Thursday, May 19, 2016

Hi Families,

Today, first thing, we were giving feedback to other people for our new animal species. We had to tell them how did they look and let them know if they forgot anything. Then we got to make our animal using materials like clay, cotton balls, bubble wrap and string. It took a long time to make them because you had to figure out how you were going to make them. It was fun, I am already done with mine. After that, we went to snack and then we came back and read The One and Only Ivan. Then after we did a Scholastic News about Mystery Legos. It was about how over 20 years ago a shop with thousands of Legos in a bin spilled in the ocean. They keep finding Legos on the beaches all over the world like dragons, flowers, octopuses, and slippers. After the Scholastic News we wnent to recess and then we went to lunch. Then we went to gym. We played this throwing game, I forget what it was called, but you had to try to get the trash to the other side. Whoever had less on their side won. Then we came back and did a math review. We reviewed money and graphing. We are getting ready for a test tomorrow. 

From, 

Ezekiel

Please check out pictures we posted today on Class Dojo under "Class Story."

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Hi Families,

It was a busy day! We learned ways to make the same amount using different combinations of coins. We made butterfly folders. Our caterpillars are arriving on Thursday. We read a Scholastic News on butterflies. I learned that Monarch butterflies migrate South. We are making our own animals. We had to figure out what it looked like, what it ate, where it lives, and what it uses to get food. It needs adaptations in order to survive in its habitat. We got to pick the habitat too. Mine is living in the rain forest.

From,
Jane

May 12, 2016

Hi Families,

Today we learned how to count with money. Most of us got to present our habitat project. One group has to wait because one of the group members was absent. We also watched a brain pop video on money. We finshed our phonics sentences on soft g and hard g. Soft g says /j/ and hard g says /g/. Today we get to bring home our biography projects and our plants.

From,
Juliet

Monday, May 9, 2016

Hi Families,

Today we made posters about our habitats. The habitat I am learning about is a pond. We took a paper and planned out where stuff was going to be as a group. Also, we learned about animal classifications. The four categories we learned about were bird, mammal, reptile, and fish. It helped with our math on data. Also we did pirate math. I am working on multiplication.

From,
Kevin

Monday, May 2nd, 2016

Dear Families,

Today we ate snack. Then we came up and talked about habitats. Then we read two chapters the One and Only Ivan. We saw that an artist painted Ivan as a mean ape, but he was not a mean ape he was a nice ape. Then we went to snack. After snack, we had reading groups. Then when reading was done we did a Scholastic News on caimen which are similar to crocodiles and alligators. Then when we were done we started recess. We had indoor recess today. When recess was done we went to lunch. Then after lunch we did gym where we did bowling mania. When we came back from specials we did math. We talked about even and odd numbers. After we finished our math work we did math centers. Then we packed up and are going home.

From,
Odanny

Friday, April 29th, 2016

Hi Families,

Today we planted a seed. We are reading the One and Only Ivan. Ivan lives in a mall like you go shopping in. We got to do Friday free time at the end of the day if we earned it. We played games. We did equal groups in math. We talked about odd and even numbers. Even is when you can split it into two equal groups. Next week is appreciate your teacher week. Wear blue on Monday because it is Ms. Petzold's favorite color.

Love, Rhianna

The week of April 28th, 2016

Hi Families,

We have done a lot this week. In writing, we did plant flap books. We had to write a paragraph on plants. I focused on the parts of a plant. We also did math. In math, we are learning about arrays. They have rows and columns. We can write repeated addition sentences. Which is the beginning of multiplication. We are starting to learn about habitats in science. We read an article about habitats. Then, we retold the article to see what we remembered. We are going to get to learn all about a habitat and do a presentation on it. We started reading a class read aloud called The One and Only Ivan. It is about a gorilla who lives in a mall. The gorilla is telling the story in first person.

From,
Suri

Spirit Week Reminders

Hi Families,

Wanted to send out a reminder that this week the lower school is doing a spirit week to help stockthe Tenney book pantry. If students want to join in,they could bring a non-perishible food item or adollar to help support the cause!

Tuesday - "1980s" Day - Rock those legwarmers,bright neon colors, hammer pants or acid washjeans and represent your favorite fashion from thecrazy 80s.

Wednesday - "Ohana" Day - Dress up HawaiianStyle

Thursday "Once Upon a Time Day" - Turn back theclock to your favor era whether it is the swinging1940s, the hopping 1950s, or 1990s grunge.

Friday -- "Tiger Up" Day - Rock your favoriteorange and black or Tenney Tiger gear. Show thatschool spirit!!

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Hi Families,

This week we got a new Smartboard for the classroom. For phonics, we -ight words and -igh words.  An example is light in "Shut the light switch off, please." Then we got to go on the Chromebooks. We did Xtramath and Lexia Core 5. Then we did morning meeting. Eric was our person of the day. Then we went to music. We sang an Earth Day song. Then we went to snack in the cafeteria. I had cookies n' cream pop tarts and a blue koolaid. Then we were reading. After lunch, we did math. We did work problems about arrays. We got to our lesson on the new Smartboard. It was an outstanding, awesome day.

From,
Charlie

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Hi Families,

First, did our phonics sentences this morning with -igh and -ight words. Then, we went to morning meeting. We did animal toss greeting. After that we did plant work. We had to glue the parts where they belong on our flap books. After that, we were reading to self. My group finished our book club. We were reading the second Magic Tree House book. We also kept working on our plant experiment. We are seeing if seeds will germinate without soil in plastic bags with damp paper towels. We planted them on Friday. They have roots now. We wrote down our observations in our lab report. After that we had indoor recess. We could draw or watch the Magic School Bus. Then after lunch and specials, we did math. We did arrays with columns and rows still. The definition of an array is items arranged into rows and columns. We did a lesson with teddy bears talking about rows and columns. At the end of the day we reviewed parts of a plant and read a non-fiction book on roots.

Have a good day!

Ezekiel

Monday, April 11, 2016

Today, we continued to learn about plants. We discussed the parts of a plant (leaves, root, stems, and flowers) and their purposes. We had to draw arrays with certain amount of rows and columns. Then we had to draw either a horizontal or vertical line to show the rows or columns. We also learned about homophones. A homophone sounds alike but have different meanings and spelling. Too, to, and two are examples of homophones. We finished our biographies. We did a scholastic news about blue honey. It happened in France. The bees were drinking the M&M syrup instead of nectar from plants. We also went to a firefighter Phil assembly. He did magic tricks and taught us all about fire safety.

From,
Charlie and Rhianna

April 7, 2016

Hi Families,

Today we stayed inside because it was raining. We did arrays and talked about rows and columns. We worked on finishing up our biography projects. Our biographies are due by tomorrow. We read an article about the leaves. The oxygen that we breath is made by plants, and they take in the carbon dioxide we breath. The green part (chlorophyll) sucks in the sunlight to make their own food. We also worked on updated our KWL chart on plants now that we have started to learn all about them.

From,
Jeremiah and Odanny

Tuesday, April 4, 2016

Hi Families,

We did more stuff about plants. We learned they need sunlight, water, soil. We also did a paper on the differences between what they need and what they have. We did the one minute greeting. In math, we repeated addition which will help with multiplication next year. We did a book on subject and predicate. Subject is who or what is doing the action. Predicate is the action being done by the subject. Check out our books subject-predicate we are bringing home!

From,
Joshua

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Hi Families,

We did minus in math. Then we checked them with plus again. All the numbers are a family. On Friday we will have a math test. Next week will start working on arrays which will teach us able multiplication and divison. We started learning about plants. We did a plants graphic graphic organizer and what they have, need, can, and are. We made plant folders to hold our stuff in. We kept working on our phonics sentences which are on plural irregular nouns, for example you have one foot but two feet. We had double special: music and library. In music, we sang and watched a movie. In library, we got books and read from black bins. 

From,

Krysta

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Hi Families,

Today, in math we learned how to check subtraction problems by adding. The numbers are all part of a family. With a number family you can make four equations -- two addition and two subtraction. We started researching biographies about famous people. I am learning about Pablo Picaso. He was a famous artist. In grammar, we learned about subject (who does the action) and predicate (the action being done). We learned about irregular plural nouns that do not follow patterns. We had art for specials. We learned about cool colors and warm colors.

From,

Lilly

March 28, 2016

Hi Families,

In math, we had to do take-away. Then to check our answer, we had to do plus. We had to take the answer and the other part to make the whole. We also started talking about plants. We made a KWL chart on plants. The K stands for know, the W stands for what I want to know, and at the end we will fill in the L for learned. We talked about sentences today too. We started with simple, basic sentences. We got a card to add details. We had to add who, what, where, when, why and how. We had to add more and more details to the sentence. We had indoor recess and watched Magic School Bus. We went to gym and played a bowling game.

From,
Matthew and Josh

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Hi families,

Today we learned more about plural nouns. If there is a consonant before the y you take away the y and add -ies. For lunch we ate meatballs with bread and salad. We did a math test. It was medium difficulty. We did some narrative fictional writing about getting stuck in the school because of a big snow storm. It was fiction because we made it up. We went to library for specials and got books. We also had music this morning. We had outdoor recess. That's all I remember about today. Have a good night!

From,
Odanny

March 22, 2016

Dear families,

Today we did math. We did the vertical way with addition. We did pirate math, too. We are learning about plural nouns. The rule is if a word ends in a consanant + y, you drop the y and -ies. The other rule we learned is if a noun ends in f or fe, you drop f/fe and add -ves. We practiced hard with it. We went to art because yesterday we had no school so we skipped gym because of no school on Monday. In writing, we read a biography and found important information about our famous person. 

Have a good day!

From,

Rhianna and a friend

Friday, March 18, 2016

Hi Families,

Today we did calendar. I got to lead it. We decided if today was a lion or a lamb day. The saying about March is it "comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." We have had more lamb days. We ate breakfast for lunch today. We did Friday journals. We did a math quiz, too. It was a short day.

From,
Andrew

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Hi Families

Today we finished our phonic sentences for plural nouns. We read. I read The Haunted Library. I almost finished it. We wrote leprechaun stories and learned how to draw a leprechaun. We went to gym. We played bowling mania. In math, we did subtraction with tape diagrams. You had to make the number you are taking away into a nice group of hundreds. We also got to color some St. Patrick day drawings. Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

Love, Suri