Terrific Tuesday !

Today was a sunny day but it was cold outside. We were busy inside!

5. We read Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin. We are going to study her the rest of this month and some of December.

4. We read That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown  by Cressida Cowell and Elbert's Bad Word by Audrey Wood. We read both of these books as a part of learning about writing a story.  We identified characters, location, action, problem and solution

3.  We had a substitute, Mr. Savre, in Music.  We sang a bunch of songs and then did The Bouncer dance three times.

2. We started our Handwriting books today!

1. In math we studied point, line and line segment. We did secret codes to practice drawing lines.

Have a great night!

Read In Rocks !

Today was our Read In! Here are the top five things we want you to know:
5. We got to bring a pillow or a stuffed animal and we cuddled with them to read our favorite book.

4. We had a snack of animal crackers and fruit snacks. It was amazing and different.

3. We read for an entire hour! That is longer than we read for Read to Self.

2. We watched Owl Moon by Jane Yolen on bookflix.

1. Mrs. Anderson read More Bears by Kenn Nesbit. We learned about speech bubbles.

Have a great weekend! Enjoy our slideshow !

Best Buddies

This morning we got to meet our buddies.  Here are the best things about our buddies:

5.  Our buddies read us a book.  Some people listened to two stories.

4.  They taught us a special handshake.

3.  We showed our buddies three ways we think they are great!

2.  We spent some time getting to know each other.

1.  We loved spending time with them and want to see them again soon.

Tomorrow we are having a Read-In or our reading party.  We need to bring a book, and a stuffed animal or pillow that fits in our backpacks.  We will have a special snack.  School is out at 12:45 p.m.

Marvelous Monday and more !

 Today was a fabulous day because we made our turkey hats!  We made them this morning and wore them to lunch.  It was awesome and we looked very cute!

5.  We had many classroom volunteers come to help with our turkey hats.  Thank you parents!

4.  We read Thank You Sarah.  We learned how Sarah Hale saved Thanksgiving.

3.  We also read Thanksgiving at the Tappletons'.  We learned that Thanksgiving is about being with your family and friends.

2.  We took notes about urban settings.   Buildings are close together and usually very tall.  There are also more people in and urban setting as well as more options for shopping.

Turkeys staying in from recess...a good idea!

1.  It was the first day of recess with snow.  We need to remember to wear warm clothes and clothes that will keep us dry.

We are looking forward to Jungle Tag in gym and meeting our Buddies!

Fantastc Friday !

Today was a great day because we deliverd our letters to our buddies!

5.  We watched a bookflix book for a reward for good behavior during Literacy Workshop.

4.  In math we had four pages of math work!  It was tiring!  We are all feeling better about Ballpark Estimates and Partial Sums.

3.  We had a guest reader Mrs. Erdahl come and read to us.  She used to be a librarian at Brimhall.

2.  In Gym, we got to play a soccer tag game.

1.  We played "Mystery Leader" this morning before Literacy Workshop.

We can't wait until Monday to make our turkey hats!

Wonderful Wednesday

This is the first time we have been able to blog this week.  We have some important things to tell you.

5.  We finished writing to our Fifth grade Buddies.  We are meeting them on Monday!

From Kitten's First Full Moon

 4.  In gym we started learning about soccer.  We learned how to dribble.

3.  We read Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes and practiced creating mental images.  Mrs. Anderson did not show us the pictures as she read.  Instead we drew what we saw in our minds.

2.  In math we used attribute blocks and a tape measure.  We also learned a little about Ball Park Estimates.

1.  We continued to learn about Rural, Suburban and Urban.  Today we talked about Suburban.

Be sure to check your Wednesday folders for the Peek at the Week.

Fantastic Friday !

Today felt like a very exciting day !

5.  We had Library today.  We checked out books and showed Ms. Z and Mrs. McNulty "Super Star!"  We even made it on
Ms. Zbacnik's Library Blog !

4.  We made a special art project about clouds and where they are in the sky.

3.  We finished Lily's Big Day by Kevin Henkes.

2.  We found out who our fifth grade buddies will be and started our letters to them.

1.  We are beginning to figure out the calendar pattern Ms. Kath's class made for us.  We think it might be a growing, shrinking pattern.

We can't wait until Monday!  Have a great weekend everyone!