SPRING BREAK!

With TAKS so close (2 weeks of school) I am sending home a math and reading packet for the students to work on during Spring Break. They also need to READ, READ, READ!!

Do not make them do school work all day, everyday. It is their Spring Break and they earned it! :)

See you back on MARCH 21st!!

Matilda Permission Slip

Reminder: We have finished reading Matlida and will be watching the movie Friday! PLease send in the permission for approveal ASAP.

Thanks!

Mrs. Crawford

Spaghetti Dinner!!

Spaghetti dinner is on the 26th from 5:30 - 7:30. The cost is $6 adults and $4 children.

Russian Folk Program

Today we went to a Russian Folk program at our school gym. It was an hour of good Russian music and dancing. The students really enjoyed it! Here is a picture of some of the instruments the students volunteers and the Russian Musicians played.

What we're up to... .

Math - We are working on two and three digit subtraction with borrowing. We are also working on solving word problems with addition (with regrouping) and subtraction (with borrowing).
Reading - We are back to working with fiction books this quarter. We have been practicing making inferences, asking questions before, during and after reading, and making connections to what we are reading. Types of connections: text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world.
Writing - The students have been really working hard during writer's workshop. They made a story board, wrote a rough draft, edited, revised, and are now working on their final drafts and illustrations! Wow... what great stories!
Science - We are studying "states of matter." We have been experimenting with water evaporation, mixing solids and liquids, and making predictions and conducting experiments just like scientists do!
Phonics - We are working on learning vowel teams (oa, oe, ow). Make sure your child is studying his/her spelling words because these go along with our phonics units.
S.S. - our next unit will be Economics (consumers and producers).

Valentine's and track-out!!

Reminder: We will exchange Valentine's cards tomorrow morning.
Track out is tomorrow. Check your child's Friday Folder for optional activities to complete over track-out. Also, make sure your child reads over track-out!
See you back on March 8th!!

Charlotte's Web

Reminder: Send in your vegetarian recipes and permission slips by THIS FRIDAY.
The students are loving the book and all the activities that are going along with it! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful track-out. I miss each and every one of you! Come back to me safe on November 30th. Happy Thanksgiving!

Wild Weather

 

Here are a few pictures of the students experiementing with their tornados!!

COMING SOON - SPIRIT WEEK

Spirit Week is coming! October 26th - 30th we will be dressing up each day. Get your outfits ready!

Mixed up Monday (tacky day)
Team Pride Tuesday
Wacky Hair Wednesday
Turn Back Time Thursday (60's day)
Freaky Friday (costumes)

Oct. 5th - 9th Homework:

Monday
Math: "Half and Half/Just Alike" Geometry Shapes
Spelling: Review Words at home
Reading: Read 15 minutes and complete comprehension activity
Tuesday
Math: "Symmetry Practice activity" Front and Back
Spelling: Review Words at home
Reading: Read 15 minutes and complete comprehension question
Wednesday
Math: "Congruent Figures" - Front and Back
Spelling: Review Words at home
Reading: Read 15 minutes and complete comprehension question
Thursday
Math: "Geometry" front and back
Spelling: Review Words at home - TEST TOMORROW
Reading: Read 15 minutes and complete comprehension activity
Friday
Review work in Friday Folder and sign.

Spelling Words: even, give, take, inside, use, reptile, costume, baseball, confuse, native

October Read Aloud!!

Update: Our new read aloud for October is.... "The Best Halloween Ever" by Barbara Robinson.

Weather

This week we have continued our weather unit. The students are loving it. We focused on types of clouds, making predictions and investigating outside. The students are also making daily making predictions on temperature then whoever has the closest prediction gets a prize. Have your child watch the weather forecast to help make a more accurate prediction! Here are a few pictures from our cloud study.

Writer's Celebration!

Friday we had our writing celebration. Each student read his/her "small moment" writing piece to the class. We celebrated our achievements with goldfish and juice. Here are a few pictures.

The Garden

 

We went to the school garden this week to help weed between the rows. Most of the harvesting is finished for now so we are beginning to winterize the garden. The students had a great time pulling weeds!

TOMORROW - Camp Read-a-lot

Camp Read-A-Lot
This Friday, our class will have Camp Read-A-Lot. This is an imaginary camp that we have in our classroom to encourage independent reading and provide extra time for Accelerated Reader tests. Each child will need to pack the following items to bring to “camp”:
*towel or blanket *1 small stuffed animal
*small pillow * library books
* finger snack (goldfish, crackers, raisins, etc.—no drinks, please)
*Extra library books will be on hand in the classroom on all AR levels
*NO Pajama’s! Send students in comfortable school clothes.

Updates:

This week we will be going to the bookfair! We will preview the books on Tuesday at 1:30 and buy the books on Wednesday at 1:30. This year the book fair will be in the music room.

New read aloud:


"The Magic Finger" is a children's story written by Ronald Dahl. He is a wonderfully vivid and entertaining author that the students really enjoy. This is our second book of his to read this year.

Picture day Make-up: Wednesday, Sept. 23rd at 9:15.

SEND IN BOX TOPS. We're doing great!

Wriiter's Celebration!

 

Friday we had our Writer's Celebration. The students shared their final writing pieces with their classmates and then celebrated with goldfish and juice. We all had a great time and I think the students will agree it was worth all of the hard work they put into it! The pieces were great, funny, and detailed! They are now on display on our writing wall in the classroom.
Here is what a few of the students had to say about their first Writer's Workshop/Celebration:
I love writing because I think I am really good now. - Rachel
I love this celebration today. - Lane
I love writing because we get to share with a partner. Also, we get to share with everyone. - Eddy
It was hard work and I love writing. - Jeremy
Now I love writing. I learned to write a story. - Samantha
I learned how to do neat handwriting. - Colby
I want to write more. - Thomas
This writing celebration is awesome. We earned it. This goes to the whole class, great job you guys. You all did an awesome job. - Joseph
I want to write everyday and now I like writing. - Michael
My favorite was reading (our stories) and when our lovely teacher gave us snack. - Tamara
I am going to love 2nd grade. - ??
My favorite thing in school is writing. It is cool. I love writing. - Ashley
My favorite part was writing my story and sharing it. - Journaya
I like when we draw the pictures. - Axel
My favorite part was when we read to the class. - Cole
I learned a lot of writing. - Ty
I worked really hard and we got to share it. - Austin

Our Butterflies!

Here are a few pictures of our Butterflies emerging from their chrysalis and a butterfly right after its release. We set them free to live in our school's butterfly garden.

Read-Aloud

For our Class read aloud we are reading "The Twits" by the wonderful Children's Author, Ronald Dahl. The students love the detailed descriptions and wonderful imagery Dahl creates!