Thursday, December 22, 2011

We had our holiday party this morning - Miss Staudt served us breakfast!  We opened our stockings.  It was fun to read the nice notes from everyone!  We went caroling around the neighborhood and did a math problem about the 12 days of Christmas too!

-Jazlyn

***A note from Miss Staudt:  Have a safe and happy holiday break!  I am loving our class more each day and can really see the growth they have made since August.  This is such a fun time to spend with family, give thanks for the gifts in our lives, and reflect on the past year.  I hope you get the chance to do all three of those things - I know I will be giving thanks for each of you as I reflect on our first few months as a class!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

We did switcheroo for reading and went to music.  In the afternoon we went to art and did oil paint.  We took a math test and practiced math facts.

-Jazlyn

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

We practiced math facts and took a subtraction test.  In PE we played and in science we played a rubbing game.  In Social Skills we read a book and we played a game.  We did reading and crafts again today.

-Jazlyn

Today's Learning Goals:
I can multiply 2-digit by 1-digit and check my work.

Monday, December 19, 2011

We did switheroo and did winter crafts.  We went to IC Skills and played games.  In social studies we took a test.  In math we did our 7's and used our white boards to multiply.  We celebrated Kylie's half birthday.

-Jazlyn

Today's learning goals:
I can explain the steps to multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number.
I enjoy stories about the holidays.
I use context clues to find the meaning of words.

Friday, December 16, 2011

We had WINGS today and talked about bullying.  In music we learned a new song called City Blue.  In math we did a different way of multiplying (2-digit x 1-digit) and listened to the 7 song and 8 song.

-Ricki

Our learning goals today:
I know the steps to multiply a 1-digit number by a 2-digit number.
I can make inferences when I read.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

We did our schedule different today and started with reading.  In PE we played grab with a big ball.  In math we wore our number badges and had to put them in order.  Mrs. Zanios came and we finished our sheet from yesterday.

-Ricki

Learning goals today:
I can make inferences from my reading.
I can say the products of 6 and 7.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

In the morning we do our routines like the pledge and bell work.  In math we are doing 4's and we had badges.  We called each other by our products on the badges.  We  had IC Checkout.  It is fun because you get to read new books that you haven't checked out or read.  In PE we played spot tag.

-Ricki

Our learning goals today:
How are the products of 4 and 8 related?
What does it mean to 'draw conclusions' from your reading?

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

We started the day with a math sheet - everyone got 100%!  We listened to a song about nines.  We listened to our program songs in music.  We had reading buddies.  In art we are doing cards and working on our shoes.  Today was Tyler's birthday!

-Ricki

Today's learning goals:
What are the products of 9?
How do you draw conclusions when you're reading?

Monday, December 13, 2011

Our bell work asked our favorite holiday - that was the best thing ever.  In math we had good sportsmanship.  We used supplies like dice in our group and learned the 5's times table.  In PE we played dodgeball and rainbow tag.  We had science.  Then we learned our vocabulary for our story this week.  We made up our own definitions and sentences.  At recess we had fun putting snow on the slides and going down.  We made snowflakes this afternoon and they look pretty.  Then we had reading and went home.

-Ricki

Learning goals today:
What are the products of 5?
What are your predictions about our story this week?

Friday, December 9, 2011

We had a spelling test and IC Skills and social studies.  Miss Staud read aloud and I got to eat lunch in the room with Tyler.  In the afternoon we made stockings.

-Noah

Learning goals today:
I can complete and read a calendar.
I can give details to describe a character.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

The 3rd grade program was today.  We went to music and did a test.  Then we went to science.  Then the teacher did read aloud, and we went to lunch.  Then we did guidance and did spelling and the spelling bee - Alex won!  then we had 5 minutes of extra recess time for our PBIS reward.

-Noah

Today's learning goals were:
I can multiply by 3.
I can give evidence from the story.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

We went to specials and to lunch and had social studies.  Then Mrs. Zanios came in the class.  Then Mrs. Anderson came and then we went home.

-Noah

Today's learning goals were:
I can read a calendar.
I can explain nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Today we had IC Checkout and Science.  In science we did rubbings on leaves.  We sang a song about multiplying by 3.

-Noah

Today's learning goals were:
I can use schedules to solve problems.
I can identify a character's feelings.

Monday, December 6, 2011

In math we worked on schedules to solve problems.  We went to music and did a test.  We went to art and worked on a playing card.  We talked about our story for the week.

-Noah

Today's learning goals were:
I can use schedules to solve problems.
I can identify an analogy.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Today we went to Rock in Prevention.  It was fun!  Miss Staudt sang a song and so did we!  We also sang a song in class about multiplying by two.

-Emma

Today's learning targets were:
I can read a schedule.
I can pick out important events in the story.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Today we sang a song about multiplying by one, had a relay race with nouns and verbs, and watched a movie in social studies.  After lunch we finished our story and wrote about our opinions.

-Emma

Today's learning targets were:
I can multiply by zero and one.
I can write about my opinions.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Today we worked on time in math, had music, and went to science.  After lunch we had guidance and learned about one room schoolhouses.

-Emma

Today's learning targets were:
I can find elapsed time.
I can compare and contrast ideas.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

We worked on math problems about time today, had PE, and began learning about the Northeast Region in Social Studies.  This afternoon we played Bingo as our trimester reward for good behavior.

-Emma

Our learning targets today were:
I can find elapsed time.
I can describe how a character feels.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Welcome back!  I hope everyone enjoyed their break!  We have some changes beginning in our room as we start the new semester including a slightly new arrangement, some new math challenges, slight changes to our daily schedule, and the use of a new blog by the students!  We'll still be posting here each day, but we're using KidBlog as a home for each of the students' own blogs.  This safe environment allows each student to post their own ideas and comment on each others' posts while I moderate everything.  We tried it out today and loved it - I'm excited to see how we can use it as the year goes on!

Today we played some time games in math, went to science, and worked with Mrs. Zanios.  We also started a new story for the week and had PE.

-Emma

Our learning targets today were:
I can read the time on a clock.
I ask questions when I'm reading.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Today we had IC Skills and set up our own stores in social studies.  This afternoon we read a book and practiced our play.

-Olivia

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Today we had WINGS, math and science.  After lunch we had guidance, took a vocabulary test, and practiced the play.

-Olivia

Our learning goals today were:
I can find elapsed time.
I can read my part for the play with expression!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Wow!  We collected another 104 cans today - that brings our total to 192!

We worked in groups on time in Math, wrote stories using our spelling words, and had social studies.  We began rehearsing our play.

-Olivia

Our learning goals today:
How do you use elapsed time to solve problems?
What are the costs and benefits of having a job and not having a job?
How is the play coming together?

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

We collected 74 items for the food bank today!  We had math and IC checkout.  Mrs. Zanios came and we practiced our parts for the play.

-Olivia

Today's learning goals were:
What strategy works best for you to find how much time has passed?
What do you need to do to get ready for the play?

Monday, November 14, 2011

We worked on time in math, had reading buddies, and went shopping in social studies.  After lunch we had art and reading.

- Olivia

Our learning targets today were:
I can find how much time has passed.
I know my part for the play.

Friday, November 11, 2011

We did math facts, had PE, and science.  After lunch we worked on sequencing, took a test, and did some reading.

-Calob

Wednesday, November 10, 2011

Today we worked on time in math and had a guest from Ag in the Classroom talk to us about bartering.  We practiced focusing on punctuation when we read and did some writing.

-Calob

Today's learning goals were:
How do you go between units of time?
How do you put the events of a story in order?
What does punctuation tell us when we're reading?

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Today we did math, practiced reading time, and played sparkle.  After lunch we had guidance, looked at views of New York and the Statue of Liberty, practiced reading with expression, and did a switcheroo to work on sequencing.

-Calob

Our learning goals today were:
I am learning to tell time to the nearest minute.
I am learning to use my voice to show expression.
I am learning to put events of a story in order.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Wow, I can't believe it has been a week since we posted!  I apologize for the gap!  With parent teacher conferences last Thursday and Monday nights until 7:00 and no school Friday it was easy to let other things take the place of blogging time.

We're back though!

Today, we worked on telling time in math, talked about voting in social studies, and recorded our song about the branches of government (check it out!) This afternoon we listened to our story for this week (a play about Charlotte's Web) and worked on our sequencing skills.

-Miss Staudt

Our learning goals for today:
How do you read a clock?
How do you put the events of a story in order?

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

We had a math test, IC Skills, and learned a song in social studies.  After lunch we did read aloud, gave our speeches about animals, and work on problem solving.

-Sean

Our learning questions today were:
What do the state and local governments do?
What is important to remember when speaking in front of a group?

Monday, October 31, 2011

We had WINGS, math, and did a paper about how we are doing.  We had science, guidance, reading, and writing.  Have a great Halloween!

-Sean

Our goals for today:
How do you read a circle graph?
What helps us take notes from expository texts?

Friday, October 28, 2011

We did a pictograph and took a pictograph test.  We played volleyball in PE.  We took a spelling test.  We watched movies for social studies.  We wrote our 'Line of my Life' stories then at the fall party we made paper pumpkins, unscrambled Halloween costumes, and played dodgeball in the pumpkin patch.

-Tristan (Thanks Tristan - great detail! -Miss Staudt)

Our learning goals today:
How do you read a pictograph?
What are the three branches of government?
How do you show order in your writing?

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Today we learned about pictographs in math, had IC checkout, and went to science.  After lunch we had Mrs. Zanios, worked on our Red Ribbon Week posters, and had PE.

-Tristan

Our Learning Goals for today were:
What are the parts of a pictograph?
When can we use the skill of note-taking?

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Today we took a math test, did a graph, and a tally table.  We hadmusic, art, reading buddies, and social studies.  This afternoon we worked on our drug free posters.

-Tristan

** Tomorrow is picture retake day and students can wear hats or caps to school!

Our goals for today:
* What are tally marks?
* What rights do you have as a citizen?
*  Why is note-taking helpful?

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Today we practiced equations in math, learned a new spelling game, and had social skills with Mrs. Davison.  We started reading our new story and are working on taking notes while we read.  Tomorrow we can wear sunglasses or boots.

-Tristan

Monday, October 25, 2011

This week is Red Ribbon Week, so the students will be doing fun things each day.  We have dress-up days planned and a poster contest that our very own student leaders will be judging!

Today the students enjoyed watching some YouTube clips of baby orangutans in preparation for our story this week titled How to Babysit an Orangutan.  They have lots of questions they hope to have answered as we read the story!

-Miss Staudt (Tristan will be writing for the rest of the week - he just forgot to give Miss Staudt his notes for today!)

Friday, October 21, 2011

Today we had our WINGS (We're Into Noticing Great Students) Kickoff in the gym, took our spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension tests, and had music.  In the afternoon, Mrs. Despenas came to teach us another guidance lesson.

-Alex

(Thanks for blogging for us this week Alex! - Miss Staudt)

Thursday, October 20, 2011

We had math, PE, and spelling.  After lunch we finished our read aloud story, practiced a bus evacuation, and learned from Mrs. Zanios.

-Alex

Our learning goals today were:
How do you write a balanced equation?
What are the differences among the groups of people who have populated the US?

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?

Monday, October 11, 2011

We practiced our estimation in math, had music, and played a game to practice using latitude and longitude in social studies.  This afternoon we had art and began talking about our story for this week, Fire!

-Tyler

Friday, October 7, 2011

What a fun day!  As a class we walked 50.5 kilometers on the track as part of Governor Branstad's "Start Somewhere" Walk!  We had fun walking and figuring out that in 20 minutes we walked the distance from Mason City to Clear Lake 3 times!

This afternoon we spent some time free reading, made a plan of what we would take in our covered wagon if we were back on the prairie, and made our own butter, just like pioneers!

-Miss Staudt

Thursday, October 6, 2011

We worked in groups to practice estimating by rounding in math.  After lunch we took our test for our story.  Then we wrote couplets (two lines of poetry that rhyme - Miss Staudt had fun reading the couplets!).

-Layla

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

We started the morning writing a poem.  Then we had a presentation about the tallgrass prairie - it was fun to see the animals!  In the afternoon we had Ms. K for a sub while Miss Staudt was at meetings.  She read to us and played a game to review our story for the week.

-Layla

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

We started the morning with math and then had PE.  We helped Miss Staudt label new books for the classroom library by deciding which genre they were.  We spent a lot of time reading this afternoon and used puppets to retell our story before looking at some math problem solving strategies.

-Layla

Monday, October 3, 2011

Monday was a Day D so we were out of the classroom a lot for different specials.  We checked out new books from the IC, spent some time in the computer lab, visited Mrs. Long for science, had Mrs. Zanios visit for our special reading lesson, and then had PE!  Whew!

-Miss Staudt

Friday, September 30, 2011

Friday slipped by without me getting a chance to post!  We had the chance to retake our social studies tests with a group to help us increase our kind of low scores - it was a hard test!  We did our vocabulary and spelling tests and got to work on our projects in art!

-Miss Staudt

Thursday, September 30, 2011

Today we worked on rounding in math and went to PE and science.  This afternoon included our first chances to really work in our reading journals, practice with cause and effect, and Haiku writing.


-Miss Staudt (hoping Amber is feeling better tomorrow!)

PS.  Thanks to everyone who came to back to school night tonight!  It was fun to see you all again and hear the kids talk about our room!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

We started the morning reviewing our social studies.  We did a math test and a fun social studies test!  We read On the Banks of Plum Creek and did a worksheet to practice our rereading skills.  It was Mrs. Shannon's Birthday!

-Amber

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

We had music today.  We had guidance, which was really fun.  We watched a fun video and the second time we watched it some people sang along!

-Amber

Monday, September 26, 2011

We got up to 4 stars today - that is excellent!  We also finished our acrostics.  In social studies we reviewed landforms.  We had Mrs. Zanios come in and we did better listening to her.  We did a spelling pretest and learned our vocabulary.  After last recess we did an amazing fun dance!

-Amber

Friday, September 23, 2011

We worked on greater than or less than in math.  Went to Mrs. Long's room for science.  We took our reading and spelling tests.  We had PE today!

-Serenity

(Thanks for blogging this week Serenity! - Miss Staudt)

Thursday, September 22, 2011

We had a fundraiser kickoff and reading buddies today.  We did our vocabulary test and worked on our acrostics.  It was raining at recess.

-Serenity

Today we got our notebooks out and started sketching a river.  We started counting by twos and writing numbers.  We went to PE and had a tornado drill afterward.  We played Sparkle, went to science, and talked about how to get stronger with character.  We worked on our acrostics and read in our books.

-Serenity

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

We worked on writing place values, went to IC Skills, and practiced our spelling words.  We talked about our reading logs and then did activities and did reading at the same time. 

-Serenity

Monday, September 19, 2011

Today we started by counting by 20's and working on place value.  We went to music!  We had a spelling pretest and science.  We wrote acrostic poems and reached our token goal.

-Serenity

Friday, September 16

We had fun at PE.  We played a fun game.  We made a river in social studies.  It was fun.  Blogging is fun.  I was first to blog but this is my last blog.

-Kylie

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Today we had pictures.  Miss Zanios came and read us a book after lunch.  We read for a long time.  We had celery for a snack.

We got 5 stars today!

-Kylie

Wednesday, September 14

Today we had music and art.  We got another star and token for lining up quietly today.  We had a lot of fun in social studies.  We had fun at art.  We had bananas for a snack.  We are doing good!

-Kylie

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

We did math with blocks and had PE.  Since we got another star we played a spelling game.  It was fun.  The boys had a boy scout meeting during recess.

-Kylie

Monday, September 12, 2011

We did a lot of math.  Then we went to IC and had lunch in the courtyard.  We took 2 tests today.

-Kylie

Friday, September 9, 2011

This morning we took a test with Mrs. Hansen, took a spelling test, took a multiplication test, and we went to music.  After lunch we had our first guidance class, we took our first vocabulary and reading comprehension tests, and played games to review.

We are excited for the weekend!

-Miss Staudt's class

Thursday, September 8, 2011

We finally had a day spent almost entirely in our room working!  We worked on learning the names of place values in math, named the 5 regions of the United States in social studies, and began our study of poetry in writing by reading poems with a partner - including some written by Miss Staudt!

Tomorrow we have our first spelling, vocabulary, and reading comprehension tests - I hope the students study tonight!

-Miss Staudt

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

What a long day!  It felt like we were hardly in our room with our first assembly, IC Checkout, computer lab time, going to Mrs. Long's classroom for science AND our afternoon PE time!  It is so interesting to see what our schedules are going to be like for each cycle day.   Apparently Day D will always be one spent mostly out of our room!

-Miss Staudt

September 6, 2011

Everyone was quiet Tuesday morning after the long weekend - that extra day of fun must have worn them out!  We had Mrs. Hansen visit our room to do a fun math lesson, took our first spelling pretest (the word list went home with everyone!), and began reading our first story in reading (vocabulary words went home too!).

The students also brought home a sheet of 'mystery numbers' to do as homework this week.  We're just doing one problem a night as we get used to doing homework again.

-Miss Staudt

Day 2

We had another busy day today!  Lots of review and practice of procedures around the classroom including a role play of what to do if Miss Staudt suddenly got sick!  The kids are catching on to how we do things quickly and we're working on getting back in school mode with our volume levels and talking - we certainly have a chatty class! 

We did get a chance to learn about each other with some sharing this afternoon and together we reached our first mini goal of 10 tokens for good behavior.  Because of our success with tokens, the students got to use the last five minutes of the day as 'free' time to draw, read, or talk quietly with a friend.  We've set our new goal at 50 tokens and are working toward getting to have lunch in the courtyard!

Enjoy the long weekend!  We'll be back in action on Tuesday at 9:15!

-Miss Staudt

First Day of School!

We made it through our first day of 4th grade!  The day involved a lot of talking about rules and expectations in our classroom and around the school.  We got to learn about each other a little bit and used our planners for the first time!

This is going to be a great year!

-Miss Staudt

Conference Day

I loved getting to meet everyone today!  It is clear this is going to be a fun class with lots of energy.

Time to get some rest - tomorrow is the big day!

-Miss Staudt

Eager to meet you!

The students should all be receiving a letter from me today or tomorrow with the address for our classroom website.  Hopefully that will also lead them here!

I am anxious to meet everyone and get the year started!  How are you feeling about the new year?

-Miss Staudt

Getting Excited!

Just 2 weeks until we begin class for the fall!  I have been in the classroom getting things cleaned up and organized in preparation for the students and am excited to meet everyone on the 31st!  Enjoy the last days of summer but make sure you are getting some sleep - we'll have a lot to do those first few days!

-Miss Staudt

Welcome!

Welcome to Miss Staudt's Class blog!  Here you will find updates about things happening in class and guest posts from the students!