Last Week

Research with Ms. Z in the Library!

More research  - learning about Martin Luther King Jr.

New Science unit about Balance and Motion!

Can we get the crayfish to balance?  Where is the balance point?

Working on understanding what we read!

Our read aloud and new favorite book!

Where is the balance point?

Where should the counterweights be placed so that the arch is steady?

Be watching for important information about the Read-a-thon coming home tomorrow in the Wednesday folder tomorrow!

Here we go!

Last week we were very busy!  We are back into our routine and loving it!  Here is a quick list of what we have been up to:
         - we read a book called Robot Cat and listened for parts that were humorous.
         - we learned about main idea and sequence in guided reading.
         - worked on number stories that involved comparing amounts.
         - continued learning about geography including the continents and oceans.
         - we started reading The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes.

Please be sure to sign up for conferences using the online conference scheduling system.  There is a link on the Brimhall homepage or on the right side of the blog.  If you do not find a time that works for you, please let me know and we can schedule something.

Read-In and Learning Bingo!

For our last day before break we packed in lots of activity!  It was a great day.

We had a change of pace in the morning with almost an hour of silent reading time.  We had a snack and listened to a few stories. 

Read to Someone - a BIG hit!

Learning Bingo was awesome!

Thursday Fun!

6th grade Concert - WOW!  It was so cool!

Practicing retelling small parts of our story for the week. 

Working on our snow person! 

HAT!

Getting ready for Learning Bingo!

Detail, detail, detail!

Terrific Tuesday!

Guided Reading - Non-Fiction Detective work!

New Book Week in the Library!

Enjoying a new book - available for checkout after break!

Geometric Art - Cool colors

Finished product - Warm colors

Crazy Sock Art!

First we designed our sock. 

Look at the detail!

We worked hard to add colors and lots of shapes!

We needed lots of focus to do our best.

Almost done !

Just need to add the shoe and we're done!

Field trip wrap up!

It may be a week late, but here are some pictures and information from our field trip.

First, we stopped and listened to Mayor Dan Roe talk about his job.

We went to Public Works  and learned all about making signs and big trucks!

We got to be in class like real firefighters in the new fire station.

Here is a fire truck!

We had the chance to climb into a real truck!

Our last stop was the Police station.  Here we are inside a jail cell.