Monday, October 20, 2014

"Today we had science rotations and our class went to Mrs. Gil's class." -Savahna

"In math, our target was to use formulas to find area and perimeter and the new packet that we got was 38 lessons long!" -Erin

"In math, I tried out a new formula for finding area with a missing side and it works with odd and even numbers!" -Haylie

"We learned about our skeletal system and the three main reasons why we need it. The first one is to protect all the squishy stuff. The second reason is to give us structure. The third one is to move." -Liz

"In music, me, Liz, Katie, and Roman did the Pea Wars. In the Pea Wars, I ended up taking Liz's peas!" -Caydence

"At recess I played four square and I got to be king!" -Caelen

"In recess, me, Tristin, Alek, Jace, Savannah, Savannah, Caydence, and Jordan made a team tag where it was boys versus girls. When the girls were it, they had to tag one boy and then all the boys were it, and then when one girl got tagged, all the girls were it." -Cole

"I stayed in at second recess and made a bunny bookmark." -Keilani

"In second recess, me and Analese were making books about Wasabi, Rolanda, Richard, and Alex." -Lilith

Homework:
Read 30 minutes, fill out log, get signature
Work on HW packet
Permission slip and $2 due this Friday
2 liter bottle due Friday, the 31st

Thursday, October 16, 2014

"Today we did a test about the digestive system. Most of it was really easy!" -Tayah

"Today in math me and Savahna were partners. We were doing story problems." -Caelen

"Today is Joseph's last day." -Caydence :(

"At 10:16 we had an earthquake drill called The Great Shake Up and it was really hard to fit under my desk!" -Erin

"I made a book and it's called Patty." -Analese

"During recess today, I played football and we won 21-14." -Ethan

"I colored my coloring sheet for the color contest for breakfast and lunch." -Liz

"At first recess, I walked around and did nothing because I can't do anything because I have a broken wrist." -Eli

"At gym, we got to play volleyball again and also, we first had to do push ups and warm ups." -Keilani

"At recess, I played four square." -Savahna

Homework:
Read 30 minutes, fill out log, get parent signatures
HW packet due tomorrow
Spelling test tomorrow
2 liter bottle due by 10/31

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

"Today we learned about the large intestine!" -Savahna

"We couldn't go out to our first recess because it was raining, so we had indoor recess in our classroom and we played Halloween pictionary on the board." -Erin

"Me and my friend, Lila, helped cut out bookmarks for the class at first recess." -Caydence

"At second recess, I played soccer and we tied 1-1." -Ethan

"At first recess, I played Mancala with Katie and we played with 2 boards instead of 1 and I won!" -Haylie

"Today we talked about poop because we are learning about the digestive system and today we learned about the large intestine." -Tristin

"The only part of the digestive system that you don't have to have is your appendix." -Tayah

Homework:
Read 30 minutes, fill out log, and get parent signature
Work on HW packet
2 liter bottle due by Friday, 10/31

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

"We played on computers for a long time!" -Eli

"We played volleyball in PE and we bumped with our partners back and forth." -Haylie

"At recess, I played four square and I got to be king!" -Savahna

"At recess, I played soccer on the field. We tied 1-1." -Erin

"In math we learned about liters and milliliters." -Ethan

"At recess, I talked to Mrs. Duffey and told her about my favorite game and for lunch we had spaghetti. I got second choice because spaghetti is gross!" -Analese

"At second recess, I went to Miss. Kelton's room. We helped the kids with math." -Caydence

"We took an SRI test and my Lexile went down by 2!" -Liz

"I got to put the body parts from the digestive system on Cole's body because he's not here. Also, I glued my fingers on accident." -Keilani

"At recess, me, Tristin, and Alek played tag and they kept trying to get me because I was the slowest." -Joseph

"At recess, I played tag with Braeden, Marian, and Carrie." -Savannah

"At recess, I played four square." -Lila

"Me, Eli, and Ashton went to LAP and we read a book called Gail at the Game." -Caelen

Homework:
Read 30 minutes, fill out log, get parent signature
Work on HW packet

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

We have traced and cut out our bodies and are ready to learn about all of the systems that keep us going! We're starting with the digestive system!

Tell your parents what this is a picture of using the words "trachea", "esophagus", and "epiglottis." Have your parent email me or send a note explaining what you taught them and get a free homework pass!

Friday, October 3, 2014

A big congrats to Liz and Tayah for being recognized at our Spirit Assembly today! Tayah was voted by her classmates as showing the most responsibility in our class and Liz was recognized by Miss Sandy for being a star student in PE!

Thursday, October 2, 2014

"In math, we made a tape diagram to show how much more somebody had compared to someone else. We took turns coming up to the board and drawing our tape diagrams and solving it." -Liz






"At snack, I made five funny faces!" -Caydence

"In PE, we got weighed and the girls had to go in during second recess because we didn't get time to get weighed in PE." -Savahna

"In reading, we read a story about astronauts and how they make spin-offs of their food." -Erin

"In PE, we played a game where you have a bowling pin and you're trying to protect it from other people throwing bean bags at it." -Ethan

"We took a test on the brain and telling about how it works and about how it can send messages and other stuff." -Keilani

"At recess, I jumped rope with Mr. Valentine again and we did the whole entire song called Texaco." -Caelen

"Mrs. Byrd called my table and she had us write a tape diagram on the white board during math." -Lillith

"In PE, Katie fell over me! She was trying to do a cartwheel and she fell on top of me!" -Eden

Homework:
HW packet due tomorrow
WOD today: realistic - seeming real
WOD: protested - disagreed with
Spelling & WOD test tomorrow!

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

"We played Brain Jeopardy and my team got 1,800 points!"- Tristin


"I can solve two-step word problems using the standard algorithm for subtraction and tape diagrams." -Keilani

"I walked around at recess and I pretty much played on everything." -Lillith

"Today at recess we had to use double dutch ropes for jump rope because we couldn't find the white jump rope." -Savahna

"We did 2 hours and 15 minutes of math and at recess, I played tag on the Kelly Toy." -Erin

"We played Brain Jeopardy and there were some harder questions and we got some of the harder questions first and we had a few that we got wrong because the very first one we did Mrs. Byrd only said once and then we forgot." -Liz

"Today I played jump rope with Savahna and we jumped with Mr. Valentine!" -Caelen

"Today I watched Mr. Valentine play soccer and jump rope!" -Caydence

"I played soccer with Mr. Valentine!" -Eli

"At recess, I played soccer with the third graders and Ben from Mrs. Gil's class and Mr. Valentine helped us." -Ethan

"I can explain how the brain sends messages. Through neurons!" -Lila

"Today I played pass with Josh with my tennis ball at recess." -Cameron

Homework:
Work on HW packet
Read for 30 minutes, fill out log, get parent signature