Making a Gingerbread Plan

Today the class made a plan for their gingerbread house. They had to sketch a design and decide what supplies they will need to create their house. We then started a free writing activity creating a story around the house. Stay tuned for some pretty cool houses later this week!

Sharing Writing and Presenting

On Friday students had the chance to read all of the wonderful persuasive essays they all worked on for the past few weeks. They also could present their website, see saw, or poster to the class. I was very impressed with their research and their presentations!

I have to share our family’s latest member. Very exciting weekend at our house!

Hurricane Projects and PEMDAS

Today we started to work on presentations that students will share with the class to wrap up our hurricane unit. Some students are making websites, others posters, and even See Saw. They will present tomorrow with their essays. 


Thank goodness for this crew!

Here is a visual we are using in class to help with order of operations. 

Fredbird and Friends ⚾️❤️

Thanks to the St. Louis Cardinals for their Fredbird and Friends program visiting our school today. The students had so much fun!

Saving Christmas with Coding

Today in library the class practiced their coding skills with a fun activity with the Grinch. They were trying to save Christmas through their coding abilities. 

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁

We had a fun day before Thanksgiving Break. Check your child’s Seesaw account for a thankful turkey they made. We also had a dramatic reading of Robbie and the Thanksgiving Spirit (a Christmas Carol Thanksgiving style). Finally we had an all school assembly honoring Grandpa Steve and all of the wonderful things he does for our school. 

Does McDonald’s Serve CheeseBurgers Rapidly? 🍔➗

We are using the phrase “Does McDonald’s Serve CheeseBurgers Rapidly?” To help us remember the steps for long division. Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Compare, Bring down, Remainder/Repeat.

It is starting to click!  Keep practicing those basic math facts. 

Candy Coated Rock Cycle 🌋🍬

Today we reviewed the Rock Cycle by using Starburst candy to help model it. First we broke up the candy into “sediments”. Then the sediments came together to form a sedimentary rock. We then applied heat and pressure to make a metamorphic rock. Finally we melted the metamorphic to “magma” which cooled into an igneous rock. It was a fun way to practice the cycle!

Weather Disasters 🌊🌋

Today we imagined our school was impacted by a hurricane!  We lost power and had to work with flashlights so we did some research to learn more about hurricanes and how to be prepared. 

In science we did a lesson on the different types of volcanoes. The class had fun analyzing the “lava”. 

Counseling Lesson- Red Ribbon

Today Mrs. Herman visited us for a Red Ribbon Week counseling lesson. One fun part is the students decorated grocery bags that Dierbergs will actually use to spread the Being Drug Free message. 

Testing out Circuits 💡

We tested out  different circuits today in science using a light bulb, wire, and battery.  Students had to recreate models and see if they would light up or not. 

Pajama Day! 😴🐑

They sure do love their jammies!  We had a lot of participation today for Pajama Day!

Day 3- Unity Day 🧡🧡🧡

Today we celebrated Unity Day. Unity Day’s Message: “together against bullying and UNITED for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.”

Dr. Lake read a book to students and each student filled out a leaf to be added to our Unity Day Tree. 

Day 2- Green and Gold! 💛💚

Remember your orange for Unity Day tomorrow. 

Red Ribbon week Day 1- Hat Day 🎩👒

Today we had hat day for Red Ribbon Week. Tomorrow wear your green and gold!

Campfire Reading 🔥⛺️

Check out the fun activity Mrs. Graef prepared in library today. She had different little “campfires” set up throughout the library for the students to read with flashlights. They loved it!  Don’t forget to wear green and gold tomorrow!

Electrical Simulations

We have been studying electricity in science and today we looked at simulations online trying to create two different simulations. One simulation with light as the output and another with sound as the output. 

Each Kindness

Our Concord book of the month is a good one- Each Kindness. Today students listened to the book and then brainstormed ways they can show kindness- at home, school, anywhere!

Setting Goals in Writing

We are starting a new unit in writing and our focus is writing a strong essay. Today we looked at our on demand (pre-assessment) and set goals for our future piece. 

A-Mazing Mazes

Today in library some students chose to create marble mazes out of cardboard and other materials. They look great! 

Multiplication Masters

We are trying multiple methods in class for two digit multiplication. We learned the traditional method but many students are using the distributive property to double check their work. 

The Camo Crew

Too bad we are not learning about camouflage today. Can see you see them?

Science- Building more Systems

We were lucky to get a little more sun today during science. We have been trying to solve the problem why the fictional town “Ergstown” has been having blackouts. So we are learning about different systems. Today we used the same materials as the fan experiment but made a light and a buzzer operate. 

Multiplying and Stem

In math we did some hands on strategies to help with 2 digit multiplication. We used both base ten models and arrays to help us with multiplication. We also wrapped up this rotation of math stations. Students loved the stem boxes in this week’s rotation. They may pop up on your child’s see saw videos. 

Solar Panels in Science

We are in an electricity unit for science. We have been learning about different systems and how a system can be anything from a cherry pitter to a circuit. Today we made circuits using solar panels to operate a fan. 

Cahokia Mounds

We had a fun day at Cahokia Mounds!  I was so impressed with our class and their great behavior. We even got some compliments from other museum guests how well behaved our class was in the movie. We also lucked out on the weather- no rain and it wasn’t hot! I’m still not sure how many steps to the top. Kids were telling me they counted 154, 160, 159- we never could agree on it but we all agreed it sure was easier going down!