Picture Update

Razorback with his Writer's Notebook

Ash doing Xtramath

Gymnastics Suit, Bunny, Ms. Bunny M, and Dempsey working on writing

Kit reading Time For Kids

Our TEAM chart is getting filled in!!

Mr. S telling us about his job

Blog Update

I am always searching for ways to improve our classroom blog in order to provide the most current information to parents about what goes on in Room 9.  One idea I am going to try is giving parents a preview of what we will be doing each week.  This way if we are too busy at the end of the day and run out of time for a daily blog, parents will still know what we are learning for the week.  We will also try to continue to add pictures each day to show the learning taking place in Room 9.

Each week I try to come up with "learning targets" for each of the main subjects to give students an idea of what goals they are trying to meet by the end of the week.  Learning targets usually match the 3rd grade standards and are written as "I can" statements as if the students were stating it themselves.

Here is what we will be focusing on this week in Room 9:
Math
I can write multiplication equations.
I can solve and create multiplication story problems.
I can show multiplication as skip counting, counting by multiples, and repeated addition.

Reading
I can summarize important information in text. 
I can determine the story elements in a story.
I can determine the characteristics of realistic fiction.

Writing
I can determine the characteristics of realistic fiction.
I can plan and write a realistic fiction story.
I can add dialogue to my story using the correct punctuation for quotation marks.

Science
I can explain the process of evaporation and condensation.

Please let me know if you have any questions, or need clarification on any of the learning targets.  My goal is that by Friday your students will have met all these targets.  However, there are always unexpected things that come up during the week, or a particular lesson takes longer than I expected, so sometimes certain learning targets continue into the following week.  Also, sometimes we are working on a particular learning target for multiple weeks. 

Here's to lots of learning in Room 9! 

Monday

In Math we are going to start learning about multiplication and division.  In Writing we read a book called Baby Alligator and then we put the story into a flow map.  We are going to start writing realistic fiction stories and we are reading stories to see what the author was thinking while he/she was writing.  In Reading we did jobs.  We did Read to Self, Read to Someone, and Word Study.  We are reading Tucker's Countryside as our new Read Aloud book.  It is the sequel to Cricket in Times Square.  At the end of the day we learned about evaporation and that the more surface area, the more evaporation. 

Valentine's Day

Everyone got a lot of candy and cards and bouncy balls.  We are mostly done with the Heart Art.  The duties gave us candy hearts in P.E.  We did the swing dance and practiced the pacer test.  Later we had a Valentine's Day party!!  It was fun.  And that is our blog.  By: Ash

Golden Day

Starting this week, we will have student bloggers writing the posts each day.  Our first student bloggers will be Ash and Bunny. 

Kcorb said today was fun. A lot of people like art. We are making a Valentine's project.  We got heart ersaer from Ms.W. It said "You rock!" In music we played the drums and chimes. It was fun!

And pictures.........

Animal Hero, Ivy Blume, and Carly

Emma, Kit and PeeWee

Gymnastics Suit and Dempsey making a bridge with the Science Van

Ash and Magic Koopa building bridges

Nadia and Omega demonstrating with their bridge

testing the bridges

Panda working on Word Study

Geometry

Omega and Dempsey doing Read to Someone

Flying Shoe doing Read to Self

Music class

Ash and Bunny writing the blog

An example of our Valentine art project

Fantastic Tuesday

This morning we started with Math and learned about triangles.  We built triangles with straws and drew them in our workbook.  We had to make 4 triangle and Horse Girl thought it was fun to figure how to do different triangles.  Then we started a writing prompt to see what we have learned this year in writing.  We are writing about a time we got in trouble, and Emma thought it was fun to think of ideas to write about.  Omega is not very interested in telling about a time he got in trouble.  Then we did Reading Workshop. We chose new spelling words and met in book clubs.  After lunch we did Read Aloud.  The Watson's are fixing up their and dad bought a record player so they can listen to music while they are driving.  Link thinks they are getting ready to go to Birmingham to see their grandma.  Next we went to P.E.  We had a guest teacher today and she was pregnant with a boy.  We played a card game and we had two suits of cards.  Flying Shoe thought it was awesome!  At the end of the day we did a Maps and Globes lesson, and then colored a candy heart with the title of our favorite book for Library Lovers Month. 

Magnificent Monday

Today was our first day back after our SNOW WEEK!  Omega enjoyed playing in the snow while we were not in school.  Carly made a snow fort.  We started the day with Math Review and caught up on our measuring and perimeter activities.  Then we had a little catch up time. Judy Amber worked on her art. Before lunch we did Reading Workshop.  We started about Historical Fiction, and got new word sorts.  Most people, including Flying Shoe, also picked new spelling words.  After lunch we did read aloud.  Byron is in trouble because he keeps playing with matches, even though his mom told him not too.  We can't wait to find out what happens next.  Then we went to Music.  Link liked playing with the melody harp.  At the end of the day we did science.  We did an experiment to find out where water goes when it rains.  One cup with a wet paper towel in it has a lid, and the other one does not.  We will observe again tomorrow.  Panda thought science was really fun!  Bunny enoys doing the blog at the end of day!