"Today we sang the Dendrite Song." -Caelen

"We learned about MRI's." -Lilith

"We wrote about if we went into the future or the past and picked what time zone we would want to be in." -Liz

"In math we did rotations and I went to Mrs. Gil's class. We worked on subtracting across zeros." -Savahna

"In writing, I wrote that when I'm 20, there might be an iPhone 16 and that my parents might not have any real leverage over me!" -Erin

"Today I played football with Josh and Joe." -Cameron

"In gym, we played a game and if you get tagged by the ball, then you freeze, but if you get tagged by a different ball then you unfreeze. And we had to do about how your neck can stretch while you look at paper and that our gym teacher measured us." -Keilani

"At recess, I played jump rope." -Caydence

"I wrote in writing that I want to go into the future and maybe there will be a candy forest!" -Joseph

"For math rotations, I went to Mrs. Thompson." -Tristin

Homework:

Work on HW packet

Read 30 minutes, fill out log, get signature

WOD yesterday: sensible - thinking before you act

WOD today: paralyzed - unable to move

"I learned that in PE that we did curl ups and it helps your body and you can always do curl ups when you want." -Keilani

"Our word of the day was persistence. It means to not give up." -Savahna

"In reading, we read a story called Kid Reporters at Work and we made a Venn diagram for the United Nations and the World Children's Organization." -Erin

"Today in math, we had a math test and I got 12 out of 13." -Eli

"We had pictures today and the picture person told me to say I was beautiful." -Caydence

"We didn't get to do science today! Nooooooooooooooo!!" -Roman

"We had PE in the cafeteria today because they were taking pictures in the gym." -Brandon

"Today was the first day of band for the trumpets." -Cole

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

"Oh my gosh, I did not know that a parent could do the splits but she did it in the gym during pictures." -Lily

Homework:

Work on HW packet

Read 30 minutes, fill out summary, get signature

WOD: persistence - never giving up

TOMORROW IS INDIVIDUAL PICTURE DAY! ENVELOPES WERE SENT HOME TODAY!

"We sang the Dendrite Song!" -Tayah

"In science, we learned about how caffeine affects your body and it's not good for you to do every day, a lot." -Erin

"We learned that caffeine will start pumping adrenaline into your body." -Roman

"Today I played jump rope with my friends and we had to tie two jump ropes together because the white one went missing." -Savahna

"Today we had kinderbuddies! My kinderbuddy's name is Emma." -Caydence

"In reading today we learned how to describe the structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text using compare and contrast in a Venn diagram." -Ethan

"We had kinderbuddies and mine is Tristin's cousin and her name is Aria." -Liz

"We played with our kinderbuddies at recess!" -Keilani

"Today at second recess, we got to go out with the fifth graders." -Eli

"Today I got to meet my kiderbuddy and her name is Lily." -Lila

"Our second recess was at 2:00 instead of the normal 2:15." -Cole

"Today I played with my kinderbuddy and his name is Zachary." -Brandon

"Music was fun. We played rhythm bingo and I won." -Analese 

Homework:

Work on HW packet

Read 30 minutes, fill out summary, get signature

WOD: identified - recognized

"We sang the Dendrite Song and now I can sing the whole entire song without the words!" -Caelen

"I learned that if you are fatigued, then your neurons will stop working and I also learned from Roman that a certain type of poison can make it to where the neurons go so fast you shake, or so slow that you're paralyzed." -Joseph

"I am glad that we're learning about the brain because when I was little, I used to think that there were little people working in my brain!" -Haylie

"Today we sang the Dendrite Song and I remembered the whole song!" -Lily

"Today at recess, I played jump rope with my friends." -Savahna

"I can round a multi-digit number to any place value!" -Cameron

"When we were doing the word of the day, we made up movements for the words that we were doing and we also did that for science to remember because your brain loves movement. And if you spend 8 hours a night sleeping, when you're 75, you have spent 25 years asleep!" -Erin

"I learned that you can still round a number if there is a zero in the place that you are supposed to round." -Liz

"Today at snack, me and Caelen, and Katie, and Savahna made a bed for my Pikachus."
-Caydence

"We did soccer at PE." -Analese

"Lots of people got warnings for talking during silent work time, but not me!" -Eli

Homework:

Read 30 minutes, write summary, get signature

HW packet due tomorrow

Spelling & WOD test tomorrow

Multiplication Timed Test tomorrow

WOD: several - more than two

"We learned about pilots and how they can crash if they go for a long time without sleep, they can crash easily." -Keilani

"At recess, I played red rover." -Lily

"I learned that if you don't get enough sleep, your neurons won't work right and it kind of throws you off." -Savahna

"At recess, we played soccer and won 1-0." -Ethan

"I learned that if you don't get enough sleep, then you won't do as good in school and you'll be really tired." -Liz

"In science, we learned about fatigue and plane crashes." -Erin

"At recess, I played soccer with the third graders." -Cameron

"At recess, I played with Lily, Savannah, and Tayah, and Cherish." -Caydence

"I learned that kids need to get AT LEAST 11 hours of sleep!" -Roman

"Some of us did hard core Quest testing!" -Cole

"Today I learned that an adult should have at least 8 hours of sleep and a kid should have at least 11 hours of sleep." -Caelen

"I can round multi-digit numbers to any place using a vertical number line." -Eli

"I learned that I can do a 3-pointer shot in basketball." -Joseph

Homework:

Work on HW packet

Read 30 minutes, fill out log, get parent signature

WOD: policy - a rule

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"We read a story called The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein and we did a plot chart." -Erin

"We took a test in PE on fitness." -Haylie

"We learned about number lines in math. We were rounding to the nearest thousand." -Savahna

"We did word of the day. It was temporary. It means lasting a short amount of time." -Lily

"Today at recess, I played Red Rover." -Caydence

"At second recess it was me and Erin and Cole against Miguel, Nate, and Ashton. We were playing soccer and we won." -Liz

"I can round multi-digit numbers to the thousands place using a number line." -Eli

"I can describe a character, setting, or event in a story using specific details from the text." -Cameron

"I can explain how the brain sends messages." -Keilani

"At recess, I played four square and red rover." -Caelen

Homework:

Work on HW packet

Read 30 minutes, write your summary, and get signature

WOD: temporary - lasting for a short amount of time

"We sang the Dendrite Song." -Cameron

"Our teacher showed us the most weirdest thing I've ever seen! They were human bodies that were pulled out of real people!" -Haylie

"Our teacher showed us the most COOLEST pictures about bodies from real people!" -Ethan

"I think I want to become a neuroscientist because I saw a really cool picture of the human brain and muscles and bones!" -Liz

"We saw in the book a really weird picture of people that scientists cut off their skin and it's just, like, muscle and you can see their brain and their eye balls sticking out!" -Lily

"I can find 1, 10, and 100 thousand more and less than a number!" -Eli

"We talked about bullying and there are these three ways to get away: stop, walk, and talk." -Keilani

"I learned that many people can hurt your feelings and ruin your life, but you have to not think of it that way, you have to think of it as them having a horrible life and taking it out on you. So you gotta help the bullies out. This class rules!" -Joseph

"At recess I played four square and jump rope." -Caelen

"In reading, we read a story called The Surprise and we made a plot chart." -Erin

"Today we learned about the pons, medulla, cerebellum, and anterior singulate in science!" -Caydence

"We learned about the Spelling Ace!"

Homework:

Work on HW packet

Read 30 minutes and get parent signatures

WOD: curious - interested in finding things out

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OPEN HOUSE IS TONIGHT!

It begins at 7:00pm in the gym and will finish up in the classroom. See you there!

Today we got to play with a model of a neuron! 

"I learned a new song about the brain!" -Savahna

"We listened to the orchestra from Mead High School." -Erin

"We learned how to play violins and orchestra instruments." -Lily

"I learned how to play a song on the violin!" -Katie

"We learned how to tell that a digit is ten times the value of the digit on its right." -Liz

"I can explain how the brain sends messages! It's through neurons!" -Keilani

"I learned how to refer to details and examples in the text when explaining what the text says and when drawing inferences." -Caydence

"We practiced soccer at PE." -Caelen

"We learned about PBIS." -Kameren

"I learned how to play basketball and met two new friends." -Joseph

Homework:

Read 30 minutes every night or a total of 150 minutes for the week

Reading log and homework packet due Friday

Spelling Test on Friday

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