Terrific Tuesday

Today in Math we worked on travel problems in our workbook.  Nadia thought it was fun.  Then we worked on art.  We worked on things were were not finished.  Flying Shoe caught up on a project the class already did.  Today in Reading Workshop we read a new Time For Kids.  Then we met in Reader's Theater groups and found out our new parts.  Omega thought the Time For Kids was interesting.  Today in Read Aloud, the animals were having a dinner party and Tucker Mouse was dancing.  He knocked matches on the floor and accidentlently started a fire!  Gus thinks Mama Bellini will get rid of the cricket when Mario doesn't notice.  Then we went to P.E.  We did lunges with partners and played Pin Down.  Carly was sad because her team lost.  In Science we filled vials and syringes with water.  We will freeze them and observe on Thursday.  Link thinks the water will freeze and turn into ice.  Good day!

Musical Monday

Today in math we read a story about a family vacaction.  We have to solve problems about how many miles they traveled.  Dempsey thinks he'll be able to solve them no problem.  Next we went to laptop lab to do Writing.  Some people were waiting to get their story fixed by Ms. K, we did xtra math, or Type to Learn.  Razorback did Type to Learn.  During Reading Workshop we got new Reader's Theater books.  Emma is in the Our New Home group.  Today in Read Aloud, Chester had a party with his friends.  Chester got his house all clean for the party.  Horse Girl thinks Chester is going to find another new friend.  In Music we had Talent Day.  Flying Shoe thought the audience were good listeners.  At the end of the day we did Art catch up.  Some people were done, so they did a reading, writing, or drawing choice.  Judy Amber helped file kids art into folders.  At the end of the day Emma shared her VIP poster. 

Picture update!

Amber Judy working on math

Kit working on math

Bigfoot coloring in squares on the E

Magic Koopa doing Read to Self

Animal Hero

Rolias

Ms. Bunnny M and Judy Amber doing Read to Someone

Carly doing Read to Self

new Reader's Theatre groups meeting with Ms. K

Starry Starr 33, Kit, and Ivy Blume doing their jobs

Razorback and Gymnastics Suit

Horse Girl doing her job

Terrific Tuesday

Today in Math we worked on Distance Riddles.  While people were working in their workbooks, some people practiced math facts on xtramath.  Link thought it was easy.  Then we did Writing Workshop and we went into the laptop lab.  Some people kept working on their stories and some people worked on revising.  Judy Amber finished typing her story just in time, and thought it was fun!  Then we did Reading Workshop.  We sorted our words and wrote them on paper.  Starry Starr 33 thought it was pretty easy.  Today in The Cricket in Times Square Mario got Chester Cricket at house in Chinatown.  He also got a bell as a gift from the Chinese man.  Ash thinks Tucker Mouse might want to share his new house with him.  Then we went to P.E.  We played musical hula hoops.  Panda thought it was really fun!  At the end of the day we did Science.  We watched what happened when we put vials of cold and hot water into cups of room temperature water.  Dempsey learned that cold water goes down, and hot water goes up! 

The winners of our Gumball Reading drawing were:
Village Books Certificate--Starry Starr 33
Mallard Ice Cream Certificate--Ash
Arne Hanna Swimming Certificate--Magic Koopa
Gourment Scented Pencil--Bigfoot
Gelato Certificate--Ms. Bunny M

Super Tuesday

Today was a great day in Room 9!  We learned a lot, while having fun at the same time. Gus learned how to figure out how many 10s a number has in Math Review.  In PE we did a fit test and Gymnastics Suit liked the free style station because he did a plank.  We started a new book today in Read Aloud called The Cricket in Times Square.  At the end of the first chapter the mouse named Tucker heard a strange sound and Bunny thinks it might be the cricket.  Today in science we learned about hot water and cold water.  Hot water expands and cold water contracts.  Ms. Bunny M thought science was fun!  Here are some pictures of us:

Katie sharing her VIP poster

Carly and Amber Judy

Room 9 during Reading Workshop

PeeWee and Omega

Room 9--Ms. K is sharing that we will get a special treat at the end of the day (donut holes)

Kcorb, Katie and Starry Star 33 with their homemade thermometer

the thermometer in a cup of cold water

Rolias and Gus

Kit

PE Day

This morning we did Math.  We did a little assessment about addition and subtraction.  Link thought it was fun!  Next we did Writing Workshop and we worked on our stories about a special object.  Katie is writing about her first Build-a-Bear.  Next we did Reading Workshop.  We corrected our assessment from yesterday, and we did stations.  Emma liked doing Word Study.  After lunch we finished Esperanza Rising.  In the end Esperanza was happy, she wanted Isabel to practice croceting and she realized friends and family are more important than money.  Bigfoot is looking forward to the next read aloud book we will start on Monday!  In P.E. we played Mission Impossible, but Link says it is really possible!  At the end of the day we did Art.  We made a project that looked like fireworks.  Kcorb thought it was cool!  See you tomorrow!

Pictures!

Room 9 appologizes for so much time passing since our last blog post.  Here are some things we have been doing lately!

Carly working on a subtraction Circle Map

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Rolias after recess and getting ready for Read Aloud

Judy Amber and Amber Judy = friends!

Ivy Blume and Bunny during Wrap Up

Our Reading and Writing wall

Room 9 doing Read to Self

Emma working on her 1,000 chart

Magic Koopa and Razorback doing Read to Self

PeeWee with his Read to Self book

Chilly Tuesday

This morning in Math we worked in our math workbooks on addition problems.  Carly thought it was easy!  Then we did Writing and we started a story about a special object and Judy Amber is writing about her dog Roxy.  Next we did Reading Workshop.  We practiced our spelling words in different ways and Emma used a whiteboard.  We also practiced analyzing a character and visualizing. In Read Aloud all the strikers had to go back to Mexico and Esperanza found Marta and she helped her.  Link thought it was good that Esperanza helped.  In P.E. we had free choice.  Rolias chose dodge ball.  At the end of the day we made a slope and watched what happened when we dropped water on it.  Bunny thought it was cool to watch the beads go down! 

Picture Update

Ash and Door Runner eating snack on PJ Day

Judy Amber and Flying Shoe with Mixed Media art

Gus during Maps and Globes

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Ms. Bunny M with her bookmark

Horse Girl, Rolias and Ash

Gus working hard on his Math Review

Magic Koopa working on a Double Bubble Map

Carly and Gymnastics Suit recording the weekly temperature

Link with his 1,000 chart

Ivy Blume recording scientific observations

Favorite Parts of Our Day

At Group 5, Ash said their favorite part of the day was P.E. because we played a good game of soccer.  At Group 1, Razorback said their favorite part of the day was P.E. because we got to go outside for 10 minutes.  At Group 2, Emma said their favorite part of the day was Math because we had fun glueing a 1,000 chart.  At Group 6, Magic Koopa said their favorite part of the day was Science because it was our first experiment.  At Group 3, Gymnastics Suit said their favorite part of the was Read Aloud because they liked that Esperanza's mom is tricking Tio Luis.  At Group 4, Omega said their favorite part of the day was P.E. because of free choice and the soccer game.  It was a good day! 

Birthday Girls

This morning we started with Math.  We talked about Math Facts and looked at our folders.  Kit took her first math facts test today since she was sick.  Next we spent some time catching up on work.  We caught up on mixed media art, and PeeWee and some other kids did thier math assessment.  Today we also learned about donating books to the used book sale.  The goal for the school is to donate 6,000 books.  Razorback thinks the sale is a good idea!  Today in Reading Workshop we practiced Read to Someone.  Our stamina is up to 4 minutes.  Link and  Pee Wee read Green Eggs and Ham.  In Esperanza Rising, we learned that Esperanza's dad was killed by bandits.  Esperanza was really sad.  Ash thinks the uncles were the criminals.  In Science we started our first activity about water and we predicted what happens when water spills on something.  At the end of the day we celebrated Judy Amber and Carly's birthdays.  We sang to them and ate some veggie chips.  Then we went to library!

Sad Read Aloud

We started our day with P.E. and played soccer and flag tag.  Kcrob liked playing flag tag.  Next we did Math and we took the Unit 1 Assesement.  Emma thought it was hard, but is glad that she finished it.  Next we did Reading Workshop.  Today we highlighted spelling words in our Word Study folders and we practiced Read to Someone for 3 minutes.  Door Runner liked highlighting his words in his folder.  After lunch we read more of Esperanza Rising.  We read a part that was really sad.  We think Esperanza's dad died.  Dempsey thinks that it was not her dad in the back of the wagon, and that they will find him.  Then we went home!

A Great Day

In Math this morning we learned about rounding numbers.  Link thought it was pretty easy, and he thought it was fun.  Then we did Writing Workshop we kept working on our stories.  Then in Reading Workshop we did two Word Study jobs.  One of them was handwriting and we practiced writing the letter a.  Bunny thought it was easy and she makes little tails on her a's.  We also took a little spelling test.  Emma thought some of the words were hard and some were easy.  We started a new read aloud book today called Esperanza Rising.  Nadia thinks it looks like a pretty good book because it has won an award.  In Music today we practiced the Star Spangled Banner and Kit thought it was fun.  At the end of the day we learned about a Brace Map and we told about our favorite outfit.  One thing Ash would wear is his light up shoes.  Panda will be our photographer tomorrow. 

Pictures

Today Pee Wee was our photographer.  Here are some photos he took:

Bunny working hard on math

Ms. Bunny M and Panda during snack

Amber Judy, Kit, Judy Amber, Ivy Blume, and Emma during snack

Bunny with her Reading Response Journal

We finished Danny, the Champion of the World today!

Science Notebook Day

This morning in Math we talked about clues that help us know whether to add or subtract.  Katie uses the clue "in all" to add.  Then we did Writing Workshop.  We made a Tree Map for our introduction to our story.  We included when, where, who, how or why and what.  Nadia's who is his story is his friend Ben.  Today in Reading Workshop we read more of Never Smile At a Monkey.  Animal Hero learned that a box jellyfish is poisonous and can kill you.  Before lunch Ms. C read a book called The Autism Acceptance Book.  Rolias learned that people with autism have it when they are born.  We are learning about N and how he is different from us.  In Read Aloud Danny, his dad and Sergent Samways tried to get the birds across the road, but they all landed on Mr. Hazell's car and they were pooping on it and scratching.  Some of them went inside and then Mr. Hazell drove off in a rage while birds flew around him.  Bunny like that they got payback!  Then we went to P.E. and played Cage Ball.  Ms. Bunny M liked playing with the big ball.  Last we started our new science notebooks and we colored the first page with the title Water.  Kit thought it was fun! 

Link, Ms. Bunny M and Kit working on a Thinking Map

Razorback, Bigfoot and PeeWee working on a Thinking Map

Rom 9 in the Computer Lab reading Tumblebooks

Room 9 in the Computer Lab reading Tumblebooks

Kit and Horse Girl during Catch Up and Relish

Nadia

Group 6 hard at work during Writing Workshop

Animal Hero working hard on her science notebook

PeeWee showing off his science notebook