This Week

Whew! Busy week.... Jamie has our update below. Next week's specials are:
Monday - PE

Tuesday - Counselor
Wednesday - Art
Thursday - Music

Friday - PE

 

Scroll down to last week's entry to see about Valentine's Day. Class lists were in Friday Folders today.

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Math

This week in math we played division games and started division. One of the games we played was pop the balloon. You can use pennies or counters. There are division problems in each square and if you land on one you have to answer it then put a counter or a penny on a balloon with the answer on it.

Writing

In writing we are typing our information writing. We are almost finished with our information writing.

Reading

This week in Holes Stanley and Zero dug up a suitcase and they got caught trying to steal it and then Stanley realized he was standing in a Yellow spotted lizard nest.

Other

Today we are having a pajama day. Miss Baxter gave us donuts and orange juice. Also on Wednesday we got a half day.

By: James

Lots of News!

We've made it through a long short week... For only being four days, it seems like the kids were extra tired today! We must have been working hard this week. You can read more about that below in Rachel's update.

Our pajama day has been postponed until next Friday (the 31st). I had not taken EEE in consideration when scheduling it the first time. My mistake!

Valentine's Day is right around the corner! Please help your child decorate a box for receiving Valentines. If you need a box, let me know. I have lots of shoeboxes and Scholastic boxes for sharing! Your child can be as creative as they would like for their box. This was always one of my favorite parts of Valentine's Day when I was a kid. We will exchange Valentines on February 13th as the 14th is a teacher work day. We have 24 kids in our class if you are an early bird planner and want to get started. I will send home a list of names with students in next week's Friday Folders.

Wednesday the 29th is an early dismissal day. Students will be dismissed at 12:50. Our lunch and recess time will be earlier in the day to accomodate the early dismissal, and we will still have specials.

Next week's Specials:
Monday: Music
Tuesday: PE
Wednesday: Counselor and Library Checkout
Thursday: Art
Friday: Music

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Hi I’m Rachel and I’m going to tell you about what Ms. Baxter’s class did this week

Cocoa Night

At cocoa night we had a sheet that we picked up at the door. It had a list of things that you could do. You could do some of them, all of them, you didn’t have to do any of them. Then you could get hot cocoa. It was steaming hot.

Writing

In writing this week are class worked on our informational writing. We could write an article or write a book. If you finished your work you could hang it up for cocoa night. We also did hand writing. We are working on cursive.

Reading

In reading we are working on reading group book. There are five different groups. Each group will read a few chapters then respond. The groups meet and share what they wrote. We also did some read to self and read to partner. We have to respond every day. We had read aloud this week. The title is called HOLES. It’s about a boy named Stanley Yelnats. It’s his first name spelled backwards for his last name. Holes is about Stanley going to a camp that he’s thinks it’s going to be fun but he was wrong.

Math

In math this week we did some time tests. We started x12s and x11s. Check this out 56=7x8 [neat pattern]We did some papers to get are brains ready for math. We have been doing a little division. We had a big hundreds club. We learned a new kind of property it is the distributive property.

Other Fun

We have brain breaks. We did some dancing, some breathing, and some stretching. We did a Martin Luther King Junior passage. We also did a word search. In specials we had music, P.E., Art, and library. In music we sang some songs, in P.E. we did Folk dancing, in art we did abstract art, and in library we checked out books.

Sincerely,

 Rachel

 

A Full Week

Hello!

Man, has it been a busy week! For our first full week back to school after break, we did a pretty good job. We had Student Council elections on Wednesday (Congratulations Joan and James!), timed multiplication tests (check out our twitter for pics of our daily 100s club members!), grade level lunch in the hallway, and we even had a guest reader from our Partner in Education (Columbia Insurance Group). In class we practiced division, worked on our informational writing on the laptops (and learning how to add clip art and using other fun tools in Microsoft Word), learned about Martin Luther King, JR., and we even remembered to do our cursive. It's been busy!

As a parent, you will begin to see more math homework coming home occasionally. While I still strongly believe that the classroom discussions and work are by far the more enriching learning experience and that kids should have time at home to be kids, be involved in extra-curriculars, and spend time with family, the truth is that fourth grade will bring homework. I don't want fourth grade to be a shock. And as sad as it makes me, these kids are closer to being fourth graders than they are second graders. Our year is already about half over. :( A page or two of math homework a week may help ease that transition. It would be a diservice to them to not fully prepare them for the realities of fourth grade to the best of my ability. You should be proud of your kids for the mature, responsible kids they are and are becoming.

Just some example of how responsible these kids are: this week I had a couple kids take the initiative to ASK ME for extra multiplication practice when they struggled on the timed test. The kids put their own papers in their Friday Folders every week. They help to keep our classroom clean and safe each day by stacking the chairs, shaking out our carpet, and picking up the floor. Each day, I am amazed and taken aback by how wonderfully amazing my class is.

Specials Next Week:
Monday - NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - PE
Thursday - Library Check Out/ Media
Friday - Art

The kids earned a cougar compliment celebration before break. We discussed having a pajama day but just didn't have time before break. It's time to make good on that promise of a pajama day! Thursday next week (the 23rd) will be our pajama day!

Below is our weekly update brought to you, this week, by Daniella.

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Writeing                                                                                                                                                      

In cursive we learned the letters  f, r, and s. In  informational we work on are second Informal whiteing.                                                         

Math

we did 3  maltpain tests.  We are learning divion.  

Speals

in speals we  had art ,music, pe, libray,  and art.   In art we panted.in music we leasened and danced to songs.in pe we finshed suair dancing.in library we check out books.

Other

we had  Zackerys birthday .



We're Baaack....

Hello!

What a relief to be back at school! Even though it was only a three day week, it was exciting to get back into the swing of things.

Next week on Tuesday, the 14th, they will be taking club and group pictures for the yearbook.

If your child is participating in the PTA Sponsored Reflections contest, all application materials are due to the office no later than Monday!

In Friday Folders this week there are A LOT of important papers... Girls on the Run registration forms, Scholastic Book Orders (with a free book worth up to $5 with a minimum $10 purchase coupon!), Student Council representative election information, Book-It coupon for Pizza Hut, and a lot of other information. Please check it out!

Specials next week:
Monday - Art
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - PE

Thursday - Library
Friday - Art

Below is our student update by Zachary.

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THIS WEEKS UPDATE (halaluya!)

HANDWRITING

Ms.Baxter forgot all about handwriting and the only thing we did was cursive z and v.(Naghty ms.Baxter)

MATH

We took a timed math test and did some multapacation stuff and some reapeated adition to practice multapacation.

READING

We did our normal reading habits: read to self, read to partner, reading groups, and some people not doing the right thing. We also started Holes in read aloud.

OTHER FACTS

Hi mom. We also did gonoodle Zumba dancing as a brain break.                                    

By: Zachary