Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Good Morning! I really loved reading Sahara Special. Anyone who wants to be a writer should read this book. It talks a lot about the power of words and a writer's way of seeing the world. The author also really made me think about how our society often judges people before we get to know them. Two of the most important characters were misjudged until someone (their teacher and classmates) took the time to get to know them and find their "secret person" hiding inside.

The adult book I've just started is The Shack. I am very fascinated by the story so far. The beginning introduces the setting of the book, the Northwest region of the United States. The author described it so well, it's where I want to go for my next vacation. I'm curious to see the deep blue lakes formed by glaciers and the high canyons that he described. Wallowa Lake State Park sounds like a beautiful place. I hope to get their some day. I've included a picture that really seems to fit what the author, William P. Young was describing. This is the very beginning of the book. I've noticed that sometimes it takes the author a long time to get into 'the exciting' part of the story. This book has been a bit hard for me to become hooked on because it's taking a long time to introduce the main characters, setting, and problem, but it has been recommended to me by Miss Matthias and my friend Mrs. Ransom, so I will stick with it for a bit more.

Books, Books, and More Books

Happy Summer Days! It's soooo warm outside. I've spent some time sitting in the sun and reading some great books. I finished a book called Pillars of the Earth. Mrs. Bayer recommended it to me, and I loved it. It takes place in the medieval times and is about some really great characters and they trials they encounter in their lives. I was really rooting for them in the end! I am also rereading Mosaic of Thought to help me keep how kids learn to read and think fresh in my mind. Finally, the "kid book" I'm reading is called Sahara Special. It's about a girl named Sahara, her teacher, and the lessons they teach each other. What are you reading this summer??? Don't forget to send my your summer reading form when you've read some books, I've got a little prize waiting for anyone who does!!

Friday, May 22nd

We are hard at work on our Mystery Person Sentences. On Tuesday, May 26th, your child will present their ten sentences to the class. They will also be required to turn in their notes and their four resources (2 books and 2 Internet Sites). Please check with your child to see that they are prepared for this activity!

Have a great Memorial Day weekend! Sunscreen and Bug Spray will be out in full force I'm sure. If anyone is at the Division III world series, look for me! That's where I'll be hanging out!

5-15-09

Yeah! The rain held off and we participated in the track meet today! The kids were great! Behavior wise, sportsmanship wise, and performance wise. We had a fantastic day! I've attached a couple of pictures!

Have a great weekend and don't forget to look over your science flashcards! The flashcards and reading are the only homework.

Rainy Wednesday

What a drippy wet Wednesday we are having! Today, we had our incentive reward. Due to the weather, we were forced inside for a movie.

We continue to work on decimals. We've added the thousandths place. It was a bit confusing, but we'll keep working on it!

The track meet was moved to Friday! I hope to see some of you joining us.

I've added a picture from our rainy day at Grignon Mansion!

May 11, 2009

Happy Monday! It's great to see the sunshine. Today we are going to continue working on persuasive writing. We are trying to learn the difference between persuasion and begging. Remind them of that when they are trying to convince you of something they want. :)

I'm still looking for Bay Beach forms from many students. If you are planning on coming, please jot a note in your child's agenda or send in the green note that was sent home.

Be looking for math homework tonight and continue working on the Science flashcards!

Thursday, May 7

What a beautiful day! Too bad we didn't have this weather for our field trip yesterday. Even though it rained, the kids seemed to learn a lot and enjoy the trip. Thanks to Mrs. Goldben for coming with us and chaperoning in the rain. I'm glad no one melted as we're all so SWEET!!

Your child has math homework tonight. They are practicing with decimals and fractions, showing how each shows a part of a whole.

Continue to practice the flashcards for Science!!! We'll be having a test on 5/23 over this material.

If you are planning on chaperoning for Bay Beach, please let me know by sending back the sheet sent home or jotting a note in the agenda.

May 6th

Today we go to Grignon Mansion, as long as the weather holds out! Looking forward to a great learning experience. It's always a fun trip!

We've begun decimals in math. Your student should have brought their math test home yesterday! Take a minute to look it over.

We're beginning a fun writing project in Social Studies. We're going to choose a famous person from Wisconsin, research them and then have our friends guess who we learned about. Ask your child who they've picked.

A great time was had by all on our trip to Madison! Thanks for all the extra arrangements you made to get your child to school a bit early! I've attached a couple of pictures from the trip!

April 27,2009

Good Morning! We've had so much going on. It's hard to keep up. I can't believe the end of the year is approaching quickly.

We're still working on our Eye Spy poems. Most of the children have brought in a collection to be photographed. If your student still needs to bring their's in, please remind them.

Remeber that Madison is Wednesday. Your child needs to be here by 7:30 on that day!! We will not return until 3:30. If you have not already made plans for this extended day, please do so!!!

This week Randy Peterson is here! Hope to see you all here on Fine Arts Night to see our songs!!!

Thursday, April 2nd

What blustery weather we've been having lately! BRR Where is spring?? I can't wait for it to come!

We have begun talking about our ancestors in Social Studies. The students in our classroom represent over fifteen different countries. WOW! We will look into the many reasons that the early immigrants chose to settle in Wisconsin.

In Math, we are busy adding fractions and learning about the fractional parts of a whole. We've also been looking at circle graphs and the best way to interpret them.

Have a great day!! Spring break is not too far away!!

Thursday, March 26

We are so sad that tomorrow is Miss Tyriver's last day! We're going to miss her! She will be moving on to a placement with a pre kindergarten class. What a change.

Tomorrow is our science test! Be sure to look over the review sheet sent home yesterday as well as the flashcards sent home last week. We'll have to use our brains!! (That's what we've been studying!)

Also tomorrow, the kids are going to share a poem that they've been practicing! What fun! I can't wait to see what they choose.

Look at the fun we had with our "Guest Readers!!"

Thursday, March 21, 2009

Wow, What a crazy day we had!!!! Today was crazy hair day! We also had some guest readers today! Miss Tyriver had some guests from the University of Oshkosh come and read to us today! They were football players, the quarterback and a linebacker! They read to us and talked about the importance of school and reading. Check out the attached video to see our crazy hair and our visitor.

Wednesday, March 11

What a blustery Wednesday!

Today we worked on what to do with a remainder in our division problems. We learned to write it as a fraction, round up, or leave it the same, depending on what the question asked.

Miss Tyriver is so excited that 13 kids have volunteered to present their biographies. Check your child's agenda to see when they present.

We've started our Native American posters! It will be fun to see the creative ways the students choose to display what they've learned about the tribes of Wisconsin!

Happy Monday!! I hope you are all shoveled out!! Today we began making our biography posters. When you come for conferences, you should be able to see them hanging up.

We finished our read aloud Among the Hidden today. It was written by Margaret Peterson Haddox. What an exciting book.

We are still working on long division! Whew - what a long process. It certainly helps to know our basic math facts really well!!!

March Madness is next week. What will you wear for twin day??

Happy Friday!

Good Morning!! What a busy week we've had. We've been busy turning our biographical facts into really interesting sentences. We're going to start our poster today!

We've started Long Division in math. Yikes! We're getting it though!

Today is February Fun day, so all those that have their passes filled with stars will enjoy a movie and popcorn! Yum!

Enjoy the weekend! Be sure to get outside - unless it pours all weekend!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Hola!!

Today we took a math test. We're done with multiplication and moving on to division. I hope you all come to math night tonight!! Mrs. Fugar is giving out homework passes to those students who make it!!! Hotdog!! Speaking of... hotdogs will be served tonight! 6:30-7:30. Hope to see you there!!!

In Social Studies, we've started learning about Native Americans of Wisconsin! We will be researching the different tribes, creating a poster, and making a podcast of the information we learn.

We have gotten really far on our biographies!! Miss Tyriver is encouraging the kids to dress up in a costume when they present their posters. I can't wait to see their presentations!!


I hope that you are enjoying our blog!!! So far, Peter and the Starcatchers is winning our poll!! Have you voted yet?

Friday, February 27, 2009

Happy Friday!!! Today, we really spent some time looking at our notes for our biographies. We are trying to make them interesting and full of details! We are bringing home a note asking for some posterboard or $0.50 so that we can make posters of the events we find!!



We are going to take a math practice test on Monday. We will take the REAL test on Tuesday. Most of the children have a pretty good handle on the partial products algorithm. Some are still more comfortable with lattice.



Jump Rope for Heart was a ton of fun! Thanks so much to the parents who came into help. Mrs. Plachetka always does a super job!!!!

Have a great weekend! Let's hope it warms up!!!

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Today we finished gluing our organs on our bodies! I think we need to clean our desks though, as many kids had trouble finding their organs!! Be sure to look over the review sheet tonight as we have our science test tomorrow!!

We practiced partial-products multiplication today! Whew! I think most of us are getting it! Study link 5-5 is the homework that we have so that we can practice partial-products multiplication. (One more time :))

We went to the library today and checked out books. We also chose our biographies! We will start notetaking and looking for "Juicy" facts this week!

Februay 24, 2009

Good Morning. How are you guys today? We are going to use this blog to talk about our day!Today in class, we talked with Mrs. Fugar about how we use our reader's workshop time. We set goals for ourselves to see what we can do to better readers. We also chose a biography to read during reader's workshop. We will be making time lines about the book during writer's workshop. In Science, we reviewed for our test over the Human Body. We are taking our test on Wednesday. I hope you spent time going over the review sheet over the weekend. In Math, we continued practicing mulidigit mulitplication using partial product multiplication. We also continued reading from the book, Among the Hidden. I hope that you are liking the book!!
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