Fun Tuesday - Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Dear families,

In math we made our own measuring sticks out of paper. We measured things around the class. We used string to practice measuring things that are not straight, because rulers are not bendy. I had to measure my partner's head, neck, and wrist. I was partners with Matthew and Ave. We filled in the blanks of a story using adjectives. The story was about going to the zoo. Our phonics words this week are long i words like slide. We are collecting interesting words. We are learning all about bats this week. We read a packet on bats and read bat folders. I hope we will read Stellaluna this week, it is about bats. I know Ms. Petzold has the book. Bats have fingers and thumbs.

Love,
Krysta

Monday, October 26, 2015

Dear families,

Today we went to gym and did our spooky stations. In math, we estimated the lengths of lines. We figured out the lengths of different paths. In reading, we learned about tuning into interesting word. We had to write an interesting word from our books on sticky notes. We made books adjectives to help with our writing. We practiced putting sequencing a story about Halloween night.

Love,
Lilly

Fabulous Friday - October 23, 2015

Hi families,

Today I was person of the day. I had to do the whole calendar. We have been in school for 36 days. 36 has 3 tens and 6 ones. We did computers. We wrote in class journals. We read to self. We read Chrysthumum. We have a heart and if something says something mean, we crumpled the heart, when they say a nice thing we try to un-crumble it. When you try to un-crumble it it rips in the middle. We can take back mean things we say, so we need to think before we say things. We wrote about why you have to speak before you think and what to say if you hurt someones feelings, and glued that and our crumpled hearts onto a piece of paper. We took a math quiz on measurement. It was a little bit hard. We had extra recess. You have to get your work and be good to go to extra recess.

Love,
Matthew

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Dear families,

We got to see jumpy spiders. They will be in the treasure for when we get 5 gold treasures. We get a gold treasure when we finish a math fact quiz all correct. I have three treasures, so I need two more treasures to go to the treasure chest. We made adjective books. We had to write first. We had to write about a noun and describe it. Then we had to cut it out and then staple it together. We read more of The Absent Author and made predictions. I predict Wallace Wallis has been kidnapped by the book store owner, Mr. Paskey.

Love,
Noah

What a wonderful Wednesday it was! Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Good afternoon,

Today we went to music class and we sang Halloween songs. I was the person of the day. I was picked for having a butterfly in music class. We talked about adjectives and nouns. We made a chart about adjectives and looked at the different types: sounds, touch, shape, and taste. I picked animal toss greeting this morning. We measured lines and we combined the numbers together to find the total lengths. We also compared the lines longer or shorter the lines were. We decorated our math folders with word problems in it. It was fun.

Love you Dad and Mom.

From,
Odanny

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Dear families,

I worked so hard with my math. In math, we did measuring. We talked about mental benchmarks like how your pinky is 1 centimeter wide, an unsharpened pencil is 20 centimeters long, a meter is about from the floor to the door handle. We did writing. We did scary stories. Mine is about a zombie and the haunted house. We got to put monsters with our writing. (See below for some pictures Rhianna took). An adjective describes a noun. An example of an adjective to describe a girl is kind.

From,
Rhianna

Monday, October 19, 2015

Hi Families,

Today we did centimeter rules and meter sticks in math. We measured stuff in the classroom. You should measure the whiteboard with a meter stick. You should measure a small, personal white board with centimeters. We did reading and writing classroom journals. I wrote about my favorite Halloween story. I am reading Ivy and Bean The Bone Finding Record. We worked on our spooky stories during writing time. Mine is about a vampire, a skull, and a skeleton. I was the person of the day. I got to do calendar, days in school, and place value. I got the spinney chair to use today. I like that I get to draw during Friday free time. I also like art. Ms. Petzold liked my owl chapstick because it was an owl and owls are Ms. Petzold's favorite animals.

Love,
Suri

Here are pictures Suri took of one of our class journals: