Friday, November 22, 2013

Friday, November 22nd

"Today we got to dissect owl pellets!" ~ Sean

"In library we got to tour the book fair and buy books if we had money." ~ Ashlynn

"We have no homework this week!!!" ~ Kaitlin

"Also, today we didn't do a math timing or spelling test." ~ Kyle

"After we dissected our owl pellets we used a model of a skeleton and glued our bones to a black piece of paper." ~ Kenan


Reminders:
Weekly Reports came home today...due Monday!
NO Homework this week!
Conferences and early release continues next week!

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Thursday, November 21st

"The Scholastic Book Fair started today!" ~ Divinity Jackson

"We got to learn about owl pellets today, tomorrow we're going to dissect them!" ~ Mikaela

"Our class had no specialist today because of conferences." ~ Kyle

"Today we got to draw an owl." ~ Kaitlin

"This morning for our journal we had to pick a person from 'It Takes Courage' and say a character trait for that person and back it up with details from the text." ~ Sean


Reminders:
Homework due tomorrow!
Topic 5 Test with Reteaching pages due tomorrow!
Conferences and early release continue through Wednesday, November 27th. Leave at 12:54

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Wednesday, November 20th

"Today we had PE and we did the test on how far we could stretch our legs and arms.  We played the bowling pin game too." -Ashlynn

"This morning's journal prompt was on the laptops.  It was telling a funny, sad, or special story about an animal you had." -Matt

"Malik's last day was today and he brought maple bars." -Kylee

"This afternoon we got to read Owls in the Family.  Also, it was Mary's birthday." -Carson

"Our class got to read in the Treasures book, 'Making a Splash'.  It was about Rudy who swims, bikes, and runs and he has no legs." -Mikaela

"Also, with Mary's birthday, we had chocolate chip cookies." -LJ

"I got to read a lot and I read about 15 chapters in my book." -Layne

"For math today, Mrs. Thompson wrote multiplication of 2 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers on the board. She wanted us to solve them the expanded or partial products way." -Sean

Reminder:
Homework due on Friday
Weekly reports were due on Monday
Half days Th, F, M, Tu, W (12:45 dismissal)
Bring back Topic 5 test and reteach sheets

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Tuesday, November 19th

"Today Mrs. Thompson shared pictures with us from her trip to Hawaii." -Torri

"Our class got to read Owls in the Family. At the end of the fourth chapter they find another owl." -Mikaela

"In Music, we got to do a few songs and learned the notes to Jingle Bells on the recorders." -Matt

"In Math, we did the expanded algorithm or partial products for multiplication.  It was pretty easy." -Kylee

"We also read 'The Paralympics' and learned that you can still do stuff if you are paralyzed." -Kyle

***I WILL GIVE A KIT KAT BAR TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO EMAILS ME TO TELL ME WHY THE TITLE ABOVE ONLY HAS ONE QUOTATION MARK INSTEAD OF 2 (WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE 2*** (jessi.thompson@mead354.org)

Reminders:
Homework due Friday
Weekly reports were due Monday
Thursday and Friday (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next week too) are half days due to conferences, early dismissal is 12:45



Monday, November 18, 2013

Monday, November 18th

"Today we had P.E., we had our push-up test." ~ Sean

"In kinder-buddies we helped them make turkeys, they said "Save a Turkey Eat More..." ~ Kylee

"Our class went on the computers and did a journal prompt, we wrote lyrical poems." ~ Kyle

"Today on the computers we got to choose to write another lyrical poem or play math games." ~ Mikaela

"Abby passed out our pictures that we did for art last month with Mrs. Tebbets, it was the first letter of our last name in a pop culture way, like Andy Warhol." ~ Torri & Kylee

"We finally get to take our brain pictures home today." ~ Divinity

"When we were walking back to our classrooms from kinder-buddies I called Torri a "ding-dong" and her buddy said "back off dude!" ~ Trey


Reminder:
Homework due Friday!
Weekly Reports due!
Topic 5 Test and Reteaching pages due Friday!
Conferences this Thursday and Friday, next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday! Early release those days at 12:45 p.m.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Friday, November 15th

“Today we had library, we watched Charlie Brown’s Thanksgiving.” ~ Kyle

“Our class had science rotations, we went to Mrs. Gil’s and we made a model of a leg for our quiz.” ~ Torri

“In our Treasures book we read a lyric poem called The New Kid, and then we wrote a poem of our own using rhyming.” ~  Mikaela and Kylee



Reminders:
Weekly Reports due Monday!
Homework came home today, due next Friday, November 22nd
Topic 5 Test and Reteaching pages came home today, due next Friday, November 22nd

Conference week starts next Thursday, November 21st, early release on these days, kids will be let out at 12:45

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Thursday, November 14th

"Today we had science rotations, we took a test on the skeletal system." ~ Mikaela

"Our class had music today, we did the chicken dance." ~ Torri

"We took a math test in math and it was about Topic 5, which was using compensation, rounding and breaking apart to multiply." ~ Kylee

"We owed five minutes of our second recess today for talking." ~ Matt

Reminder:
Homework due Tomorrow!
Spelling and WOD Test Tomorrow!
Multiplication and Division Timing Test Tomorrow!
Bring back signed conference forms!

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Tuesday, November 12th

"We had music today and we played the recorders." ~ Ashlynn

"Today we started a new book! We are reading Owl in the Family by " ~ Kyle

"In our reading book today, we read Women Pick up the Ball, which is about how women started playing baseball in 1942, because the Chicago Cubs coach started the All American Girls Professional Baseball League." ~ Mikaela, Abby and Trey

"Today in math we were working on using compensation and breaking apart to help us get answers to multiplication equations" ~ Kylee

Reminders:
Conference letters came home today, please sign and return to school!
Homework due Friday, November 15th

Friday, November 8, 2013

Friday, November 8th

"Out at recess today my friends and I played chicken on the bars." ~ Mikaela

"This morning in library, Mrs. Swan read us a book call "Tough." It was about a character named Sam, she was tough and kind of a bully. The moral of the story was to try not to bully and to be kind." ~ Kaydin

"This morning we went to our Veteran's Day assembly. In the slideshow I saw a picture of my grandpa who was WWII!" ~ Carrie

"It was my birthday today! I brought delicious chocolate covered pretzel sticks." ~ Kylee

"It was also my birthday today! I brought chocolate and vanilla cupcakes." ~ Kaylee

"In art this afternoon we made our own unique American Flags. We used paint." ~ Matt

"We finished There is a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom! We wrote a summary and we got to type it up on the computers." ~ Ashlynn and Sean

"Today for lunch we had "Friend Friday!" ~ Sean


Reminders:
No School Monday, November 11th!
Weekly Reports and Homework came home today!
Weekly Reports due Tuesday!
Science Homework due Wednesday!
Homework due next Friday, November 15th

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Wednesday, November 6th

"Today we had science rotations.  It was Joints Appreciation Day!" -Ella

"In PE, we had our physical fitness test and we did the curl ups portion. I got 80 out of 80." -Sean

"We read more of There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, 4 chapters of it." -Kenan

Reminders:
Homework and math reteach sheets due Friday
No school Monday
Weekly reports were due Monday

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Tuesday, November 5th

"Today we got to do our journal prompt on the computer which was what we liked about playing in the snow." -Kylee

"This afternoon we got to glue the digestive system on our bodies." -Matt

"Our class had music today and we played the recorders and we listened to a new song for recorders." -Torri

"This morning we did our practice our 5-1 practice and it was working on patterns with multiplication of 10s and 100s." -Mikaela

"Our class got to re-do the answers that we got wrong on our district math test." -Kolby

"Since it snowed today, the 4th grade recorder club didn't happen so we could play in the snow." -Kaitlin

"At recess my friends and I played tetherball." -Mary

"Because of the snow, a lot of the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders helped to make a giant snow castle." -Kaydin

Reminders:
Homework due Friday
Next Monday, no school
Weekly reports were due Monday
If it's snowing tomorrow, bring appropriate clothing
Topic test reteach sheets due Friday
PE test tomorrow

Monday, November 4, 2013

Monday, November 4th

"We got to have science rotations in Mrs. Gil's class and we learned about the skeletal system." -Kaydin

"Today our class got to have PE and we played volleyball." -Torri

"In the morning, we had to do a math sheet and we had to do a journal writing prompt." -Carson

"Our class read more of There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom.  I'm starting to get really sad." -Kylee

"This afternoon our class had a November Math Assessment." -LJ

"When we got to read There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, Carla got fired." -Mary

"During reading, we got to do partner reading and I read with Torri and Ashlynn." -Mikaela

Reminder: 
Homework and math test due on Friday
Weekly reports were due today
Next Monday there's no school due to Veteran's Day
Turn in military photos if you have them

Friday, November 1, 2013

Friday, November 1st

"Today we got to go to library and I checked out Katy Kazoo Switcheroo, Holly's Jolly Christmas." ! Mikeala

"Today is a half day!" ~ Torri

"We are going to have Self Monitor's Recess!" ~ Carson

"Our writing prompt this morning was "What was your favorite part of our Halloween party?" and I wrote a lot!" ~ Kylee

"Today our class filled out our Weekly Reports and cleaned our desks." ~ LJ

"Matt, Mathew and Kolby were pulled from the ticket bin." ~ Chase



Reminders:
Weekly Reports came home today...due Monday!
Homework came home today...due next Friday, November 8th
Topic 4 Test and Reteaching/Enrichment Pages cam home today...due next Friday, November 8th.