Marvelous Monday!

Welcome back from Spring Break! Let's hope we have some warm temperatures now!



Simi was our child of the day and she read The Emperor's New Clothes. She said she chose this traditional tale because she thought it was funny! She did a GREAT job reading it, too! Listen to her read later tonight or tomorrow on the website.

We have started a new feature: Survey Question. We pull fair sticks to see who asks the question. It's up for two days, then we discuss it, pull another fair stick, and another question goes up. Meghan was the first one chosen and she wants to know favorite animals. All the kids know to go on the blog and VOTE!!

We began our study of determining importance as a comprehension reading strategy this week. We read the book The Art Lesson and talked about what was the main idea and what details supported that.

We also read a book about geography and watched a video from United Streaming about the continents. I will be modeling for them how to gather facts and write a non fiction report as they learn about the continents, the oceans, and our earth. They will then use the same process to write their own non fiction report about the weather.

Don't forget tomorrow is Picture Day!

Have a great evening!

Thursday Tales

Grier was our Child of the Day and she picked the book Suddenly to read. Listen later tonight on the website video as she reads. The students really enjoyed it. It is a GREAT book and she did a wonderful job.

Anjali had a story publised today: The Valentine's Day Party. It's already on the website on page 2 of Student Writing.

Natalie had to go to the PRINCIPAL today!!!!! Her story about her rabbit Katie was so wonderful I just had to have her read it to Mr. Burger. Everyone's writing is really improving and I'm quite impressed with the words they are using and the structure! They are really working hard!

Have a wonderful spring break. Check out the website and keep kids engaged in math. Work on the virtual manipulative site. And read.....read.....read.....read....read....read....read....read....READ!!!!

Wonderful Wednesday

Isabella was our child of the day and did a GREAT job reading the book How The Leopard Got Its Spots. Enjoy it later tonight by going to the classroom website.

She also has a story on the website that we published today: At the Lake. I'm sure you will enjoy it and long for summer!

Tomorrow is a switch day and we will have a Friday schedule. Be sure your child has shoes for p.e.

Have a great night!

Tuesday Tales

Nicole was our Child of the Day and did a great job reading Jim Aylesworth's Country Crossing. Listen later tonight on the website as she reads.

While on the website, take a look at student writing, page 2. Grier has ANOTHER story published. Listen to her choice of words. Amazing!

We are finishing up our questioning unit as a reading comprehension strategy this week. We are writing a class book on "The Secret Shortcut to Liberty School" based on the book, The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague.

Seniors learned about equivilent fractions today. Keep them on the virtual manipulatives site next week. Geometry is hard and those that can manipulate the shapes are doing much better. First graders worked on rules of attributes.

Have a great evening.

March Mystery Readers

Check it out....March Mystery Reader Videos have been added to the website. Click on the link for Community for Learners, then Mystery Reader. Enjoy!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Antonio read A Quiet Morning for Mom and did a great job. He chose this book because it reminded him of when he was a baby. Listen to his reading later tonight on the website.






Alisha was Child of the Day on Thursday and Neel was Child of the Day on Friday. You can hear their wonderful reading later tonight on the website also. Enjoy!



We also had a mystery reader: Grier's dad. He really had the kids laughing (and a little dancing!) What a GREAT book! The kids really loved Skippy John Jones!

Be sure and check out Meghan's story on the website. Click on Community of Learners, then click on student writing. When that page appears, click on student writing, page 2 and there it will be. Enjoy!

I shared all the books I bought while at IRC. They were really excited about reading them. In writing, I shared the book The Secret Shortcut and we are writing our How To book on how to get to Liberty School using a secret shortcut. Should be interesting!

During math, I reviewed the math homefun with them. This was NOT supposed to go home last week while I was gone, but if you started it, that's ok. I showed them how to access the website and how to get to the activities, as well as what to do. It is really important that they manipulate those shapes in order for them to understand fractions. Spend time next week during break on that same site.

Can't Wait to See You!

Community of Learners!

I'm back from my reading conference will lots of GREAT things to share with you to help you be better readers and writers than you already are!

I also wanted to share with you that I got to see AVI: the author of the book Poppy that many of you read. It was wonderful. I also bought many, many, many, books for our classroom library....and a very special surprise for you!

See you Monday!