Hi Families,

Today we cut up our place value disks. In writing, we are writing about where our animal lives. My name is Odanny and I am researching about hippos. They live in salty rivers and waters. We got an elf that is watching us to make sure we have behave. His name is Stewie. This week for phonics we are learning about long u words. They say either "u" or "oooh" like a mule says "u". A mule is a kind of donkey and looks like a horse. We read Clifford and looked for problem and solutions in it. We will be doing this by ourselves tomorrow. On Thursday night, we will be having Light the Night (at 6:30) please come! Have a good evening all dads and moms.

Sincerely,
Odanny

 Stewie has arrived!

 We are working on a class informational book on dolphins the students can use as a model for their own independent books. 

 The prefixes we learned about during November. This is a school-wide initiative to build our language skills. 

 This is our page from today. All students wrote about where their animals live.

We also read Clifford Keeps Cool. We discussed the problem, steps the character takes to fix the problem, and the solution. Students will be expected to do this tomorrow independently, as we have practiced this skill several times as a class. 

A Perfect Wednesday! Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Hi families,

Today was a great day because we had so much fun. I got to use Ms. Petzold's iPad. I am playing Stack the States and learning about the capitals of each state. I also played Sushi Monster. It was so much fun. It is a math game where you have to add. We did math and we did a math. The test went good but it was also very hard. We wrote letters to a special person in our family, but shhhh they are a surprise! We had so much fun today. Happy Thanksgiving!

Love,
Noah

We wrote notes to family members today to let them know how grateful we are for them. Also in their home school folders are grateful books the students have been working on throughout November. Please take a moment to read through their grateful books -- each child found so many things to be grateful for. 

iPad fun -- favorite class apps: Sushi Monster (math app) and State the States (geography/social studies app) 

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Hi families,

We learned about math. We learned how to find how many tens are in a group of hundreds. There are 10 tens in one hundred. We did a high five greeting this morning. We went to an assembly in the auditorium. A girl danced like a ballerina. We saw pictures of us on a slideshow. We talked about what we are grateful for. I am grateful for Ms. Petzold. Tomorrow we have a math test. It’s just like our homework – so work hard on the homework!!

Have a good afternoon!

Love,

Rhianna

Here are some pictures of from the assembly:

Mrs. Donovan sharing what she is thankful for.

 Students receiving integrity awards.

Fourth graders reading Thanksgiving poems! 

Monday, November 23, 2015

Hi families,

Today we learned about diagrams. Diagrams show the reader the parts of the animal. My animal is deer. We read Jack and Annie Thanksgiving on Thursday. Jack and Annie were just about to leave. They were in 1621 at the first Thanksgiving with Squanto and the Pilgrims. We got to play at recess. I was person of the day. In math, we did counting on a number line. It was tricky. We have a math test on Wednesday. We are going to practice tomorrow to get ready. I am excited for Thanksgiving because my uncle is coming. At the end of the day, we did our grateful books. 

From,

Suri

Some important announcements:

In your child's home-school folder is a PURPLE form about conferences. Please send back your availability as soon as possible. I will assign slots on a first-come first-serve basis based on times desired. 

Also in your child's folder is their drafts from narrative writing. Please read the orange letter regarding their drafts and let me know if you have any questions. 

A few important reminders!

Hi Families! 

Happy Friday! A few important reminders:
-We are making information books and will be completing an All About the Author page. If possible, please send in a recent picture of your child for the page. If you need me to print it, please e-mail it to me and I'd be happy to do so! 
-Friday journals are in backpacks! Please read all about our week! 
-Math quizzes are in backpacks as well. Please look it over and let me know if you have any questions.
-Conferences will be held Thursday, December 10th and Friday, December 11th. Sign-ups will be coming home next week. Please plan on joining me for a 10 minute conference one of those days. 
-This coming Wednesday (Nov 25th) is an early release day. No school on Thursday (Nov 26th) or Friday (Nov 27th). 

As always, send me an e-mail with ANY questions, concerns, comments, or thoughts. :-) Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Petzold
http://adventuresinroom217.blogspot.com/ 

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Hi Families,

Today we did pirate math. We learned about counting money in math. We used different dollar bills to get to numbers. We used hundred bills, ten bills, and one bills. In writing, we kept working on our animals. I am learning about raccoon. I like raccoon. When the raccoon is big it eats things that are really small and sometimes dead things. We read Thanksgiving on Thursday. Jack and Annie are back at Pilgram times in the first Thanksgiving. We are figuring out the problems the face and the solutions they come up with. We wrote in our grateful books.

From,
Angelina

 Based on our class read aloud Thanksgiving on Thursday. It is a Magic Tree House book which is a great series for second graders to be reading! We have been analyzing the two main characters, Jack and Annie, by looking at their character traits and analyzing the problems they face and the solutions they come up with to solve the problems. 

A math word problem we did today and the four ways we have learned to express numbers this week.

Awesome Wednesday - Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Hi Families,

We learned how to do unit form, word form, expanded form, and standard form. For the number 234 standard form is 234, word form is two hundred thirty-four, expanded form is 200 + 30 + 4, and unit form is 2 hundreds, 3 tens, 4 ones. We learned about animals. We are researching them. Our aniamls are sharks and manatees. I learned manatees play dead when a boat comes. The whale shark can be up to sixty-four feet long. Today we made the cover, too. We played  7-up at the end of the day because we were good kids today.

From,
Ave and a friend :-)

***Families, please see the purple letter that is coming home today about our new and exciting informational writing unit. Each child has chosen an animal to research and I have gotten them books about them from the library. Each day we will complete a different part of their informational book. Yesterday, we began doing research. Today, we worked on the cover page for the books. If you have a recent printed picture of your child please consider sending it in for them to use for their about the author page.

Working diligently on cover page for our information books.

Researching animals on Tuesday.

More students working hard on research!

Creating cover pages!