Wednesday, October 19, 2011

We had math (we learned equations must be balanced), IC checkout and went to the computer lab.  After lunch Mrs. Zanios taught us about features in informational books that make them easier to read.

-Alex

Our Learning Goals today were...
What is an equation?
How do the children in our story learn their lesson?

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Miss Staudt was gone to the Iowa Council for the Social Studies Conference today.  We did a math test, had reading buddies, and continued our social studies project.  In the afternoon we had art, reading, writing, and did some math problem solving.

-Alex

Our learning goals today were:
What questionds do artifacts help historians answer?
What lesson does our story teach?
What are examples of sequencing words?

Monday, October 17, 2011

We had math, PE, and science this morning.  After lunch we did a read aloud, learned our vocabulary words, did writing, and had recess.

-Alex

Our learning goals today were to answer these questions:
What are key words in word problems that tell us to estimate?
What is a fable?
Why is organization important to our writing?

Friday, October 14, 2011

We started a new project in social studies, had birthday treats for Maddie and going away treats for Serenity.  We worked on our poems and spent time in the computer lab.  At the end of the day our student leaders were announced: Tyler, Evie, and Amber (Miss Staudt is so proud of all of the students who went through the process of running for this position and excited to work with these new student leaders!)!

-Tyler

Our big goals today were to answer these questions:
What is an artifact?  How are artifacts used?
What should a published poem look like?

Thursday, October 13, 2011

We switched rooms for math, took the first half of our spelling test, and had guidance.  This afternoon we listened to Ryan Sloth talk about his book Sammy Sloth - it was fun to meet an author!

-Tyler

Today our goal was to answer these questions:
How do you estimate total prices?
What do authors do?

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

We switched classrooms for math so we could work with Mrs. Long's students on an estimation problem.  After PE we had a spelling bee - Serenity was the winner!  We spent the afternoon talking about our story and practicing picking out facts and opinions.

-Tyler

Today your student should be able to say...
I can estimate prices.
I know what historians do.
I can identify facts and opinions.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

We had IC checkout and a fire drill this morning.  After lunch we worked with Mrs. Zanios, read our story, and went to PE.  Later we did some problem solving.

-Tyler

Today's learning goals or questions we were working to answer were:
Can you use rounding to estimate the sum or difference of a problem?
What helps us find the important information in informational texts?
How do you use the problem solving strategy guess and check?