Reading - This week in our reading groups students finished reading books about Thanksgiving.  Students created and will share the  Prezi they created.  Each day we work through the Daily 5 which includes reading to self, reading to someone, word work, writing, and technology. 

Writing - "Turkeys" finished writing letters to Farmer Hill asking him to make a choice other than turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.  In mechanics, usage, and grammar students worked on capital letters and end punctuation.

 

Math - Students continue to work on understanding fractions as numbers. Students work daily on  number of the day, problem solving, math writing, and I-Pad activities that support the Common Core State Standards.  On Tuesdays and Thursday students also work on multiplication facts.

Inquiry - Students have been sharing their Healthy Me information by "Going Public" with their projects.

This weeks Fish Ambassador
Sadie Foster

 

Reading - This week in our reading groups students read books about Thanksgiving.  Students will share what they have read through Prezi's.   Each day we work through the Daily 5 which includes reading to self, reading to someone, word work, writing, and technology. 

Writing - Students are pretending to be turkeys and writing letters to Farmer Hill asking him to make a choice other than turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.  In mechanics, usage, and grammar students worked on possessive pronouns.

 

Math - Students are working on understanding fractions as numbers.  We explored this concept using a Hershey Bar.  That was a delicious activity.  Students work daily on  number of the day, problem solving, math writing, and I-Pad activities that support the Common Core State Standards.  On Tuesdays and Thursday students also work on multiplication facts.

Inquiry - Students have been working in small groups on their healthy me projects.  Groups will begin presenting on Friday.

Last week's FISH Ambassador - Duache Thao

Learning about fractions with Hershey Bars...Yum!

Carlos ate 2/12 of his Hershey Bar.

 

Reading - This week we continued to work on making logical inferences when we read.   Each day we work through the Daily 5 which includes reading to self, reading to someone, word work, writing, and technology. 

Writing - This week students worked on building stamina when journal writing.  Students are also working on making their writing more interesting by adding appropriate details.   In mechanics, usage, and grammar students worked on pronouns.

 

Math - Students have continued working on multiplying with multiples of 10.  Students work daily on  number of the day, problem solving, math writing, and I-Pad activities that support the Common Core State Standards.  On Tuesdays and Thursday students also work on multiplication facts.

Inquiry - This week we started our unit on Healthy Me.   Students also began working on projects to go with the Healthy Me unit.

Congratulations Brooklyn on being our first FISH Ambassador in Room 104!

 

Reading - This week we worked on making logical inferences when we read.  Each day we work through the Daily 5 which includes reading to self, reading to someone, word work, writing, and technology. 

Writing - This week students worked on editing and rewriting their pen pal letters.   In mechanics, usage, and grammar students worked on different endings for plural nouns and irregular plural nouns.  

 

Math - Students have been working on multiplying with multiples of 10.  Students work daily on  number of the day, problem solving, math writing, and I-Pad activities that support the Common Core State Standards.  On Tuesdays and Thursday students also work on multiplication facts.

Inquiry - This week we explored the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration. 






Reading - This week we worked on asking and answering questions by looking back in our reading.  We also started working on logical inferencing.

Writing - This week students worked on journal writing.   In mechanics, usage, and grammar students worked on nouns and proper nouns.  

 

Math - Students have been working on using rounding to estimate amounts. Students work daily on a number of the day, problem solving, math writing, and activities that support the Common Core State Standards.

Inquiry - This week we continued to work on the body systems by exploring parts of the brain.






Happy Halloween from Team Soar

We celebrated with root beer floats...yum!

A visit from Miss Plant

Reading - This week we read about hibernation.  We worked on written comprehension after reading to self.   Students continue to rotate through the Daily 5 activities that include read to self, read to someone, work on writing, listen to reading, and word work.

Writing - This week students worked on a narrative piece about an alien.  Students will continue to work on an informative piece about their favorite toy.    In mechanics, usage, and grammar students worked on counting syllables.  This week they will practice their editing skills.  

Math - Students have been working on identifying 2D and 3D shapes and their attributes. Students work daily on a number of the day, problem solving, math writing, and activities that support the Common Core State Standards. 

Inquiry - This week we worked on identifying different types of animals mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, and reptiles.  We are looking forward to our field trip to the zoo.

Thank you to Jack Plemons (Chris Menden's grandpa) for chaperoning our field trip to the Planetarium.

Reading - This week we continued to work on reading informational text, answering questions, and buiding fluency.   Students continue to rotate through the Daily 5 activities that include read to self, read to someone, work on writing, listen to reading, and word work.

Writing - This week students will continue to work on an informative piece about a favorite toy. In mechanics, usage, and grammar students are working on identifying and using verbs and articles.  

Math - This week students have been working with money.  We will finish the year on geometry starting with 2-D and 3-D shapes.  Students work daily on a number of the day, problem solving, math writing, and activities that support the Common Core State Standards.
 

Inquiry - This week we learned about the butterfly's lifecycle.  We read a legend about how butterflies came to be, and we explored symmetry by looking at butterfly's wings.  We also created butterflies out of clothespins, with a salad spinner, and with paint.  We will finish the year looking at the different classes of animals. 

   WooHoo!!  We are finished with MAP testing for the year!

                  Field Day is Wednesday, May 22nd.

High Interest Day is Friday, May 24th...PTA is in desperate need of volunteers please consider helping out!