Students will soon be starting to create their animals and animal habitats in art. In class, students selected an animal and have started to research about their animal and their habitat. Last week, we painted our boxes and this week students will continue to work on their projects during art. The art room will be supplying paint, construction paper and basic supplies for this project. If students want to bring in additional materials they are welcome to do so but it is not required. Examples of things that students have used for this project include:
sugar cubes
sugar
toilet paper / paper towerl rolls
pipe cleaners
fake / real leaves
pom-poms
fake animals such as fish etc.
sponges
pine cones
marshmellows
Be creative! Students can bring their materials in at any time and store them in the classroom until our next art class.
Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Thank you!
Thank you to all of the parents that attended our Bar Modeling for Parents presentation! Below, are just a few slides from the presentation. Also, click here to see a brief video.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Book Orders Due
Just a friendly reminder that book orders are due on Monday, November 23. Happy reading!
Bar Modeling for Parents!
Just a reminder that the Bar Modeling for Parents Presentation will be taking place this Thursday at 5:30pm in the Common Area. The presentation should only take about 30 - 45 minutes and is intended to help parents have a better understanding of what a bar model is and how it is a useful tool for students when solving real world application problems. If have you have not yet returned the RSVP, please do so at your earliest convenience. Thank you!
Math Test Wednesday
Our Chapter 4 math assessment will be this Wednesday. Please see below for the Chapter Wrap Up of material covered in this chapter.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Quintin met his AR goal!
Way to go, Quintin! He reached his goal this weekend and set a new goal for himself to reach by December 11th. Only 5 more students need to meet their goal in order for our class to earn an extra recess! Keep on reading!
Friday, November 13, 2015
Make a Friend
In our class, we now have a Make a Friend board. Students that are feeling anxious about not having someone to play with at recess or simply want to try something new at recess but are nervous to invite themselves, can put their names on this board before lunch. The rest of the class will see the names on the board and will invite these students to join them. This will help those students that are feeling anxious about recess to make a plan! It also encourages students to get to know all of their classmates.
Extra Math Help / Challenge
From now on, students that want extra math support can come in during recess on Friday. Students must write their name on the board before lunch in order to come in and must be able to communicate exactly what skill they need to work on. For example, subtracting across zeroes, fact fluency, solving 2 step word problems, addition with regrouping etc. Students that want an extra challenge can also come in and try to solve some thinking caps / enrichment problems.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Check out the new page!
Check out the new tab, Math Anchor Charts. Here you can find the anchor charts we have created as a class. Students can refer to these charts at any time for assistance in class and now they can have access to them from home as well!
Don't forget to place your November book order
Book orders are due on Monday, November 21 so please don't forget to visit scholastic.com/readingclub to place your order. Books make fantastic gifts and orders will arrive before the holiday season! Want to surprise your child? Just sent me an email, I will keep their books to the side when they arrive and arrange a time for you to pick them up without them knowing. I'm always willing to do this for birthdays etc. as well!
Monday, November 9, 2015
Did you know?
Did you know that you can check how close you are to your AR goal anytime you would like? Just log into AR, click the orange button, then select progress from the top right hand corner. Your flower will appear so that you can see how many points you have and what your goal is.
Way to go Tommy!
Tommy met his AR goal over the weekend! He will get to sit at Mrs. Largy's desk for a day as a reward! So far, 10 students have met their goal. If 8 more students meet their goal by December 11th then our class will earn an extra recess!
Friday, November 6, 2015
Congratulations to this week's math challenge winner...
TRENTON! WAY TO GO! A big shout out to Taegan, Connor, Reagan, and Anesa for also giving this week's challenge a try!
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Another AR Goal Met This Morning!
Way to go, Reagan! She met her goal and has increased it to keep challenging herself!
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Book It!
From October to March, students in 3L can participate in Book it! Students that decide to participate must read a book in their Lexile Level then complete a well thought out book report. Students can be as creative as they want in terms of what they want to do to demonstrate their understanding of the book. For the month of October, Justin, Makenzie, Ava and Emily participated and earned a free, personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut! Check out the picture below of their hard work. Also, click the Book It! tab for more information.
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