Bears in the Cave

Today we played a fun subtraction math game we called Bears in the Cave.

 

Text to Text Connections

This week we are learning to make Text to Text Connections which means that we think of another book as we are reading.  We read The Great Gracie Chase and that reminded us of Henry and Mudge. Both are stories about dogs. We discussed how the books were similar and how they were different.
Next we read, Rosie in the Way, a story about a dog that always gets in the owners way. We discussed how thinking about other stories can help us understand the book we are currently reading.  In Library today, Mr. Bober read The Blue House Dog. We were able to share with all we learned about Text to Text Connections.

by Cynthia Rylant

by Cynthia Rylant

by Debroah Blumenthal

by Danny Brooks Dalby

Community Team Lunch

On Friday, September 20th, we will have a Community Team Lunch. Please have your child wear his or her Community Team t-shirt or color. Children will need to pack a lunch and bring a drink. Please check you e-mail for your child's Community Team and color of shirt.

Top-It

Today the students were reviewing for the Math Test tomorrow. They played Top-It with number cards 1-10. Top-It is a card game. The rules: The cards are put face down in a pile. The first person picks up 2 cards and adds them together. The second person picks up 2 cards and adds them together. The person with the highest sum wins all four cards drawn.

Art Studio

Today the students were in the art studio creating master pieces. We got to Art on C days for 1 hour.

Science Notebooking

On Friday, Sept. 6th we went to the science lab to practice notebooking with our Science Specialist, Mrs. Hwande. We learned that scientists write the date and title on each page. Also, scientists draw accurate pictures of what they see.

Thinking about what is the most important part to write.

Carefully observing the fish.

Sketching a picture.

Quietly writing thoughts.

Ella's fish was almost all black. It is very different from her neighbors fish.

This is a close up picture of one of the fish.

Sharing good ideas we can include in our notes.

Patricia Polacco

Today we had a visit from a famous author. Patricia Polacco came to our school to talk about her writer life.  She has written 90 books and has been writing books for 27 years. She talked about writing about what she knows....Her Rotten Red Headed Older Brother and her Babushka, Grandma.

Patricia Polacco

If you would like more information about her books, please visit her website:
http://www.patriciapolacco.com/

MealWorms

We have meal worms in a habitat on our desks. We are watching them to see the life cycle of a  beetle.  The children will record their observations throughout the next month. We have already learned that they have 13 segments, 6 legs, and 2 antennae.We are feeding them wheat flour and carrots.