Christopher's Blog Post

This is our number corner calendar. We have been telling time and magic squares. We have also been doing patterns on the smart board about leaves and leave color. We have been discovering that we don't have a pattern on one of the columns but we have been practicing ODD and EVEN.

Madeleine L.'s and Adam's Blog Post!

This is Madeline's, Ella's,Madeleine lozier's, Ruey's and Megan's zoo they made in inside recess!It took them a while to come up with this creative design. Madeleine and Adam we're glad that it was not CHAOS! Doesn't it look stunning? It amused them well.I guess they love inside recess.

Halloween Party

Our class will be having a Halloween party on Monday, October 31st. We already have plenty of scary sweet treats coming in for the students to enjoy. Students are welcome to wear Halloween colors, but save the costumes for for trick or treating :)

Thank you!

Edward the Emu

Today our class learned about metacognition, which means thinking about your thinking.
We used metacognition as a reading strategy and practiced using it as we were read Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles. The students practiced digging deeper with their thinking by having conversations with their classmates about what they were wondering. We then shared out as a class and recorded our thoughts. Ask your child what metacognition means!

Math Beans

 Last week during math, the students worked on estimating and comparing numbers by taking scoops of beans. The goal was to scoop as close to 125 beans as possible. After the students took their scoop, they sorted their beans into containers of ten, this helped them calculate their total amount of beans. After they had their total number, they wrote a sentence where they compared their number to 125. For example, 90 beans is < 125 beans. The students also figured out how far away their number of beans was from the target number 125.

Integrated Pest Management

Today, in the STEM lab, our class learned about integrated pest management. The students watched a puppet show that taught the students about different types of problems we have with different crops and how to find a solution without using pesticides. We also learned a bit about the "colony collapse" of bees and how that will effect humans. Ask your child one thing the learned in the STEM lab today!

Red Clover Book

Today during library, Mrs. Rider read the class our first Red Clover nomination.
The book was titled: Out of the Woods, by Rebecca Bond.
Ask your child what the book was about!