Picture Perfect

Look at these cuties for picture day. They sure do clean up nice!

Finished Projects and Division

Look at these awesome ecosystem projects!  Students had to choose an ecosystem and make a poster with living things found in that ecosystem. They had to include a food chain as well and describe an adaptation of an animal found there. 

We also looked at a new strategy in math using repeated subtraction to help us solve division problems. 

Fact Familes

Today we started our multiplication unit with a focus on fact families. Keep reviewing those facts!

Shaw Nature Reserve

We had a great day at the Shaw Nature Reserve for our first field trip!  We participated in a Wet and Wild activity learning about a water ecosystem and went on an earth walk. It was a fun day!

Revising and Reviewing

The authors in this class were working hard today revising their stories!  We used a checklist to help us stay focused.   We also had an intense game of math baseball to get ready for tomorrow's chapter 2 math test. 

Debating Books

Today we started to practice debating books.  We used a book that we all had in common and practiced debating an issue students had different views on. They did such a great job and brought in a lot of evidence from the text. 

Buddy Time!

Today we met with our first grade buddies from Mrs. Boyd's room. We had a lesson about being proactive vs. reactive.  We had the example of a soda bottle and a water bottle. We shook up both bottles and talked about how the soda can be like a reactive reaction- it explodes!  We ended with a fun buddy brain break!

Amazingly Awesome Animal Adaptations

Today we finished up with the creatures we created last week. Students used the website Wild Yourself to pick adaptations and a habitat for their creature. They turned out really cute!  We also have some super readers analyzing their characters. 

Reading and Rounding

We continue to practice rounding in math. Today we worked on finding the sum of two different numbers and using our rounding skills to check. One rhyme we have been using in class is "5 or more raise the score. 4 or less let it rest."

In reading we have been talking a lot about the characters in our stories. We are thinking about their struggles and motivations using common texts such as our read aloud and also independent books. 

Estimate by Rounding

This class is so awesome at rounding!  Today they worked hard and we learned about estimating sums and differences by rounding. 

Counseling

We had our first class with our counselor Mrs. Critchlow today.  The class had a great time!  We also started our new math stations today.  We have some measurement and menu math this week. 

Weekly Goals

Today we reflected on our week and set goals for the week ahead. Students will keep these goals in their leadership binders and reflect on them each week. 

Math Review and Circuits in Library

We have our first math test tomorrow. We played a fun review game today involving a little basketball. The class also was able to experiment with circuits in our library. 

Super Sorters

Everyone received their new spelling words this week. In class students are working on different activities to practice their words. One activity is sorting their words. Each group has something they are working on. We have suffixes, consonant alterations, long O sounds, and unaccented final syllables. 

Envisioning Text

Today during reading we practiced envisioning. We shared with our partners a bit from our independent books and then shared what we envisioned as we read.  We say this is like making a movie in our minds as we read. 

Animal Adaptations

Today we made some creations on the computer and made some interesting animal adaptations. Next week we will write about our creations and the ecosystem in which they live. Check for a permission slip coming home today. We have a field trip in a few weeks and need volunteers!

Story Arcs

Look at these authors!  Today we came up with an arc for our stories. Students had to plot scenes for their fiction story with the action rising to a dramatic climax. They worked hard!

Animal Adaptations

Today we started to learn about animal adaptations and today we started with camouflage. The students colored and hid butterflies outside. We learned the ones that were green and brown were harder to find. We also had a birthday today. Happy birthday, Brett!

Math Stations

Our math stations are looking great!  Students have been working hard during their stations and each week we review different skills during these stations. This week our stations are a problem solving game, tallying and graphing birthdays, ALEKS and Quicktables. 

We are practicing different ways to write numbers- Standard, Word, and Expanded form.