Week of February 8, 2015

We have been working on balancing equations!

We had Four Winds about keeping warm in the winter!

We explored the force of magnets.

Our Valentine's Day bags ready to go!

We did a lot of Valentine's Day celebrating.

We did a Valentine's Day brain break from the website gonoodle.com

Checking out our Valentine's Day cards.

Week of February 1st, 2015

We have competed another force and motion experiment.  This time we focused on the question: will a light ball or a heavy ball roll further off the ramp?  The ball was our variable for this experiment.  Students had to write a hypothesis, perform the experiment, measure the distance with Popsicle sticks, record their data, and write a conclusion. We all learned that a heavy ball will roll further than a light ball.

We have been working really hard on our realistic fiction stories.  We celebrated by doing a quick edit of one of our stories and sharing it with a buddy!  We are also working on giving our buddies kind and specific compliments. 

Happy 100th day of school!  We did some writing using the number 100.  Then we had to guess who the paper belonged to!

Students may bring in Valentine's Day cards next Friday, but they must bring one in for everyone!

Buddy Reading!

We have become experts in buddy reading!

Force and Motion Fun!

We have been learning all about force and motion. We have read a lot of books and performed our own force and motion experiment.  We also tried out this game together!

Force and Motion Game

Week of January 4, 2016

We have started a new unit in math.  This unit is all about measurement.  We have worked on measuring objects accurately and with different units.  The different measurement units we have used are paper clips, tiles, unifix cubes, and a ruler.  We have discussed why different units give you different measurements.

We learned a new app called Base Ten Bingo.  This app helps students understand place value.

We had Four Winds.  The topic was squirrels.  It was a lot of fun.  Thank you to the moms that took the time to teach us!

In Word Study, we have been learning about blends.  Blends can be at the beginning or at the end of the word.  We learned that is really important to tap out every sound, so you don't miss any!  Our world was words were Oh You Lucky Duck words.  They are would, should, and could.

In writing, we are wrapping up our opinion writing pieces.  We have been revising by using a check list.  Ms. Graf came to visit us on Friday for writing.  She was really impressed with our writing!

Winter Has Finally Arrived!

Now that winter has finally arrived PLEASE label your child's snow clothes.  We don't want any clothes getting mixed up or lost (All black snow pants tend to look alike!)  Thank you!

Week of December 14, 2015

Visiting Jericho from JES on Vimeo.

Here is our video convincing you to visit Jericho!  This video incorporates our social studies unit (Community) and writing unit (Persuasive Writing).  Students worked with buddies to create their picture, write their sentence, and used the app Puppet Pal to create their project.