Nice job, Elijah! Way to read those books!!
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
To celebrate both the upcoming holiday and our fairy tale unit,
the BUGS are cooking up something special this week!
the BUGS are cooking up something special this week!
We started with some Crisco and sugar...
Added in some molasses and spices....
Added quite a bit of flour....
...and then we stirred...
...and we stirred...
( because Mrs. Koehn brought her mixer but not the bowl. Oops!)
( because Mrs. Koehn brought her mixer but not the bowl. Oops!)
...we added some eyes and buttons...
...and...
You'll have to wait to see!!
Saturday, December 13, 2014
On Friday, we held our December Sharing Day, where we read our Reader's Theater plays, shared artwork we had created and also read journals and stories with our audience. As always, we are so appreciative of all who attend and show their support for our learning. Presenting in front of an audience builds so much confidence and also motivates us to do our best reading, writing and creating!
Abby shared her journal writing about our visit from the Science Alive biologists!
Ana shared a house she made in art with opening windows!
Several students shared their pattern artwork they made in Art.
Darrin shared his math problem of the week and explained how we work through a problem each week as math detectives so we can learn and practice problem-solving strategies.
Kara read her silly story that she authored titled, "Silly, Silly Baby" to the amusement of the audience.
Taylor shared her story called "The Ice Cream Shop".
Thomas shared his journal writing about Science Alive, telling the audience about the animals we learned about.
Alijah, Selah, Abby, Tylyn and Emily performed "Taunuki's Gift"
Peter, Kathryn, Taylor, Stephene and Tanner performed "The Boy Who Drew Cats"
Marianna, Thomas, Logan, Kyle, Emma, Dawson and Taylor (substitute) performed "Doctor Jen" (I apologize that this video is cut short, my iPad was out of memory!! Zoiks!)
Kara, Ana, Taya, Taylor and Darrin performed, "The Project"
Friday, December 12, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014
I am so excited about this fairy tale unit because it isn't just about comparing literature, or learning what elements authors use to create a fairy tale story, it's about so much more! We have read about princes and princesses dancing at the ball and we wanted to learn how! So, today we used our "extra" gym day to call in Ms. Jane from Dance Zone to teach us how to waltz!! Ms. Jane showed us the complicated (but fun!) box step and we slowly but surely figure out how to move our feet to the 1-2-3 rhythm of the music. There were a few skeptical members of the royal BUG family to start with, but by the end, there was a room full of smiles, giggles and fits of glee! See for yourself!!
We had to really work on right and left - which foot goes forward, which foot moves to the side. Then we had to learn which hand we will hold with our dance partner!
Being a prince or a princess is far more complicated than we realized!
Being a prince or a princess is far more complicated than we realized!
Taya and Elijah caught on quickly!
Tanner and Stephene worked hard to get the steps right!
The whole class had such a fun time learning something so new and different today! We will keep practicing, and Ms. Jane will come back again to help us learn even more, but we can't wait to show you all on Fairy Tale Friday how we can waltz!!
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
We are blessed with a fantastic PTO at the elementary campus and they provided an amazing experience for our students today! Scientists, specifically biologists came to visit our classrooms today with ANIMALS!! I will let them tell you all about the experience!
I learnd that a armdillo has far.I learnd that a python can atleast get 12 feet by Abby
I lrnd abowt babe alagatrs and snacs. by Ty
I thot the python was really cool because it moved like a calm wave. and the chin chila
is a indangerd anamale peopole are killing them. by Azariana
Today was cool because science alive came and brought alive animals!I saw a chinchilla and it was soft .We saw a python and it was the first time I saw a python and they use their tongues to smell. I saw a toad and when they are eggs they are in danger. I saw an armadillo and they are mammals like because they have hair on their belly.I saw an alligator it was little and it eats to get bigger.by Darrin
The muther snake wuz fun becuzs it wuz hevee by Dawson
I loved the snake because when it slithrd araund my neck and felt good. by Elijah
I see a snake it is big jint snake. by kyle
l didit not like the snake it was soow gros and it was adade al agatr by Emma
thar wus a towd with bumpy scin evre buty got to fell it by logan
The snake was long she put the snake a rawnd my nike the snake was heve By marianna
i learned that chinchalus are gunia pigs cosinsand that there are 1000 types of toads and abut pythons i was wearing it by peter
I learned dat Chincilas are indagerd animals and sum
snake’s ared slimey at all.
Plus baby’s animals are at least 3 feet long.by Stephene
Today was cool I got to see live animals.I got to see a snake it was big I let it go on my neck. I got to see a chinchilla it was soft. They are in danger. Because some people like to kill them. Because the soft fur is like a cotte but the chinchillas are small so people have to kill more than one. I got to see a toad her name was Velvit the toed was smooth.I got to see armadillo i did not no that it was a malemo it had fur on his belly by Kara.
We got to see a chinchilla,python,toad,armadillo,alligator. I loved seeing all of the animal,s. It was the best since alive in the world. It was more than the best it was awsome. by Tanner
Today at science alive I learned that snakes don’t have ears and noses so they smell and hear with their tongues.We saw a chinchilla snake alligator armadillo and a big toad.I learned that chinchillas are the fluffiest mammal living and snakes can’t blink because they don’t have eyelids.I learned snakes are reptiles and not mammals.by Taya
I loved it I got to see a snake and a armadillo a cruk a chinchilla a towd and thats it. by selah
Hi my name is Taylor and I am going to tell you about Science Alive yesterday.There was a scientist named Mrs. Neill and the animals that she brought were...a chinchilla,bernice python,baby crocidile and a giant toad named Velvet.By Taylor
There was a big toad he was really bumpy.by emily
Monday, December 8, 2014
Last week we studied the regular past tense ending of "-ed". We discovered the three sounds it makes and we learned what the pattern is for each sound. This week we are going to focus in on words that are very common in our language, but do not use "-ed" to form past tense. Most of these words change a vowel within the word to signify past tense, others change more significantly. Since there is no real pattern to when a word makes these changes, and these are words that students need to learn and know, I am giving the students all of the words that will be tested on Friday. This should give them ample time to practice these words and to become familiar with some of the most common irregular past tense words!
(This is a list I added this year, in response to a need I saw in our students, so I do not have it on our website. I wanted to make you aware of the change in list order so you knew which words to practice.)
(This is a list I added this year, in response to a need I saw in our students, so I do not have it on our website. I wanted to make you aware of the change in list order so you knew which words to practice.)
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Pattern of the Week:
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words to practice
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High Frequency Words
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irregular
past tense verbs
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gave
began
spoke
built
became
woke
drew
taught
rode
sang
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said
went
wrote
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Thursday, December 4, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
The BUGS want to challenge all the parents (grandparents, dear friends, neighbor Bob...):
How many sounds does the regular past tense ending "-ed" make?
Can you predict when it will make each sound?
Reply in the comment section with your answers!
(Guesses are totally accepted but might make us chuckle. We know grown-ups weren't taught all the awesome grammar rules like we learn now!)
(Guesses are totally accepted but might make us chuckle. We know grown-ups weren't taught all the awesome grammar rules like we learn now!)
(You can email-a-teacher for a hint!)
I never did find another awesome app like Educreations, so you're stuck with just a regular ol' video, but I hope it helps to explain tonight's homework as well as the approach we take to laying the foundation for subtracting with two digit numbers using regrouping.
The students really have a great mastery (not just surface knowledge of the process) of the math concepts behind the algorithms and I am thrilled they have such a solid base for learning!
I do have a few students who struggle mightily with these concepts, however. These few tend to be the students who are not yet fluent in their math facts as these strategies require students to add and subtract in several steps. If your child falls into this category it's okay for them to simply use the number line to count backwards to the answer. Realize, however, that this is not solving the problem, just giving them tools to get by for now.
You will continue to see videos from me any time that I think the math lesson differs from "how we were taught" (although I'm older than all of you!) I hope it helps, but don't do battle over math homework! If your child doesn't understand, I'm here early every morning and can always help!!
Let me know if you have any questions!
Monday, December 1, 2014
The Royal BUGS of the Room 18 Kingdom went on a quest today to search all the land for regular past tense verbs.
The Royal BUGS of the Room 18 Kingdom went on a quest today to search all the land for regular past tense verbs.
They found many, many verbs with morphological endings (ask! They know what that means!) that change the meaning of the verb to “already happened”!
Tomorrow our quest continues to find how many sounds
does regular past tense make and is there a pattern to behold?!?!
Stay tuned…
I forget how many of these I've done. That's what I get for naming them with sequential numbers, huh? In any case, if you're looking for ideas to do at home here are a couple for this week:
Reading: Go on a word hunt! Use any book, newspaper, magazine, catalog, junk mail, anything and see what amazing words your child can find and read! Look for words with two syllables, or plural or for this week - regular past tense verbs (they all end with -ed!) Maybe you want to find words with double letters and see if you can figure out why? Remember, you don't have to know all the answers you just have to keep asking questions!
Math: Demonstrate math in real life. Show your student times when you have to use math as an adult and let him/her participate! Even if the actual math is too complicated, can they tell you if you should add or subtract? How do they know that? Can they help write the math sentence for the problem? Whether you are cooking, building, paying bills, paying for groceries or getting gas we use math a lot in our lives and our kids benefit from seeing those applications and participating in them!
Reading: Go on a word hunt! Use any book, newspaper, magazine, catalog, junk mail, anything and see what amazing words your child can find and read! Look for words with two syllables, or plural or for this week - regular past tense verbs (they all end with -ed!) Maybe you want to find words with double letters and see if you can figure out why? Remember, you don't have to know all the answers you just have to keep asking questions!
Math: Demonstrate math in real life. Show your student times when you have to use math as an adult and let him/her participate! Even if the actual math is too complicated, can they tell you if you should add or subtract? How do they know that? Can they help write the math sentence for the problem? Whether you are cooking, building, paying bills, paying for groceries or getting gas we use math a lot in our lives and our kids benefit from seeing those applications and participating in them!
The BUGS are so excited to start an adventure learning about fairy tales! This comparative literature unit will last for the next six weeks and will help students to understand the different characteristics of fairy tales from other narrative forms of writing and will study this genre not only from a reading perspective but also from the viewpoint of an author!
We will celebrate our learning on Friday, January 23rd with a very special edition of Sharing Day - "Fairy Tale Friday!" More information will come with exact times and locations of our event, but mark your calendar now and plan to attend our special event! We can't wait to share our learning with you!
Throughout the next six weeks, watch for special projects and activities happening on the website and coming home! We're off on an adventure!!
We will celebrate our learning on Friday, January 23rd with a very special edition of Sharing Day - "Fairy Tale Friday!" More information will come with exact times and locations of our event, but mark your calendar now and plan to attend our special event! We can't wait to share our learning with you!
Throughout the next six weeks, watch for special projects and activities happening on the website and coming home! We're off on an adventure!!
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