Earth Day

We can help the Earth!

In honor of Earth Day, we spent some time discussing ways that we could help the Earth.  The students had lots of great ideas!  Above is a picture of the finished product. Below are a few close-up photos to show you their ideas.

I can plant flowers~Abby.  I can take trash to the dumpsters.~Evan

I can throw away trash.~Charlie

I can turn off the water when I am finished.~Amarrah

I can watch less television.~Evelyn

Facts to 10

This week we have been focusing on learning our facts to 10.  We have been singing a song to the tune of This Old Man:

Make a 10,

Make a 10, 

We know ways to make a 10.

9+1 and 8+2,

They have sums of 10 it's true.

7+3 and 6+4,

Do you know there are two more?

5+5 and 0+10.

Now let's say them all again!

Today we practiced by playing some card games.  We played Go Fish and Make a 10.  Both of these games required the students to know what goes with a number to make 10.  It is a great way to practice and would be a fun game to practice over vacation.  Knowing the facts to 10 can help students be more efficient and quicker in their other addition facts.

Make a 10

Go Fish

Go Fish

An Amazing Field Trip!!

Listening to Annie's heartbeat.

Looking at the x-ray machine.

Checking in and getting our name tags.

Dr. Lesser and George welcome us to NOAH.

Such a patient dog!

Guessing the x-ray!

Love that face!

Name that bone.

Little Bird Tales

The students have written their first narratives!  After they finished creating a story line, writing an introduction and creating an illustration of the character; they were asked to produce their story digitally using the website Little Bird Tales.  They had to record their story and create three digitally produced illustrations.  Below are the links to their stories.  Click on the picture to hear the story and turn up the volume since most of them read really quietly (I'm trying to find those quiet voices for work time!).  Enjoy!

Abby's Tale

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Amarrah's Tale

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Bryce's Tale

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Charlie's Tale

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Cody's Tale

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Connor's Tale

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Evan's Tale

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Evelyn's Tale

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Grayson's Tale

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Jack's Tale

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Jaden's Tale

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Jarod's Tale

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3-D Shapes Slideshow

Thank you for being a part of this homework project!  Here is the finished product:




The students loved seeing "their" objects in the slideshow!

Fractions

Today we started a mini-unit on fractions.  We focused on how to make parts equal.  We also spent some time learning how to write a fraction.  There was much shock when we learned that 1/2 was more than 1/4.  There were lots of protests; "but 2 isn't bigger than 4!" was the most common rebuttal.  We spent some time examining how this could be true and I think I had some converts by the time we were done!

Morning Station Time

On Monday morning we had a chance to spend some time working in our literacy stations.  I tried to get a picture of each station, but sometimes those kids are faster than I am!!  

 This station has rhyming words on strips that the students pull through the picture.  Each time they get a new beginning sound, they read the new word to their partner.

 This student is working on his red folder work.  This week we are focusing on blends (2 consonants together).  He happens to be working on a paper that has him sorting different pictures into 3 columns based on the beginning sound.

 Reading is always a choice in this classroom!  Here is one of our students enjoying a Dr. Seuss book!

 Another reader!  Makes my heart happy!!

 These two boys have chosen the listening center.  Today there was a book about the true story of the 3 little pigs.  They were finding it hysterically funny!

This activity requires students to sort words based on their ending sounds.  They are working on vocabulary, rhyming and sorting.  He had just gotten started!