Today we worked more on our short-story writing. We also had town-hall meeting and were very impressed with the readers- especailly our friend Ciera!
We also had a LOT of people earn new charms for their Scholatic Reading Counts necklances. We were REALLY proud to have the highest point-earner in our class! Congrats Louis!
In math we continued to work on finding the median given a set of data. We also practiced subtraction.
In science we added the word Friction to our motion journals. Ask your child what Friction is tonight at the dinner table :)
The Valentine Party is Feb. 14th from 2-3 pm. I hope you are working on your Valentine Mailboxes at home this week! They are due THIS FRIDAY! Bring your Valentine cards on Monday :)
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Monday, February 07, 2011
Monday, Feb. 7th
Today we worked on writing to a prompt. We will be expected to do this for the Grosse Pointe Writing assessment and for the MEAP in future years. We practiced making sure our stories had all the "right parts" (setting, problem, solution, etc.) we also practiced writing summaries.
In math we measured our arm spans and our "longest jump." After gathering the data we found the "middle value" (also know as the median). It was so much fun!
Town Hall meeting will be tomorrow at 10:45. Our citizen is Bella and our reader is Ciera :)
In math we measured our arm spans and our "longest jump." After gathering the data we found the "middle value" (also know as the median). It was so much fun!
Town Hall meeting will be tomorrow at 10:45. Our citizen is Bella and our reader is Ciera :)
Friday, February 04, 2011
Friday, Feb. 4th
Today in math we estimate the weight of different objects and then weighed them. We worked in groups are recorded our estimates and actual weights. Some kids started off thinking that a stack of books light weigh 100 pounds! We also compared weights of items with a balance.
In science we build marble ramps and recorded observations in our motion journal.
We also looked at our town map and made estimates about where our house is on the map. Your homework this weekend is to find the actual location of your house and mark it on the map provided. Then we will add them to our classroom map so we can see how close our estimates were.
Homework binders come home today- there is an extra assignment in there for making a Valentine Box at home to use during our class party :)
Have a good weekend!
In science we build marble ramps and recorded observations in our motion journal.
We also looked at our town map and made estimates about where our house is on the map. Your homework this weekend is to find the actual location of your house and mark it on the map provided. Then we will add them to our classroom map so we can see how close our estimates were.
Homework binders come home today- there is an extra assignment in there for making a Valentine Box at home to use during our class party :)
Have a good weekend!
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Thursday, Feb. 3
Happy Chinese New Year! Today we worked on using sensory words (words that describe what we see, hear, taste, smell and feel) by describing what it might be like to be at a Chinese New Year festival. We looked at pictures of the dragon and china town. We also listened to a "chinese new year music video" for kids (haha!) and read a book about chinese new year. We learned some new vocab. and worked in groups. The kids did some great descriptive writing which is PERFECT for our poetry focus :)
In math we learned about "doubling" numbers. We read a story about a funny friend who doubles during the night and acted out the scenario. We then did every thing "backwards" by learning how to "halve" something. Try asking your student to double something or halve something at home. They love applying new knowledge and had a lot of fun doing these activities today.
By the end of the day today we only had 12 students left in class!!! The whole school had about 80 students absent today! PLEASE do all that you can to keep those kids healthy! I cleaned all the desks and door knobs today in the room--hope this helps stop the spread of this sickness!
In math we learned about "doubling" numbers. We read a story about a funny friend who doubles during the night and acted out the scenario. We then did every thing "backwards" by learning how to "halve" something. Try asking your student to double something or halve something at home. They love applying new knowledge and had a lot of fun doing these activities today.
By the end of the day today we only had 12 students left in class!!! The whole school had about 80 students absent today! PLEASE do all that you can to keep those kids healthy! I cleaned all the desks and door knobs today in the room--hope this helps stop the spread of this sickness!
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Tuesday, Feb. 1st
Today we finished our biographies (yaye!) we will be posting them in the hallway this week and then bring then home after a couple weeks of display :)
In Science we learned that all motion is cause by a force. A force is a "push or a pull." We had a looonnnngg discussion about how our muscles push and pull our bodies in the direction we want them too :) The kids we very interseted in this (maybe we have some future doctors in the class??).
In math we played "addition basketball" Ask your child how it works! If you have dice at home you can play tomorrow on our Snowday (IF we have one! I'm betting that we will!)
Have a good night and stay WARM! Check the news to see if we have school tomorrow. Kepp reading and doing that homework if we have time off :)
The Citizen breakfast has been rescheduled. DO NOT COME for citizen breakfast in the morning even if we don't have a snowday!!
In Science we learned that all motion is cause by a force. A force is a "push or a pull." We had a looonnnngg discussion about how our muscles push and pull our bodies in the direction we want them too :) The kids we very interseted in this (maybe we have some future doctors in the class??).
In math we played "addition basketball" Ask your child how it works! If you have dice at home you can play tomorrow on our Snowday (IF we have one! I'm betting that we will!)
Have a good night and stay WARM! Check the news to see if we have school tomorrow. Kepp reading and doing that homework if we have time off :)
The Citizen breakfast has been rescheduled. DO NOT COME for citizen breakfast in the morning even if we don't have a snowday!!
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