Field Day

Tuesday, June 4 is our FIELD DAY

Planned for the morning are DRY activities, the afternoon has WATER activities planned.

Here are some things you and your child will need to pack...
--bug spray (applied at home in the morning would be great)
--sunscreen
--hat or visor
--our BLUE team shirt.  We are the DOLPHINS!
--water bottle (no glass) labeled with student name
--plastic bag for wet clothes
--towel (or two, if it's chilly)
--may wear bathing suits
(over swimsuits, boys need shirts and girls need to wear shorts)
--sneakers or water shoes for water activities (no Crocs, flip flops or open toes)
--a change of shoes for the bus ride home
--an extra set of dry clothes for the bus ride home (a must)

Thanks.
Please LABEL everything with your child's name.

Writing Like A Scientist

WRITING
Our writers are engaged in a unit where they are writing lab reports, like scientists.  They are including
     -A Question and Hypothesis
     -The Materials You Need and The Procedure
     -The Results
     -Analyzing the Data, Where they confirm/revise their hypothesis

Some items they have had to experiment with have been...toy monster trucks, hot wheels, ramps, and various tops. 

READING
Our readers have been thinking about putting their books on stage.  We have been working on performing a reader's theatre (K was our first audience).  Students are paying attention to envisioning the characters' actions, gestures and facial expressions.  Students can also pull sections from their books to perform.  Fun to watch, for sure. 

iPad Apps

Here are some of the iPad apps we use at school.  I'm still searching, of course, for new ones that are educational and fun.  So, please, if you use any, let us know in the comment section.

Good for Letter Formation

• i write letter
• letter school ($)

Good for Writing

• primary writer
• spelling 1
• spelling 2
• real chalk ($)

Good for Reading

• sight word touch
• sight words 1 ($)
• rhyming
• bitsboard
•  cvc a
• cvc e
• cvc i
• cvc o
• cvc u

Good for Math

•  number squeeze
• top it addition
• tric trac
• math bingo
• zoom
• hungry fish
• lobster diver
• my script calculator

Thanks.  That's all for now!

Pouches

We have decided that it might be a good organizational tool to keep our post-it notes and pencils for our reading box in a little pouch, like a pencil pouch.  We know that good practice is to use post-it's to keep track of our thinking as we read...and when we talked about ways to make it easier to jot, this is what the class suggested.
So...if you have one laying around at home, please send one in.
If not, you could either...shop for one your child could pick out...(we've talked dollar store, target, staples...) Or...let me know if this is not possible, and I will buy one.
Thanks,
Dana

Scholastic Book Order

You can order online.
Orders Due by Monday, February 11.
Click here!  https://orders.scholastic.com/H6277
(I hope it works)
Another thing you should know...
IF you order online, you get a $5 coupon to use on another order AND...the classroom gets a $3 coupon. 

Scroll CRAZY!

Our Class is SCROLL CRAZY!

Many students have taken this challenge very seriously and have written farther than I have EVER seen!  A few kids are already past 1, 000!  Holy Cowzers! Look!  They are taller than we are!

Recently...

1.  So...I've made ANOTHER mistake.  Please disregard the non fiction writing...we, as you may now know, writing persuasive letters.  We are working on including a) a request b) reasons why this is important c) including related mini-stories that help my case and d) offering possible solutions.  So, if you see these writings, you know what to look for.

2.   Math homework often asks to show an amount of money using D, N and P.  The goal here is to make the given amount using the least amount of coins.  I believe the paper should read D, N and/or P.  This is just an FYI, if they use dimes and no nickels, that's fine.  Thanks.

3.  We got together with Mrs. Warner's fifth grade class to listen to the Non Fiction picture books they wrote.