February 12, 2013

NOAH, is our top banana and we were testing this afternoon I forgot to let him discuss his poster.  I promise to allow him three times to morrow to make up for time being out of my control.  I can not wait to hear all about him.

All was wonderful and yes they are right NO MATH!!  They had a math test on two digit addition and subtraction without regrouping.  We have started our regrouping addition and subtraction.  We did have our reading groups and cafe time discussing our books and they are getting better at how to communicate about a text.  I can not wait till they can express to you some of their connections, wow moments, and questions they make while reading at home.  Please let them model some of their thoughts?  We went to the library and Mrs. Wallingford modeled a great questioning strategy for research, I can not wait to get the students involved in this activity.

February 11, 2013

We had a great day, we are trying to work on our talking in class and cleaning up faster.  I hope everyone had a fantastic restful weekend?  I was excited to get back in to reading groups and communication with the text.  We are working on main idea of a story and short passage.  We are also trying to figure out the difference between a main idea and summary.  We began discussing this today while they are reading at home you could help them.  In writing we are continuing to discuss poems, we reviewed the couplet and all poems thus far.  Have them explain some?  Then we moved into math and reviewed addition and subtraction without regrouping.  We will begin our two digit addition and subtraction with regrouping tomorrow.  In spelling we worked on words which have the friend in them and /ight/ words.  Have fun studying.

February 9, 2013

We continued our note taking discussion in reading groups and we are fine tuning how we do this.  We are looking at what our brain is thinking about while we read, and recording those thoughts.  We are writing our connections, questions, and wow moments we have during reading.We are continuing to work on two digit numbers with addition and subtraction.  We are deciding when to regroup or not to. We have been discussing Native Americans and we saw our last video on the Woodland people, ask them what they know?

February 8,2013

I have had to run out of here everyday, I feel like I can not keep up.  We had a great day learning about the Native Americans the Plains.  We are starting regrouping with math and they are getting it but some may need more help.  We discussed in reading the ways to take notes and are beginning to use them in our discussion.  Funny and true our high school helper says she does them, but geared to her grade.  I feel like I am getting them ready.  I hope all is well with you all and you and your family are enjoying themselves.  Christopher I hope you had a fabulous day?

February 4, 2013

PLEASE REMEMBER, to have your child wear a solid red shirt to the program tomorrow night.  We had a great day and completed all lessons.  Please make sure your child is stopping while reading to think about what they read.  They should be asking questions, making connections, or wow moments.  They could also be creating a mental image.  Have them explain what is going on in their heads?  Then in writing we are continuing to write poems.  Today we learned about the acrostic and limerick we reviewed.  I hope they are liking their new writing genre?

February 6, 2013

No math last night and no math tonight, They just have spelling and reading.  I will update more later have to go to school myself.  I had a fantastic time learning about how to teach writing in Science.  I look forward to helping them out more with writing.  We had a busy day getting all activities done and discussing Native Americans.  Please ask them what they are learning.  We also continued to talk about our connections, questions, and wow moments  we have when we read.  During math we are learning to regroup and when not to with our two digit numbers, for addition and subtraction.

Feburary 1, 2013

Cydney brought her favorite book in for show-in-tell, Boss of Lunch.  She brought in a paper doll she made with her Mom in first grade.  She made it to represent her ancestors.  "My ancestors are from Africa," she said.  She brought her teddy she got when she was in the hospital.  She told us, "I got my appendix out! This is why I brought him."She named it Cydney because I thought it was a great name."

We had a great day and the kids were focused we did a sensory detail activity using popcorn and let them smell, see, taste, hear, and touch. Then they wrote a poem using their senses on popcorn. Then we did our math two digit addition and subtraction.