Bob's Adventures with Tyler

I had a fun time with Bob for the past four days. Bob went to the farm with me, he has been on our swingset, and he has also been to school everyday with me too. He has learned Math, Science, and Reading and has also been to the library and the writing lab too!  Every morning when he woke up, he played on my swing set! I think the next person that will have him will have fun with him. I was happy to be the first one to take Bob home. Bob is fun to play with and I hope you will enjoy him too!

good old sunny days

Today will be sunny and tommorow also 0% chances of rain high with  85. Tommorow high with 84 no rain either this morning is 64 tonight in the 62 no chance of rain .So go outside as much as you can have a great weekand see you monday.

8.24.11

The week is now halfway over, friends!  We had a busy day today and we're getting into the swing of things!

WRITING:
We worked on "pronouns" which take place of a noun.  These make sentences sound better.  For example: instead of saying, "Jack rode Jack's tractor," the sentence would be, "Jack rode HIS tractor".  To practice this, we used our lyrics from the "SchoolHouse Rock" nouns song and circled the pronouns. 
HOMEWORK: none

READING:
Today was our day to practice being in a small guided group with Mrs. Thomas as part of our reading rotations.  To practice this, we completed a graphic organizer on character traits and feelings.
HOMEWORK: none

SCIENCE:

MATH:
we worked on place-value!  Students practiced creating numbers with place-value pieces, and then saying numbers up to billions.  They are doing a sensational job!
HOMEWORK: none

PM EXTRAS:
Because of our AWESOME reports from this afternoon, we got to have some reading time outside this afternoon.  Here are some pictures of our activity!

Bob enjoyed the extra reading time too!

Have a wonderful Wednesday evening!  Thank YOU for being YOU!
xoxo,
Mrs. Thomas

Tori's Weather Update - 8.24.11

Today will be in the 90s, 30% chance of rain so stay inside. Tonight will be 71 degrees with a 40% chance weekand of rain... And be safe on the roads!

8.23.11

Happy TUESDAY Friends!!!  I hope your week has started out tremendously!  We've been working super hard in room 105!

WRITING:
We continued our study of NOUNS.  We rewatched the "SchoolHouse Rock" video about nouns and then highlighted the actualy lyrics of the song that were nouns too.  Watch it at home here. (<--click there!).
HOMEWORK: none

READING:
We continued our learning of literary elements (elements of fiction) AND working on expectations for reading groups and rotations.  We watched a video from Good Morning America about the Iditarod (click on Iditarod to watch it again!), and TWO videos from http://www.brainpopjr.com/ about setting and plot.  Next, we completed our graphic organizers that we began yesterday.
HOMEWORK: none

SCIENCE:
Students got to go on a scavenger hunt outside with Ms. Frederick to look for examples of living, non-living, and once-living objects/ organisms.  They had a GREAT time and Tori found the most...22!!
HOMEWORK: complete classification packet sent home in 'Take-Home' folders.

MATH:
We watched a place value video to preview a project we'll be working on tomorrow AND to get a cool and fun song in our minds to help us with place value!  Next, we discussed the revelance of place-value and how meaningful numbers truly are!  Then, we figured out that there are 12 zeros in ONE TRILLION!  Ahhh!!!  That's A LOT of cheeeeeese! Lastly, we worked on page 4 of our textbook to reinforce the skills of focus.
HOMEWORK: none - textbook pages are ALWAYS done in class unless otherwise noted.

I hope you have a terrific Tuesday!  See you tomorrow!
xoxo,
Mrs. Thomas

Victoria's Weather Forecast:

Hey guys, it's Tori!  When you were on your way to school, it was only 56 degrees, but today will be mostly sunny with the high of 86 degrees, with a low of 64...and a little foggy too!
We'll have a nice day outside! And lets be good for Mrs. Thomas, in gym class, and everywhere you go in the school be good!

8.22.11

Hello friends and Happy Monday!  I hope you've had a GREAT start to your week!  We got to start CONTENT today...meaning, we learned from each of the core subjects: Reading, Writing, Math, and Science.  Today, we also welcomed a new friend: the very beautiful Miss Emilee!  She comes to us from Stonewall Elementary and we are so very excited she is here!

WRITING:
We are learning about parts of speech.  Today, we reviewed NOUNS.  We watched a "SchoolHouse Rock" video about nouns and reviewed that they describe a person, place, or thing. 
HOMEWORK: none

READING:
It will take several weeks to learn all of the processes and roles of our reading groups, schedule, and reading rotations.  Today, we learned about what "Guided Reading" will look like and began studying the concept of Literary Elements present in a fictional story starting with characters and setting by reading the story, Akiak from our reading textbook.  Akiak is a story about a determined and courageous dog who never gave up and led her team to victory in the Iditarod race held annually in Alaska.  Students completed a graphic organizer by filling in descriptions of the characters and setting.
HOMEWORK: none.

SCIENCE:
Ms. Frederick came and started talking with the students about classifying organisms and the meaning of the word, "classify".
HOMEWORK: none 

MATH:
We are learning about PLACE VALUE!  All numbers can be and should be classified and identified according to place-value.  Due to excessive talking, we DO HAVE HOMEWORK (see below)
HOMEWORK: WORKBOOK pages 1 AND 2.

I hope you have an excellent evening with your loved ones.  I sure love you!
xoxo,
Mrs. Thomas

PS, Have you turned in your money for your planner or a note saying you need the fee waived?!?