Celebrating Authors

I am so excited to finally be able to say we have "published" our informational books!  Our authors are very happy and can't wait to read their book to anyone interested!  I have posted a few pictures of the books below!  These are books from the afternoon class.  The morning class students are still putting their finishing touches on the books.  The children worked so hard researching and writing the information in their books.  They are very proud of them!

  Sydney's Goldfish Book

 Crishaun's Snake Book

 Robby's Tarantuala Book

 Alyssa's Shark Book

 

Here is a link to this week's homework: Homework 4 19 13

Don't forget  to practice your poems too!

Where did the week go?

Forgive me for my late post this week!  I am not sure where Monday, Tuesday and now Wednesday have gone!  We have spent this week putting the finishing touches our informational books in writing.   I will put pictures of them up soon!  We are also gearing up for our big "poetry read" on May 9th!

Below is our homework for this week:

Homework for 4/12/13

I also put our poems for the poetry read online.  Please help your child practice these each night.  They do need to memorize these before May 9th!  I do apologize for scanning the poems upside down.  When you download them, just right-click the mouse and hit rotate two times. Thank you for your help!

"Poetry Read" Poems

 

Look for some pictures of us working hard next week!

Weekly Update

Wow, what a busy week!  It is hard to believe that we have less than 40 days of school left!  The morning reading class Skyped with South Dakota this week!  They only had 7 kids in their class and all of the children lived on ranches!  We thought it was so cool that all the children had their own horse!  On Thursday, the children took a "listening quiz" on the information we learned from our South Dakota friends.  They took the quiz using an Ipad app called Socrative.  After the children answered a question, it told them immediately if they were correct! 

In the afternoon class, we finished our research and began writing our informational book.  We hope to be finishing the book up by the end of this week.  I can't wait for you to see them.  The children have been so excited to share all the information they learned!

A few reminders for this week:   Monday (4/8) at 9am is our Awards Assembly

                                                     Wednesday(4/10) at 2pm is Early Release

Below is a link for this week's homework:

Homework for 4/5/13

 

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!  Enjoy the warm weather!

Happy Spring!

I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break!  It is nice to see that the weather is finally starting to warm up!  The next eight weeks are going to fly by and will be filled with lots of learning! This week we will be working on our informational books in writing.  We have a little more research to do and then we will start writing what we learned in a book.  In reading, we will read a book about the water cycle to help the children connect reading and science. 

Before break, our afternoon reading class helped the first graders research using the computer.  They were quite the experts and really helped the first graders navigate the websites.  The first graders used the information they learned to help write their own informational books.  Below are a few pictures of the children working together!  (The first graders are not shown since I do not have permission from their parents.)

Here is the homework for this week.  It is still due on Friday but is a little shorter!

Homework for 4/1/13

  Have a wonderful week!  

Spring is Almost Here!

Wow, what a great week!  Last week the morning reading class had their first Skype session with Maine.  It was so exciting to see the children share their paragraphs about Ohio and listen to the Maine students share about their state.  We learned that Whoopie pies are great snacks in Maine.  We also learned that Milton Bradley is from Maine!  We will Skype again after spring break.

The afternoon reading group finished their Ohio paragraphs last week.  On Friday, they helped the first graders research about animals.  They worked really well with the first graders and helped them find many interesting facts about various animals.  We have a few pictures, which I'll post soon!

This week we will begin a new research project.  The children will choose their own topic to research and write about.  This project will continue after spring break.

We are head over heels for fairy tales.  Last week we read Cinderella.  At first many of the boys weren't too sure about reading a fairy tale but I think they have overcome this feeling and are starting to appreciate the stories!  Comparing and contrasting different versions of fairy tales are part of the new reading standards.

Below is a link for our homework this week: 

 Homework 3/15/13

Enjoy your spring break!!

Weekly News

We are quickly reaching the end of the third quarter!  It is hard to believe that there are only 10 weeks left of school!  We have some exciting things planned for the rest of the year!  In May, we will have our poetry day.  We will also take a study trip. 

 Last week we continued to work on our research about Ohio.  Our Skype date, where the children will present their research, is set for this Wednesday!  (This for the morning reading class.)  The afternoon reading class will Skype after spring break!  Below is a picture of the children doing their research online. 

Ryley and Shelby

 

Our homework for this week is on the link below.  The spelling words are:

because     was     where    crash    crashes     have    about     after     found     really     right     more    what    saw     off

 

Homework 3/8/13

 

 

Happy Snow Day!

I hope you have enjoyed our first snow day!  I had almost forgotten how pretty the snow is since we haven't had much this year!  We are back to our normal routine after have a very fun Dr. Seuss week.  This week we have been working on our researching Ohio.  The children have done a wonderful job using both books and the internet.   In class we are using a site called www.kidrex.org to search.  I have added the link to our webpage in case you want to research at home.  The site is like google but is kid friendly. 

Below is a link to our homework for this week.  As always, feel free to print it out or do it on a separate piece of paper if you do not have a printer. 

Homework 3/1/13

Now on to our celebrations!  Below our pictures of our students who reached their February Star reading goal. 

Tim

Jaxon

Ryley

 

Demi

Madison

Brooklynn

 

Not Pictured: Christian, Jeremy, Azrel, Elijah, Hailey, Griffin, Kaitlyn, Jesse