Check Out Our New Books!

We have new books on our bookshelf.  Ladybug Life Cycle is one of the nonfiction books we have been reading to learn about the parts of nonfiction texts.  The World According Humphrey is our read aloud book.  It is about the life of Humphrey, a class pet.   Motion: Push and Pull, Fast and Slow and Do-4U the Robot Experiences Forces and Motion are books we have been reading during our Force and Motion unit.

Week of January 21st, 2013

Force and motion is off to a great start!  This week student wrote in their science notebooks about what they  thought force was and what they thought gravity was.  Then they made an illustration to prove their thinking.  We also read the books Do-4U the Robot Experiences Force and Motion and Motion: Push and Pull, Fast and Slow.

We have had a very busy week in math this week!  Students have been working on solving part, part, whole problems.  Students can solve these using addition or subtraction strategies.  It also helps students to make the connection between addition and subtraction.

Today, we came up with this math statement and then worked together to prove it.  Every student made an equation on an index card, and it will all be hung up in our classroom.  We will continue to come up with different math statements, and then try to prove our thinking.

Today we started up a new math unit called Number Games and Crayon Puzzles.  This unit focuses on combinations of ten, combinations of different numbers, and addition and subtraction.  Students worked with a partner to create a tens frame and an equation that showed a combination of 10.

Math Centers

Students played Telling Time and Coins on the Ipad Center.  Everyone is getting better at identifying and showing time to the half hour!  They played Money Exchange at the Game Center.  Plus, students proved their time telling skills while playing Dino Bingo: Telling Time with an adult.

Our Word Wall words this week are on, see, and not.

Week of January 14th, 2013

We have been measuring up a storm in our classroom!  We have been measuring using kid steps, baby steps, basketball player steps, and craft sticks.  We have been working on recording our data and organizing it from greatest to least.  We have had a lot of great math discussions!

 

 

We have started a new science unit!  It is Force and Motion!  Students in the top pictures are exploring the ramps and balls.  In the bottom two pictures, students are doing our first science experiment.  We did our first experiment using a light ball, a heavy ball, and a straw.  Students had to make a prediction about which ball could be blown further.  They worked on measuring the distance with craft sticks, and then recorded their data.  They had to state a conclusion at the end.  We have some great scientists in our class!

We started our Nonfiction Writing unit this week.  We are working on identifying different nonfiction features and their purposes.  Students practiced writing captions, and have picked topics for their own All About Books.

Math Centers

At the "Ms. Henault" Center, students continued to work with money.  We worked on identifying coins, how to count a collection of coins, building a collection of coins, and making trades for bigger coins.  At the game center, students played "Clock Rock."  Students take turns matching time cards to a clock on a board.  When the board is covered a picture is revealed.  We are working on telling time to the half hour.  Mr. Bouchard taught us a new app called Interactive Telling Time.  There are different games inside the app to practice telling time.  Students enjoyed this game at the Ipad center.

Our Word Wall words this week were would, should, and could.  We call these our Oh You Lucky Duck words.

Remember there is no school on Monday the 21st!  Enjoy your day off!  See you on Tuesday!

Week of January 7th, 2012

We had a lot of fun in math today!  We first read the book Measuring Penny, and then students measured their own stuffed animals.  They measured using dog biscuits, cotton swabs, and tooth picks.  Every student took a turn weighing their animal using base ten blocks. 

Math Centers

At the "Ms. Henault" center, students were divided into groups by different math concepts they needed extra practice with.  These concepts were money, time, and writing and building numbers.  The Ipad center was open, and students were allowed to choose off our App Menu.  The last center was a game called Money Exchange.  This helps students to identify coins, count coins, and make trades for larger coins

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 Bailee, an occupational therapist that works in the district, came in to visit out class this week.  She taught us strategies, activities, and games to calm our bodies down.  She had suggestions for when we were sitting at circle and at our tables.  This student is trying an activity called "Make the Room Bigger."

Our Word Wall words this week were up, if, and will.

Week of January 2nd, 2012

This student chose to do word work during Daily 5 time.  This week we worked on words that had the ink, ank, onk, and unk sounds.

During writing this week, students wrote letters to someone who lived in their house with them.  Students addressed their envelopes before we left for vacation, as part of learning about maps during social studies.  So be on the look out for a special delivery in the mail!

Students learned a new game in math called Missing Numbers.  This game helps students to identify and write numbers 1 through 100.

Math Centers

Students practiced telling time with me this week.  They practiced telling time on analog and digital clocks.  On the BrightLink, students played 100 Number Grid and Base Ten Bingo.  On Base Ten Bingo, students worked with numbers in the hundreds.  On the Ipads, students played three apps to help with subtraction skills.  These apps were called Meteor Math, PopMath, and Math Garden.

Our Word Wall words this week were how, have, and by.