Ohla Parents,
What a great week we had! This morning we did dear time after that we did english. After P.E. we came back and we did independent reading. We also went over a couple of the A.R.M.T. practices. We also did a few math practices for S.A.T's. This afternoon we had recess! It was so much FUN! Tonight is the Talent Show it is only 5 $ for 1 adult students get in free.
We had a great day!
From,
Alex
Thursday February 25th,2010
Sawabona Parents,
We had a fantastic day today!
This morning we did Scholastic News. Then we had choice (reading or writing).
Later this afternoon, after specials we had writing workshop. Some of us had to re-take a division test. We also had free time this afternoon. Too cold to go outside! We read another chapter of 21 Balloons. It is getting so exciting!
Preeti and Alex
We had a fantastic day today!
This morning we did Scholastic News. Then we had choice (reading or writing).
Later this afternoon, after specials we had writing workshop. Some of us had to re-take a division test. We also had free time this afternoon. Too cold to go outside! We read another chapter of 21 Balloons. It is getting so exciting!
Preeti and Alex
Febuary 24, 2010
Guten tag parents,
What a great morning we had!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and interesting writing too!!!
We talked about making our characters more interesting by adding dialog, adding details about the character.
After writing we did English lessons on synonyms, antonyms, and adjectives. We read another 2 chapters in 21 Balloons. We are inferring words we have not heard before. Tomorrow we have a test on division. We also need to do Lesson 5 in the SAT booklet. We went over lessons 1-3 today.
We had a fantastic day!
Love,
Alex and Preeti
Tuesday, 2-23-10
Bonjour Parents,
This morning we did readers theater. After that we did writing time.We had several choices this morning it was either reading,writing,some people finished their power point and some finished their stories. After specials we read our read-aloud book 21 Balloons. Then we reviewed division. Today in computer lab Mrs.Stone taught us how to play on Moshi Monsters. We had outside recess today!
We had a great day!
P.S. bring in class picture $
From,
Alex
February 22, 2010
Osiyo Parents,
This morning we started off with D.E.A.R. time (drop everything and read) and then we did writing time and we chose our favorite sentence out of what we wrote today. We had a few people record their stories in the recording studio. We practiced for the A.R.M.T. test doing reading passages and answered questions about what we read. We went to the computer lab and some people worked on their stories or power points and some did math games. We read our read aloud 21 Balloons. We had outdoor recess today.
P.S. Bring in class picture money or else Mrs. White will have to pay for them.
We had a great day!
From,
Alex
February 19,2010
Osiyo Parents,
This morning Mrs White came up with the idea of a recording studio for us to record our stories to put on the wiki. The recording studio is in the closet in the middle of all of the school supplies and the book shelves. she put down pillows and stuffed animals for us to read too. Some people got to record their stories on the ipod to put on the wiki. We also did independent reading.We had writers work shop today,too! Sense we haven't had a lot of recess this week, Mrs. White decided to give us extra recess, but it was only indoor recess, but we still got to go outside for our regular recess.
We had a great day!
Bye,
Alex and PreetiPLEASE BRING $ FOR CLASS PICTURE OR RETURN PICTURE
Thursday, 2-18-10
Art in the Dark tonight 6:30-7:30p.m.
Jambo Parents,
We had DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) time this morning. Then we read. Today we decided to read 21 Balloons for our read aloud. We only read the introduction. We played Tabby Cats (a math game). We practiced for our A.R.M.T Test. We went to the computer lab and tried to work on our african-american projects and sadly they didn't cooperate with us.
We had a cheerful day!!!
February 17th, 2010
Konnichiwa Parents,
Today we had independent reading and writing in the morning. Then we shared our favorite sentence in writing.
After P.E. we had specials.(guidance)we learned that you should always be ourselves.we also talked about synonyms and antonyms. We finished our read aloud "Little House in the Big Woods." We are working on division story problems in math. We also spent part of the morning practicing for ARMT.
Nicholas came back from his trip from Paris so he told us some things he saw and learned!!!
We learned some neat things!!!!
Bye,
Preeti and Alex
Febuary 16, 2010
Bonjour Parents!,
Today we had wonderful morning that started off with peacful and independant writing. After that we had P.E. We are almost done with our african-american projects.Today for read-aloud we read Little House in the Big Woods and we are almost finished! In math we practiced time. Your child will come home with a homework sheet that is due tomorrow. We went to computer lab and we worked on our african- american project! we are having recess now!
we had a wonderful day!
From,
Alex & Preeti
Today we had wonderful morning that started off with peacful and independant writing. After that we had P.E. We are almost done with our african-american projects.Today for read-aloud we read Little House in the Big Woods and we are almost finished! In math we practiced time. Your child will come home with a homework sheet that is due tomorrow. We went to computer lab and we worked on our african- american project! we are having recess now!
we had a wonderful day!
From,
Alex & Preeti
February 15, 2010
Dear Parents,
Today we had a late start! We had P.E early, lunch early and it felt like
everything was early!
We talked about books and ways we could be responsible readers. We may start giving our selves self- evaluations of our reading during reading workshop.We made a cover for a book that we want to recommend to our friends.We also began learning antonyms and synonyms. We had indoor recces. some people got on the computer, some people played games, and some girls helped Mrs. White with making a mural.
I hope everyone enjoyed sleeping in this morning and waking up late!!!!
Bye,
Preeti and Alex
Today we had a late start! We had P.E early, lunch early and it felt like
everything was early!
We talked about books and ways we could be responsible readers. We may start giving our selves self- evaluations of our reading during reading workshop.We made a cover for a book that we want to recommend to our friends.We also began learning antonyms and synonyms. We had indoor recces. some people got on the computer, some people played games, and some girls helped Mrs. White with making a mural.
I hope everyone enjoyed sleeping in this morning and waking up late!!!!
Bye,
Preeti and Alex
Snowy Day Friday 2-12-08
Today we went outside and had so much fun!!!!Though we were really cold!!!!!! We realized that it was snowing at P.E.!!! Everybody yelled that it was snowing.
We also had a snow-ball fight against Mrs. Lindsey's class! There are some picture's on our wiki, so check them out!!!!!!
We had our adjective test, bones test, and spelling test.
After lunch in our classroom we had our valentines party!!!!!everyone had so much fun!!!!
B.T.W-now homework!!!just read for fun!!!!
Bye,
Preeti
Febuary 11,2010
Dear Parents,
If its okay with you, your kids can bring in Valentines for the class tomorrow (if you want to). This morning we did dear time. After that we learned about ad-verbs. We also did division in our math notebooks. If you look on the wiki for homework you will see that we will have a adjectives test,bones test and spelling test tomorrow. Your kids can go on the wiki and play a bones game. Your kids will come home with a story with adjectives in it.
We had a great day!
By Alex and Preeti
If its okay with you, your kids can bring in Valentines for the class tomorrow (if you want to). This morning we did dear time. After that we learned about ad-verbs. We also did division in our math notebooks. If you look on the wiki for homework you will see that we will have a adjectives test,bones test and spelling test tomorrow. Your kids can go on the wiki and play a bones game. Your kids will come home with a story with adjectives in it.
We had a great day!
By Alex and Preeti
February 10,2010
Hi Parents,
Today we started off with reading. Mrs. White had a meeting to go to with all the 3rd grade teacher, so we had Mrs. Cuento as subsitute. We also read Little House in the Big Woods, our read aloud book.
We talked about adjectives, and Mrs. White and the class wrote a funny story with wierd adjectives.
We had so much fun laughing at the funny things that other people said and what we wrote!!!
After that we worked on our S.A.T's. What ever that was left in your child's lesson 2 booklet, that's for homework.
And remember to bring mony for Hearts for Haiti!!!!!
Bye,
Preeti and Alex
Today we started off with reading. Mrs. White had a meeting to go to with all the 3rd grade teacher, so we had Mrs. Cuento as subsitute. We also read Little House in the Big Woods, our read aloud book.
We talked about adjectives, and Mrs. White and the class wrote a funny story with wierd adjectives.
We had so much fun laughing at the funny things that other people said and what we wrote!!!
After that we worked on our S.A.T's. What ever that was left in your child's lesson 2 booklet, that's for homework.
And remember to bring mony for Hearts for Haiti!!!!!
Bye,
Preeti and Alex
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Hi Parents,
This morning we started off with a reading lesson. In that lesson we talked about inferring.We went back and re-read The Paper Bag Princess and we infered about one of the words. After that in English we learned about adjetives and in writing we looked for where we could add adjetives and we underlined adjetives that were allready on our paper.After that we had independent reading. We are beginning to learn about division in math. You can see what we have been doing in math by looking in the hard back math book that we have at home. Pages 39-51. Our read aloud that we are reading is Little house in the Big Woods. It is a great book!
We went to computer lab to type our African- American project.
We had a great day!!
From,
Alex and Preeti
Important Dates
Friday Feb. 12 Please bring Valentines for your friends. Anyone who wants to bring a snack for the class, please let Mrs. White know.
Hearts for Haiti Feb. 10-17
Monday Feb. 15 Weather Make Up Day
Friday Feb. 26 Talent Show
This morning we started off with a reading lesson. In that lesson we talked about inferring.We went back and re-read The Paper Bag Princess and we infered about one of the words. After that in English we learned about adjetives and in writing we looked for where we could add adjetives and we underlined adjetives that were allready on our paper.After that we had independent reading. We are beginning to learn about division in math. You can see what we have been doing in math by looking in the hard back math book that we have at home. Pages 39-51. Our read aloud that we are reading is Little house in the Big Woods. It is a great book!
We went to computer lab to type our African- American project.
We had a great day!!
From,
Alex and Preeti
Important Dates
Friday Feb. 12 Please bring Valentines for your friends. Anyone who wants to bring a snack for the class, please let Mrs. White know.
Hearts for Haiti Feb. 10-17
Monday Feb. 15 Weather Make Up Day
Friday Feb. 26 Talent Show
2-8-10's Happenings by Preeti and Alex
Hello Parents,
We began our day by discussing appropriate behavior in the classroom. We listed promises to each other about how we will behave in the classroom.
We talked about jobs that need to be done in the classroom but haven't been getting done. We choose new jobs and added a few new ones. Our job is to post the class news each day. Another new job is to post homework.
We worked really hard on our famous African American projects. We read books and printed off information from the internet. Tonight we need to fill out 5 index cards with important and interesting facts that we find in our article print outs. We need to be sure that we read the article then tell an adult what we learned. We write what we learned but, not exactly what we read.(we need to write it in our own words).
We also changed seats and now we keep forgetting were we sit!!!!!
It was a great Monday!!!!
Sincerely,
Mrs. White's Class
We began our day by discussing appropriate behavior in the classroom. We listed promises to each other about how we will behave in the classroom.
We talked about jobs that need to be done in the classroom but haven't been getting done. We choose new jobs and added a few new ones. Our job is to post the class news each day. Another new job is to post homework.
We worked really hard on our famous African American projects. We read books and printed off information from the internet. Tonight we need to fill out 5 index cards with important and interesting facts that we find in our article print outs. We need to be sure that we read the article then tell an adult what we learned. We write what we learned but, not exactly what we read.(we need to write it in our own words).
We also changed seats and now we keep forgetting were we sit!!!!!
It was a great Monday!!!!
Sincerely,
Mrs. White's Class
February 1-5
What Have We Been Doing in Class?
Reading: We spent the month of January reading books by Patricia Polacco. The students used the comprehension strategy, questioning and wondering, to understand the story, make predictions and infer. Before, during and after reading the books, we would write down the questions we have about the book. Questions before reading the text would come from examining the cover and title. Throughout the book we recorded questions we had and then again at the end of the book we wrote down what we were still wondering about the story. I wanted to make the students aware of the importance of doing this during their independent reading. Some of our favorite Polacco books are, When Lightning Comes in a Jar, Welcome Comfort, My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother, The Keeping Quilt, Betty Doll and Mr. Lincoln's Way. You can visit the author's website at http://www.patriciapolacco.com/books/index.html
Writing: We have spent the past 3 weeks exploring the genre of personal narratives. Our kids are in the beginning stages of editing their own personal narrative. We began the unit by reading several published personal narratives and explored what goes into a good personal narrative, including sensory details to make their story come alive. After reading good personal narratives, the kids made a list of significant events and topics from their own lives. Then they began writing short narratives, not more then two pages. They chose their favorite, one they thought they could add too, and began working together with a partner, asking one another questions about their writing and giving feedback in helpful and respectful ways. After revision, editing and publishing, the stories will made into a class book, each student getting a copy.
Math: We began our math unit on Equal Groups by making lists of things that come in groups. They illustrated multiplication situations and wrote equations to match. We also highlighted multiples on 100 charts and discussed patterns and relationships. We used known multiplication combination to solve more difficult ones. We then were introduced to arrays to represent multiplications. We made cards to help us learn multiplication combination with products up to 50. Later this week and next week we will begin looking at division and examining the relationship between multiplication and division. We will write story problems for a class multiplication and division book. We are also beginning to take a closer look at time.
Testing: Testing will begin the week we get back from Spring Break. We have begun looking at practice questions in class and a practice testing booklet will be sent home this week.
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