What we're up to...

Book orders were due Friday. If you are still interested, you can enter an online order this weekend. Please see the book order page on the left for more info on online ordering. 

We started PE this week and we have it all this next week as well. Continue to have your child wear sneakers and could you check to make sure they know how to tie their laces. Some children just need a little more practice. 

Thursday is Picture Day. The order forms were sent out a couple weeks ago. If you need a new one plaese let me know and I'l send home another form. There are directions to order online if you prefer that method. Even of you don't order pictures, your child will have it taken for the schools records. 

This week the kids have been working on place value in math. Some kids are working on identifying the value of 3 digit numbers and others are working on 6 digit numbers. Our math unit focuses on comparing larger numbers, understanding the value of a number depending on where it is in a larger number, and reviewing some past skills. Many students are doing great with this and I am making it so it is still challenging while also being a review.

We are reading The Tiger Rising. This book is about a boy living in Florida and the challenges he faces after losing his mother. We have been looking at character traits and visualizing what is happening. As people read they imagine what's happening in the story.  We are using the author's words to help us make movies in our minds and draw what we see.

We are working on creating 5 paragraph essays in writing. The children have been reviewing the components of a paragraph and the process of writing an essay. They will use an organizer to help them generate topics and details for each topic, then we will put it into an essay. This will be typed up later to give them some opportunities for keyboarding, editing, revisional practice.

NH state symbols are our focus for this week in social studies. As we begin to learn about New Hampshire, we will research our state symbols by doing an online scavenger hunt, using our textbooks for research, and creating some symbols with model magic. The kids seem very excited about it!

Time Line Project

 This week children have a project that I am asking to be completed at home. They were sent home with a direction page and a white piece of construction paper. (However, some are still in mailboxes) They are to make a timeline of their lives with at least 5 events on it. They can include more, of course. My expectation is that they are neat, and they put effort into it. They may need help from you remembering some dates. They are welcome to add photos. The projects will be sent back home, but please don't put pictures that you want to keep in an album on this poster. You are welcome to print a picture if you have access to a printer, but I told the children that them drawing something is perfectly acceptable. The poster should have color added to it. It is due next Friday. Please reach out if you have any questions. 

Off to a Great Start!

Welcome! I hope you were able to enjoy this long weekend. We are off to a wonderful start! The children have gotten a tour of the school, met a few teachers, learned some of the rules and expectations, and met some new friends. I am enjoying seeing their personalities come out. What a fun bunch they are. 

So far, we have been working on writing about ourselves, reading some beginning of the year stories, doing some math games, and enjoying the beautiful weather with a little extended recess. We will be starting with our reading and math curriculum this week. The children will become more accustomed to the normal routines of the day as we get down to business. 

I'm hoping that a brief tour of this blog will help you navigate and find the info you need. On the left are the pages or headings of policies and general things to know about the school day, and the classroom. In the middle are the posts. Here you will find the updates and communication about our comings and goings within the classroom. On the right, you will find the Unified Art for the week and upcoming events, and important dates that are happening in the classroom or school. You can also enter your email to receive automatic emails of the posts I make. You will also be able to go back and check the blog archive as I make more. 

Book orders will be going home this week. I will send home information about online ordering with it if you prefer to order that way. You can check out the book order section on the left to learn more about Scholastic book orders.

Keep checking back here to stay informed of the events happening in our class.