Field Day!

Today was a beautiful day for field day! I think everyone had a great time.
























































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Wildcat Run

We had a great time watching the wildcat run yesterday! We are so proud of all of our runners!




























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HOMEWORK!

New information about homework for the rest of the school year!!

We will no longer be sending home the weekly homework page.  Instead, your child will be required to continue reading for 20 minutes every night. (please sign the take-home folder after they read.) 

As part of their homework, they may choose one of the websites or apps listed below and complete a practice activity! (If you have other free educational websites or apps, please use those as well!)

Great websites:

 

www.coolmath-games.com

 

www.primarygames.com

 

www.scholastic.com/teachers/student-activities

 

www.mathblaster.com

 

Great Apps:

 

 

TypeDrawing

 

 

$2.99

 

 

Skitch

 

 Free!

 

 

My Word Wall

$1.99

 

 

K-3 Sight Words

$0.99

 

 

Find The Words

 

Free!

 

 

Reading Timer

 

Free!

 

 

Grammar Jammers

 

Free!

 

Write About This

$2.99

 

Pop Math

$0.99

 

Math Ninja

Free!

 

 

Your child can also choose to complete an activity from the menu.  (See below.)

 

Homework Menu

 

 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Thank You Mrs. Stolle!

Friday was Mrs. Stolle's last day in our classroom. She is an awesome teacher and we will all really miss her!

Thank you Mrs. Stolle!








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New Reading Homework

Starting this week, our reading homework will look a little different.  The homework will be a menu. Your child will be allowed to choose 3 items from the menu to complete for their homework!  They must choose one item from each level.  The homework items can be completed on any piece of paper you can find at home! :)  Just attach it to the homework menu before turning it in. View our homework menu below. (Click the title to print the menu...in case your copy is missing!)

Reading Homework Menu

 

 

ANOTHER Author Study!

Last week, we finished up our author study on Cynthia Rylant.  I think everyone really enjoyed all of  her books.  We voted on our favorite Cynthia Rylant book and the winner was...

The Old Woman Who Named Things!

 

Ask your child to SUMMARIZE this book for you!

 

 

This week we are beginning a new author study on Patricia Polacco.  She has MANY great books!  We began the unit by looking at her website to learn more about her and what she writes about.  She has a really great website.  Check it out!

 

Patricia Polacco's Website

 

We will be reading many of Patricia Polacco's books this week.  We will also discuss how her books are similar or different to Cynthia Rylant's books.  

 

 

 

In Writing we are starting something new and exciting....Poetry!  The kids are very excited about it, and so am I.  They are already surprising me with some amazing poems!  We hope to keep our poems and make our very own poetry books at the end of this unit! 

 

We began the poetry unit by looking at an object like a scientist and then looking at that same object like a poet.  We used the paper below to help us with that.

 

Poet's Notes

 

Here is  also a blank note form for scientists notes/poet's notes:

Poets Notes-Blank

 

 

You can print these out at home and continue to write some poetry!

 

 

 

 

Moody Gardens

We had a great field trip to Moody Gardens! I think everyone enjoyed it and learned a lot!

We started our day with a LONG trip on the bus.




We watched an amazing 3D movie about monarch butterflies.




We went on a guided tour of the aquarium.












Everyone was able to visit the touch tank!




We ended our trip with a fun game of "Let's Make A Seal."




It was a great trip!

We want to thank LEAF for funding this field trip!

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