Thursday, November 1, 2012

Today was an early dismissal at 12:10 for parent teacher conferences this afternoon.  Our day started out in the computer lab typing up our personal narratives and practicing our spelling words.  The time in our classroom continued after IC Skills with math workshop.  We practiced estimating sums and differences by rounding, continuing our math lesson from Wednesday.  Next we did our spelling test.  Each word this week had 'or' within it.  We also got a glimpse at our story for next week in the form of a video made by Miss Staudt and Ms. Beatty (Mr. Feight did the filming).  Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nzJsd0i8Nw  The day ended with a kickoff of our new at-home reading challenge.  Miss Staudt introduced us to our new class pets, three small donkeys.  We got to name them (Chip, Chip 2, and Holla).  Chip 2 and Holla will be going on lots of adventures to each student's home over the next few months to make sure everyone is reading at home.  Chip will stay in our room and hang out with us :)

-Miss Staudt's Class

Homework:
None!  Enjoy the weekend!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Today we cam in the classroom and read.  Then we went to PE.  Then we read some more.  Next we did some math.  Next we had social studies.  Then we went out to recess and had lunch.  Then we had math.  Later we voted.  Harding voted for Barack Obama-237 over Mitt Romney-97.

-Briana

Learning Targets:
Reading: I recognize and use nonfiction text features.
Math:  I can add and subtract whole numbers mentally. (4-1)

Homework:
Read 20 Minutes
Math Sheet (Side 4-1)
Social Studies iSymbols iPad (just those who haven't completed this)

Monday, October 29, 2012

We watched an Auto Be Good video this morning.  Then we read to self.  Then we went to computer lab and IC check out.  Then our reading buddies came.  When we watched an election video.  Next we went out to recess and had lunch.  Then we read.  Next we did a math pretest.  Then we had recess.  After we did our rotations.  Next we had guidance.

-Briana

Monday, October 22, 2012

Red Ribbon Week!  This week the Student Leaders do the special announcements for it.  Some of this week's themese are: wearing hats to "Shade Out Drugs," wear red.  Those are just 2 of them though.  There's one for each day of the week except Monday.  This morning we had P.E.  We did line tag and hockey.  Something else we're doing today is social studies.  We just had our North-East region test, so I wonder if we'll keep working on it or start a new region?  I'll have to wait and find out!

-Ashton

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

We went to IC Skills.  Then we went to read and ask questions.  Next we read Super Chicken Nugget Boy.  Then we did our book projects.  Next we went to science.  Then we went to lunch.  Then we had a math timed test and art.  After recess we did some reading.

-Cassie

Monday, October 15, 2012

Today we watched Auto B Good.  The lesson is to be respectful.  We worked on taking Big Ideas to Specific Ideas.  We also had music and math.  We did spelling (this is our big review week!).  We did our social studies tests and our book projects.  We went our for recess and then came in for lunch.  We started Topic 3 in Math today.

-Cassie

Learning Targets:
Math: I can read and write 3-digit and 4-digit numbers.
Reading: I ask questions throughout the reading cycle.
Writing: I can narrow my ideas.

Photo Rewind #4

Another week has passed.  Here's what we were up to!

We practiced our citizenship skills and voted for two student leaders to represent our classroom!

Another fun way to practice our math facts!  In this one we see who can slap the answer fastest!

Here we were doing some reviewing before our math test.  We love to use maninipulatives as tools when we are solving math problems!



This shelf has books that we have borrowed from the AEA and it is an incredibly popular source of great reads!  We seem to have a class hooked on graphic novels!




We did some matching to review our states and capitals of the Northeast Region.  This pair was really thinking when they pulled out the map to help them out!



Sometimes we are all so buried in our books that Miss Staudt doesn't even want to interrupt us to start the next lesson!



And sometimes we just need to rest a moment (or just pose for a picture before heading back to our seats!)  Such a funny group!



Meet our new student leaders!  We are so excited to have them represent our class!

Our classroom library is a frequently visited place, and Miss Staudt LOVES when she catches students exploring new genres!