - We wrote pen pal letters to our friends in North Carolina and then actually got to meet them through skyping with their class. That is such a great experience for both classes! We have also been writing detailed paragraphs about our favorite winter time activity.
Math - We learned symmetry and practiced symmetry in our math books, with pattern blocks and with geoboards.
Social Studies - We have started our unit on Kenya, Africa. We are creating a story where we are the main characters in the story. Our job will be photographers, so we created our photographers this week. Next week we will create our passport for our trip, and then begin our journey into the Maasai Mara game reserve.
We ended our week with a wonderful pizza and game party! It was a great ending to a fantastic week! I hope that everyone enjoys their weekend...rest up, because we are back to five full days next week! : D
PS: Please don't forget to send in gallon size milk or water jugs...we need them for a special Valentine's Day project! Thank you!!!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.!
We have had a crazy, busy, but all together fun week in Room 26! It has been crazy because of the weather - lots of indoor recess and even a no school day - I hope everyone enjoyed a little extra unplanned family time! I know that I sure did! It has been busy because we were trying to get all of our work done in a four day week instead of a five day week, and it was fun because...well, we just are a fun class! What can I say?! Here are some highlights of our week...
Reading: We read a rather difficult story called From Seed to Plant. It was a nonfiction expository (ask your child what that means!) and we learned some difficult vocab words such as germination and pollination. We took our comprehension test on Friday - and most kids did really well!
Writing: We started a paragraph paper on what our favorite winter time activity is. We will be continuing that paper next week as well. We also received our first pen pal letter from our friends in North Carolina! That was definitely a highlight of our week!
Math: We finished our unit on money and time. Only one student got 100%, but most did very well...I encourage you to continue practicing these skills at home! We will be starting our unit on symmetry and graphing next week.
Science: We finished up our unit on Solids, Liquids and Gases and will be starting up with social studies next week.
Social Studies: We spent a lot of this week learning about Martin Luther King Jr., and we will begin our study on Africa next week - thus this new, spiffy zebra background!
Art: We created a wonderful snow globe in art this week - complete with glitter! They will be hanging in our hallways for all to see for the next couple of weeks.
Don't forget that the last day to order book orders online for January will be January 14th - I will be closing out the order on the 17th.
Also, I still have a handful of students who have not turned in their December homework...please bring that to school on Tuesday!
**** Request - We are collecting clean plastic gallon milk/water containers for a Valentine's Day project. Each student will need one by the end of January. If you have more than one, then we would appreciate having an extra for those without.
WHEW! That was a lot! I will sign off now by saying.....
GO SEAHAWKS!!!
Reading: We read a rather difficult story called From Seed to Plant. It was a nonfiction expository (ask your child what that means!) and we learned some difficult vocab words such as germination and pollination. We took our comprehension test on Friday - and most kids did really well!
Writing: We started a paragraph paper on what our favorite winter time activity is. We will be continuing that paper next week as well. We also received our first pen pal letter from our friends in North Carolina! That was definitely a highlight of our week!
Math: We finished our unit on money and time. Only one student got 100%, but most did very well...I encourage you to continue practicing these skills at home! We will be starting our unit on symmetry and graphing next week.
Science: We finished up our unit on Solids, Liquids and Gases and will be starting up with social studies next week.
Social Studies: We spent a lot of this week learning about Martin Luther King Jr., and we will begin our study on Africa next week - thus this new, spiffy zebra background!
Art: We created a wonderful snow globe in art this week - complete with glitter! They will be hanging in our hallways for all to see for the next couple of weeks.
Don't forget that the last day to order book orders online for January will be January 14th - I will be closing out the order on the 17th.
Also, I still have a handful of students who have not turned in their December homework...please bring that to school on Tuesday!
**** Request - We are collecting clean plastic gallon milk/water containers for a Valentine's Day project. Each student will need one by the end of January. If you have more than one, then we would appreciate having an extra for those without.
WHEW! That was a lot! I will sign off now by saying.....
GO SEAHAWKS!!!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Happy New Year!
Can you believe it is already 2011?! Time is just flying by! I hope that everyone had a wonderful, relaxing holiday break. I know that I sure did - a lot of quality family time! I was, however, ready to come back and see all my students! It was fun on Monday to see all the new haircuts, and hear all the fun stories about what they did over break! It sounds like everyone had a great time!
It has been a little challenging this week to get up on time and not be too tired by the end of the day. It is nice to have a routine again. We have had a great week in room 26 - busy, but not too busy! We started the week cleaning out our desks so that we had nice clean work stations. Then we began a new story in our Red Reading book. We read Johnny Appleseed, and since it was a play, we did a little Reader's Theater with it, and then on Friday went and watched Mrs. Williams class act it out. That was fun! We have started a new topic in math - we are working on telling time to the minute on analog clocks and counting money using the least possible amount of coins - so using the quarters every time you can! We will be working on this topic all next week, too, so please practice these skills with your child at home as well! We will be finishing up our Solids, Liquids and Gases science unit next week and then we will be starting to learn about Africa. That should be a lot of fun!
I have posted our new spelling words on the blog for this next week, and I have sent home scholastic book orders. Please place your orders online by January 16th - I will be closing out the orders on the 17th. We will also be having our Martin Luther King Jr. assembly on Friday the 17th!
Enjoy your weekend!
It has been a little challenging this week to get up on time and not be too tired by the end of the day. It is nice to have a routine again. We have had a great week in room 26 - busy, but not too busy! We started the week cleaning out our desks so that we had nice clean work stations. Then we began a new story in our Red Reading book. We read Johnny Appleseed, and since it was a play, we did a little Reader's Theater with it, and then on Friday went and watched Mrs. Williams class act it out. That was fun! We have started a new topic in math - we are working on telling time to the minute on analog clocks and counting money using the least possible amount of coins - so using the quarters every time you can! We will be working on this topic all next week, too, so please practice these skills with your child at home as well! We will be finishing up our Solids, Liquids and Gases science unit next week and then we will be starting to learn about Africa. That should be a lot of fun!
I have posted our new spelling words on the blog for this next week, and I have sent home scholastic book orders. Please place your orders online by January 16th - I will be closing out the orders on the 17th. We will also be having our Martin Luther King Jr. assembly on Friday the 17th!
Enjoy your weekend!
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