Pumpkin Seed Graph

On Tuesday we cleaned out some pumpkins in our groups and counted all the seeds.  We discovered that the estimates on the amount of seeds inside a pumpkin were way off!  We also learned that pumpkins float because they are hollow inside and have a lot of air.  After we counted the seeds, we gathered our class data and created a graph.  Our goal in math this past week has been to represent and interpret data. 

October Birthday Indeed!

For the entire month of October I have been publishing that we have no birthdays.  Well, was I ever wrong!  Elijah's birthday was just yesterday!  Happy Birthday (a day late)!

Portland Japanese Gardens

Our field trip was wonderful!  We were lucky enough to avoid the rain and didn't get wet at all.  The fall colors are amazing...not quite peaking yet though.  Today you will find a family pass attached to your child's newsletter.  The pass has a value of up to $46.00!  I would suggest going sometime soon to see the gorgeous fall colors. 

Field Trip Tomorrow!

I am looking forward to our field trip tomorrow.  I sure do hope that the weather is kind to us and not raining!  Here is a picture I took last year when I went with my class.  Please make sure you dress your child in WARM clothes...and don't forget to pack a lunch!  We will eat when we get back to Russell, but it will be past our regularly scheduled lunch.  Let's have a great trip!

Bar Graphs

Today we surveyed the students to find out what the favorite kind of fruit was for our class.  We used our shrinky dinks to make a bar graph.  This week we are learning how to represent and interpret data.  We have talked about picture graphs and bar graphs.  Tomorrow students will be making a bar graph of their own!

Inferring

Click HERE to go to a cool website and be an inferring detective!  Try to figure out what the word is by using the clues and what you already know!  Have fun!

Cool!

This was created using a free website called Tagxedo.  All you have to do is type in words and you can choose from a bunch of different shapes.  You could write some neat things using this!  Check it out!

Buddy Reading

Every Wednesday our students get to work with their kindergarten buddy from Ms. Cadieux's classroom.   Each week your child will be reading to his or her buddy.  If you have any easy books at home that you no longer use, we would love to have them to read to our buddies!  The kids started last week by interviewing their buddy to find out what he or she is interested in.  We had so much fun!

Friday Success

Every Friday the students who have turned in all their homework and have had excellent behavior get to participate in Success.  It is a time at the end of the day for students to just relax and have fun.  Each week your child has math homework.  In addition, sometimes your child might bring home an extra paper for practice, or something that needs to be signed by parents.  Please make sure you check your child's planner each day.  That also means your child must be prepared every day by bringing the planner to school!  Please make sure your child has his or her planner every day!