CHRISTOPHER IS OUR NEW TOP BANANA
We learned a lot from him these past couple of days. We learned he went to Galveston and Los Vegas and he stated, "I loved Galveston better because of all the rides." We learned he loves to make instruments using rubber bands and boxes, even toilet paper rolls. He stated he did this with his parents, but they did not play them. I would have gotten in there and done it with you. He loved his first birthday because he got cake covered all over his face. "It was a blast when that happened." We learned he loves Harry Potter because he loves magic and it is cool. He was at a Halloween party at Dell, "Not the Dell Diamond where the computer are." He has a brother and he loves to go on roller coasters. I am sorry I have not posted here you go!!!!
Today we did cafe reading and math. We are working on three dimensional shapes and comparing them to flat. We are still using vertices's, sides, and faces to describe them. We are learning about fiction using characters, plot, and setting to write and tell stories. We are continuing to learn about weather and we made a water cycle. Ask them about it??
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
March 25,2013
NEXT WEEK STARR TESTING on Tuesday and Wednesday, please do not plan on coming to the building.
Today we had a great day and we got through all items for the day. We discussed in reading context clues and reading nonfiction books. We are charting our words and making predictions about them. We then are moving back to small moments and just remembering how to write again. Also we began discussing how to use mentor writers to guide us in our writing. In math we are learning the difference between three dimensional shapes and flat shapes. We are also shopping for shapes and adding them up for the cost. You will see the CGI come home tomorrow and this will make more sense. Then we finished our day with spelling we discussed words which contain ship and how to use other words for laugh in our writing.
Today we had a great day and we got through all items for the day. We discussed in reading context clues and reading nonfiction books. We are charting our words and making predictions about them. We then are moving back to small moments and just remembering how to write again. Also we began discussing how to use mentor writers to guide us in our writing. In math we are learning the difference between three dimensional shapes and flat shapes. We are also shopping for shapes and adding them up for the cost. You will see the CGI come home tomorrow and this will make more sense. Then we finished our day with spelling we discussed words which contain ship and how to use other words for laugh in our writing.
Friday, March 22, 2013
March 22, 2013
COMPUTER WOULD NOT LET ME POST, forgot I could post from my phone. Thanks for understanding. I really do love that you all are so supportive.
We had a great day and Zoei finally got to share her poster. She shared about her fantastic time at an Easter Hunt in Hutto. She also shared about her family, she must love her sister a lot because she had a ton of pictures of her and with her. She reported about her family taking a picture, but she was not born yet. She had her face painted like a cat and her sister had hers like a bunny. She had so many pictures of Easter because she loves it because you hunt for eggs and you get to eat a bunch of candy. She had a great time being top banana and we had a wonderful time learning about her.
This week we did a fantastic time discussing the weather and they are to keep track of the moon phases for three weeks. I am trying to show them how the weather changes this is why I did not want them to track what the weather man was to say because it was not just sunny today it was sparkling this morning and sunny with clouds this afternoon. They have been laughing about how the weather patterns can change. We have just started plays yesterday and will continue them next week. They will present them in class on Thursday. We did take two tests today, reading and math. They will probably come home and say it was boring, sorry I hate doing it too.
We had a great day and Zoei finally got to share her poster. She shared about her fantastic time at an Easter Hunt in Hutto. She also shared about her family, she must love her sister a lot because she had a ton of pictures of her and with her. She reported about her family taking a picture, but she was not born yet. She had her face painted like a cat and her sister had hers like a bunny. She had so many pictures of Easter because she loves it because you hunt for eggs and you get to eat a bunch of candy. She had a great time being top banana and we had a wonderful time learning about her.
This week we did a fantastic time discussing the weather and they are to keep track of the moon phases for three weeks. I am trying to show them how the weather changes this is why I did not want them to track what the weather man was to say because it was not just sunny today it was sparkling this morning and sunny with clouds this afternoon. They have been laughing about how the weather patterns can change. We have just started plays yesterday and will continue them next week. They will present them in class on Thursday. We did take two tests today, reading and math. They will probably come home and say it was boring, sorry I hate doing it too.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
March 20, 2013
I AM SO SORRY I TOTALLY FORGOT TO UPDATE!
I know this is not an excuse, but I really did drop that one. I have been busy planning cool activities for us to explore and forgot that I need to let you parents in on what is happening. We started our day with reading cafe and how we communicate with a text with our friends. During cafe we buddy read, went shopping for books, meet with Ms. Wolfean, or got in a group to discuss our national geographic articles. We then had to complete our Spring Break writing assignment and our letters to Mrs. Lucas trying to persuade her to give us Oreos. Soon after this we had to take a break and have recess and then came back for math. We have started our geometry unit and we are discussing the types of shapes, sides, and vertices's. Please ask you child to explain these to you. The last thing on our plate was to observe the clouds and see how the weather has been affected by the changes occurring outside. Ask them what they are learning because they will surprise you?
Thursday, March 7, 2013
March 7, 2013
Today was a fantastic day filled with lots of learning, sorry I did not update the blog yesterday. It was a half day and we completed all task and even got to go to Kona Ice, those that had money.
We had a great time in CAFE reading discussing our thoughts we are making in our books. In small group with Ms. Wolfean she is modeling and explaining the strategies she would take if she was taking a third grade STARR test. The second graders are now working on test taking strategies to help them with their reading. We are noticing they are doing better when they use their strategies. Then in writing we worked on our rough draft to Mrs. Lucas and we will begin our final copy tomorrow. After writing I gave out our CGI math problem and we solved and I taught them how to explain regrouping and how to add to check their work. As soon as we completed this task Ana shard to the class her book she was reading written by Dr. Seuss. She noticed it had his revisions and wanted the class to know we can't be better writer's than Dr. Seuss because even he revises. I hope this will guide the students to try to revise their writing.
Roman shared his poster and we learned he wants two weenier dogs, but he can't get them till his Dad completes parametric school. He reported that, 'I would name them Pancake and Waffle. I would name them this because I just want to and I love pancakes and waffles." He loves Skylanders and has both series. His favorite is "Flashwing because I just do." I can't wait to hear and see what he has for us tomorrow.
We had a great time in CAFE reading discussing our thoughts we are making in our books. In small group with Ms. Wolfean she is modeling and explaining the strategies she would take if she was taking a third grade STARR test. The second graders are now working on test taking strategies to help them with their reading. We are noticing they are doing better when they use their strategies. Then in writing we worked on our rough draft to Mrs. Lucas and we will begin our final copy tomorrow. After writing I gave out our CGI math problem and we solved and I taught them how to explain regrouping and how to add to check their work. As soon as we completed this task Ana shard to the class her book she was reading written by Dr. Seuss. She noticed it had his revisions and wanted the class to know we can't be better writer's than Dr. Seuss because even he revises. I hope this will guide the students to try to revise their writing.
Roman shared his poster and we learned he wants two weenier dogs, but he can't get them till his Dad completes parametric school. He reported that, 'I would name them Pancake and Waffle. I would name them this because I just want to and I love pancakes and waffles." He loves Skylanders and has both series. His favorite is "Flashwing because I just do." I can't wait to hear and see what he has for us tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
March 5, 2013
Roman is our new Top Banana and we say good bye to Kassidy. Roman reported today about his family and they are special to him because they care for me. He shared he loved dressing up as Luigi because his best friend was Mario for Halloween. He told shared he thinks Snivy is his favorite Pokemon character because he likes how she changes. I thought it was interesting he has a girl Pokemon as his favorite because I think she is special too. Thanks for sharing can't wait till tomorrow to hear more.
Today was filled with our independent reading using our tool kit. Then we headed to the library and had our lesson. We heard a book about an interesting giant, ask them to explain? We came back to class to complete writing and publish our poems. We soon had to head out for recess and then after a while we were right on task for math. We discussed Dr. Seuss because his birthday was March 2, 2013. Ms. Wolfean even made us solve a math problem to figure out his age. Ask them how old he would be?
Today was filled with our independent reading using our tool kit. Then we headed to the library and had our lesson. We heard a book about an interesting giant, ask them to explain? We came back to class to complete writing and publish our poems. We soon had to head out for recess and then after a while we were right on task for math. We discussed Dr. Seuss because his birthday was March 2, 2013. Ms. Wolfean even made us solve a math problem to figure out his age. Ask them how old he would be?
Monday, March 4, 2013
March 4, 2013
NO HOMEWORK YEAH MS. WOLFEAN ROCKS!!!!
We had a blast at the Austin Nature Center, but I think the end was the best. I told them I would give anyone two movie dollars if they fell asleep and oh my you could hear a pin drop. The bus drive says, "This is the best thing any teacher has ever done." I have to thank a fellow teacher Mrs. Hughes for the idea. Today was amazing seeing the bats and learning from our guide Debbie. We also played in the dinosaur dig and saw a road runner. We never saw coyote, but we did see a bobcat. Thanks to all who came and stayed with us on the trip. Every year it is amazing what kids say and Hunter wins, " I think the bat has Rubies." He wanted to say rabies. He saw one slide and said this, and made me giggle.
We had a blast at the Austin Nature Center, but I think the end was the best. I told them I would give anyone two movie dollars if they fell asleep and oh my you could hear a pin drop. The bus drive says, "This is the best thing any teacher has ever done." I have to thank a fellow teacher Mrs. Hughes for the idea. Today was amazing seeing the bats and learning from our guide Debbie. We also played in the dinosaur dig and saw a road runner. We never saw coyote, but we did see a bobcat. Thanks to all who came and stayed with us on the trip. Every year it is amazing what kids say and Hunter wins, " I think the bat has Rubies." He wanted to say rabies. He saw one slide and said this, and made me giggle.
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