Math is so Sweet!

Today students were learning about making bar graphs.  We used Smarties to create our data and write a frequency table.  Then students created bar graphs using their data. YUM!

What is Light?

Our new theme in reading is What is Light?  Today we enjoyed reading using our flashlights and our vocabulary word, "beam".  The kids had a great time reading!

Good Bye September

These are all of the calendar pieces we learned about for September.  There are so many ways we use measurement in our every day lives.  Be sure to point out to your child when you are using a measurement tool and explain how it works.

Never Give UP!

2013-2014 School Year has Begun!

Welcome to the new school year!  We have been going strong for 8 days now.  This is a picture of all the students (31) in our room...at least our shrinky dinks.  What a nice class!  Unfortunately, we have all been suffering from extreme heat in the classroom.  The highest it has been was 88 degrees.  Hopefully it will cool off soon and we can be much more comfortable in class.  Please make sure your child has all the school supplies.  We are starting our learning right away and use the supplies daily. 

Classroom Party

This past Monday we stayed after school until 7:00 p.m. for an after school class party.  Thank you to all the families that brought food and items for our party.  The students had a great time!

Capturing the Moment-Japanese Garden Field Trip

Last week we went for the second time to the Portland Japanese Gardens.  We enjoyed a beautiful morning of walking around with clipboards and cameras capturing moments using our five senses.  Miss Joan came to our classroom this week with the photos that the students took and each child wrote a Haiku using a picture for inspiration.  I can't wait to see our published book!