As the year winds down, Room 11 has still been busy learning!  In Math we are continuing to practice multiplication and we just finished Chapter 10 on measurement.  We learned about the 4 Queens of Gallonland and their princes and princesses!  (You will probably need to have your students explain that to you!)  In Science we have been exploring rocks and soil.  I am sure you have hear a LOT about that at home!  At least I hope you have!  

The children are working on another cycle of book groups.  Hopefully you have seen them reading or heard them talking about their book group books at home.  If not, ask them what they have read!  

Together we are reading The Indian in the Cupboard.  This book was written in the 1980's but the class still seems to love it!  Ask your student what he/she likes about it.  

We are just beginning to discuss economics in Social Studies.  Some words that we will be learning are wants, needs, goods, services, producer, consumer, and opportunity cost.  

 We have been busy with the Ohio Achievement Assessments!  The students worked very hard!  I am very pleased with their dedication!  The third grade is now finished with our assessments.  The results are generally mailed to parents and guardians in June/July.  

Miss Schroeder's math class has been working on multiplying 2 and 3-digit numbers by 1 and 2-digit numbers.  Your child has probably been talking about partial-products, traditional and lattice methods of multiplication.  I am encouraging the class to use traditional (the way I and most parents probably learned) or partial-products as that is what the students will be using in fourth, fifth, sixth grade and beyond.  

The class is finishing up the book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.  This book is _________ because it has a __________ rabbit who learns to _________.  The lesson in the story is _________________________________________________________. 

We have been learning so much lately!

In Math we have been practicing our multiplication of basic facts and using those facts to extend our knowledge.  For example, if we know that 2x4=8, then we also know that 20x4=80 and 200x4=800.  We have also begun reviewing fractions.  This is an area where adults and students often feel apprehensive so I will be sending home many practice pages to help the students really understand these concepts.

Social Studies has been very focused on maps lately.  Your student should be able to explain a few of the skills we have learned using maps.  For example one of the photos below shows Caroline using a ruler to find the distance between two places with a map scale.  Another skill we have been practicing is using a map key.  We have also been learning about different types of maps.  

You will hopefully hear your student buzzing at home about some fun experiments that he/she has been participating in involving forces and motion.  There are a few photos below that show our class working with friction boards.  Please ask them to tell you what we are learning!

During reading we have been hard at work practicing good discussions and looking at words.  We are practicing syllables and rhyming words with fun riddles called hink pinks.  I am sure that your student would LOVE to explain these to you!

The musical is next week, can you believe it?  We are preparing lines, songs and props in order to be ready for our debut!  Please have your costumes at school as soon as possible. 

 Wow!  It has been a busy few weeks!  

In Math class we have switched gears from decimals and place value to geometry.  This means that the students will be encountering very many new terms in class.  We will do as much as possible in class to make sure that the students remember the new vocabulary, but it will be helpful if you can help out by asking about the words at home.  Some words include: line, line segment, ray, parallel, intersecting, and right angles.

We are currently reading The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry.  This book is helping us to learn about characters and characteristics.   Ask your student if he or she likes this book.

In Social Studies we are continuing our study of communities and government.

You have probably already heard about your student's health goal!  If not, ask him/her what goal they have set for themselves.  A few goals from our class are

-exercise for 15 minutes each day

-go to bed by 9:30

-eat 3 fruits or vegetables each day

Ask your student about the goal and how successful he/she has been. 

FEEDBACK NEEDED! I am considering getting rid of our weekly Friday folder.  What are your thoughts on this?  Instead of the sending work and fliers home on Friday I would send them home throughout the week.  However, we would continue to do some sort of weekly review.  Please let me know if you have strong feelings about this.  You can email, call or send a note.  My information is above. 

Welcome back to routine everyone! It was nice to come back to the familiar after break wasn't it? I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing holiday.

In Math we have begun learning about decimals! Just the sound of the word strikes fear into the heart of many adults! Please take heart! I am trying to include many activities to make decimals as painless as possible for your students. These include making decimals out of their names, thinking of decimals as money and playing games with them. Please ask your child what he/she is doing at school and see if you can continue the practice at home.

We have finished reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (an Ohio author) and we have begun discussing characteristics of different people and characters. Can your child name characteristics of some of his/her favorite people or characters? What did your child think of this book?

We have been busy writing thank-you letters for the wonderful gifts we have received! Recently we were given terrific gifts of math games from the middle-school students at Watts and wonderful dictionaries from the Centerville Rotary.

In social studies we have been learning about the different cultures that we belong to and that we see everyday.  We have studied how we all have different traditions and how different cultures celebrate differently. 

Thank you to everyone who contributed for our Winter Holiday Party!  It was a great success and the children really enjoyed it! 

We would like to welcome Caitlin to our class!  

So many things have been going on since our last update!  We had a wonderful Paws to Read Week at school!  We read some great books including Tarra and Bella (pictured below).  Also, many students and staff brought in pictures to be included in a book that Mrs. Hartman has made for the IMC of our pets reading.  Check out Marlee reading below! 

Also since our last update the class has learned about adaptations.  The pictures show us pretending to be bugs using our adapted mouths to eat.  Ask your student what he/she thought about the experience!

Recently, the class has started work on timelines.  We have been using the words CENTURY and DECADE to describe how long ago something happened.  Your student should be able to tell you that you are a few decades old, NOT centuries!

Our next topic in Social Studies will be map studies.

Science In science we have been continuing our study of animals.  We have learned some important new words.  These include endangered, extinct, habitat, adaptation and camouflage.  Can your student explain what each of these mean? 

Math Miss Schroeder's math class has been very focused on measuring, perimeter and area in the last few weeks.  Students in the third grade should be able to measure accurate to the nearest 1/2 inch and centimeter.  

Reading  Our readers are continuing to concentrate on fiction books with settings, characters, problems and solutions.  We also began to look for contractions in our independent reading books.  When we found a contraction we practiced "taking it apart."  For example, I'll is the same as I will.  Don't is the same as do not.  When you see contractions at home, ask your student if he/she can identify what words are inside.  

Writing We have been practicing our editing with daily sentence corrections.  We have also been putting our "seeds" or ideas into our writer's notebooks.  

Social Studies Social Studies has been very exciting lately!  We recently took a field trip to the Walton House in Centerville.  It is part of the Centerville-Washington Township Historical Society.  While we were there the class learned about many things!  Some of our favorites were: cooking in the fireplace, rope-strung beds, the sleeping loft (or attic), chamber pots (!), chicken houses and VERY big horses!  It was a great trip! 

 In science we have been learning about how scientists classify or sort animals.  We sorted some animals ourselves last week.  How did your student sort their animals?  Ask him or her or look below for their picture to see how they did it.  

We are also beginning to explore some animal vocabulary including the words endangered, extinct, habitat, adaptation and camouflage.  Ask your student if he or she can explain these words to you. 

In reading we are focusing on the features of fiction books.  All fiction books have characters, settings, a problem, a solution and an author's message.  Ask your student about these features when they read at home.  

Our current read-aloud is The Best Halloween Ever.  Your child should be able to name the characters, setting and problem for this story.  (We haven't made it to the solution yet!)

Math class has focused on reviewing the concepts of addition and subtraction of 3-digit numbers.  Our math series teaches many ways to do this.  If these ways confuse your child (or you!) please feel free to stick to the way in which you were taught.  All methods of adding and subtracting are okay as long as the student is confident with them. 

In writing and word study we began a new activity called Word Ladders.  Word Ladders strengthen word patterns while using vocabulary hints.  The students seem to love them so far! 

The last few weeks have continued to be very exciting for us.  Our butterflies have begun to emerge from their chrysalises!  I have included several pictures below.  As we watch them we have also started to make generalizations about other animal life cycles all around us.  Your child should start noticing life cycles everywhere! 

In reading we are continuing our use of Reader's Workshop to extend the children's active thinking about their books.  This is combined with Guided Reading where the children meet in a small group to read with me.  I am very excited about the progress the students will make this year! 

Another exciting change for me is that the children will be participating in Writing Workshop in the classroom.  They will begin to think and work like real writers every day.  They will hopefully see the value of writing in "real" life and become lifelong writers. 

In math we are working on problem-solving strategies and reviewing addition and subtraction.  One of the best things parents can do at home is show children the value of using math.  Let them count change for the vending machine, tell time when needed or see that you are balancing the checkbook.  If students see that people they admire use math, then they will be more interested. 

As a reminder there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 1st due to a teacher in-service.

All third-graders in Centerville City Schools will be taking the Ohio Achievement Assessment in Reading next Tuesday morning.  Please make sure that your child is at school on time on this day and has eaten breakfast.  We want them to be at their very best!

It has been such an exciting few weeks! We have a new playground thanks to our wonderful volunteers! Check out the pictures below for a peek. We have also seen caterpillars change into chrysalises and then into butterflies! It is truly wonderful to be a third-grader at Dr. John Hole!

We owe a great big thank you to all of the volunteers who devoted so much time to the playground effort! Whether you cut wood, helped with tools or dinner, shoveled dirt or built things we are so grateful! I will try to post several pictures of the children playing so that you can see your efforts are truly being appreciated!

So much is going on with our monarchs that I just can not keep this page updated! As of this writing we have 3 butterflies! Time has gone so quickly! Ask your student what he/she thinks of the process.

Recently Mrs. Rothschild, a volunteer from Cox Arboretum's Butterfly House, came to our school to show us some other common butterflies. It was amazing to see how many other butterflies there are and how they are alike and different from our monarchs. Check out the pictures to see how the visit went.

In Reading Workshop we have been focusing on responding to our reading through writing and keeping a log of the books we read. Your students keeps a Reading Journal in which he/she writes daily about the books that we are reading, including the genre. So, if you are tired of getting the same answer to the question “How did school go?” you can try asking “What did you read today?” or “What genre was your book today?” They should be able to answer this!

     This week we have been learning about sentences. The students knew a lot about sentences already, but we had a few things to review! We talked about subjects and predicates. A subject is who or what we are writing about and a predicate is what the subject is doing or being.

      We have also been practicing our Word Wall Chants.  Word Wall Words are high-frequency words or words that the students use quite often.  They are often tricky words that are not spelled like they sound.  For this reason many students misspell them and need an extra boost to get them correct.  Our extra boost is a physical way to practice the words, almost like a cheer.  Ask your student to show you the chants for the words saw, goes, been, they and John Hole. 

     Observing! We practiced our observation skills with some fun lessons this week! First we used our five senses to observe our snack for the day. Some good words that were used: “slimy, sweet, rough, crunchy, salty, and squishy!”
      Then on Wednesday we went outside to observe. We looked for specific attributes in nature. What was your student's attribute? From this lesson, we could tell that in nature there are many __________ and ___________ things, but not many ______________ and ____________ things. (Ask your student to help you fill in the blanks!)

      On Thursday we had a very exciting day as we received 29 caterpillars!  We are carefully observing our caterpillars as they grow and change into _____________.  What has your student noticed so far? 

Our first full week of school went very well.  The students have now had an opportunity to attend every special or integrated art.  I am sure they can tell you which is their favorite.  This schedule has been sent home in many places but here it is again.

A days: Counseling

B days: Instructional Media Center (Library)

C days: Music

D days: Art

E days: Gym

This week we talked a bit more about respect and responsibility.  We also had an AMAZING presentation on Friday that used the acronym CPR.  Can your student remember what CPR stands for?  

In Reading this week we worked on making connections by playing a game called "Just Like Me."  We also found connections with our classmates and made connections to The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.  If you get a chance to stop by school, check out our bulletin board that displays this work!  

Math this week has focused on reviewing telling time and using a number grid.  Next week, we will continue more of the same but we will also add counting money and addition.  

 We have had a WONDERFUL first week!  I am enjoying working with this class VERY much!  

I am going to wait to post any pictures of the students until I have permission from all of you to do so.  You have given or possibly will give permission for me to post pictures when you signed/sign the Cablecast portion of the Student Information Form that went home at Open House or on the first day of school.  If you denied permission I will not post pictures of your child.  For those of you who have given permission I will never identify your child in images and will only use their names in a manner such that the children can not be identified from this site.  The students' safety is my top priority.  

For this week, you can enjoy a few pictures from our classroom and some picture books that we read in class.  

From the Students

Today (8/27) the students were asked a few questions about their first week of school.  Here are some of their answers.

What is something new that you learned this week?

-That 3rd grade is awesome!

-I learned about everybody in the classroom.

-Something new that I learned is other people's names.

What is something fun you did this week at school?

-Games, meeting friends and having fun

-We learned about each other and we interviewed each other and made friends.

-In music I was the music stopper.  Math is fun because we learned subtraction bingo today.

Well, it is really over!  I am sure the students are very excited to be out of school as I also am.  Hopefully, they will remember to read every once in a while and sometimes write! 

Summer doesn't have to be a stressful time for kids with mandated reading/writing/math work.  It is my belief that kids will grow best in the summer if they can read for enjoyment, write with a purpose, and use math when it makes sense.  So if it is raining, maybe the kids can go to the library and pick out something they like to read with you or another favorite grown-up.  I love to read with my nieces and nephews and I know they like it too.  Writing can be accomplished with grocery lists, notes to family members, postcards or journal entries (Yes, even emails - as long as they do the corrections themselves.  No spell/grammar check!).  Some things like handwriting can slide a bit during summer, but your student should always be capitalizing the first letter of sentences and names.  Also, they should always reread to be sure it makes sense.  For math, have your child add up the entrance fees to the pool, or how much lunch will cost at McDonalds.  Anything with a purpose is helpful - also they hopefully won't fight it as much as they would plain old "homework" type activities. 

Also Centerville sends out Up to Fourth books with practice for the summer.  If your students gets bored they can do one or two pages of their choice from this book.  Perhaps, a goal could be set of 10, 20, or even 30 completed pages and when the goal is reached the reward could be special time with you. 

Most of all, please enjoy your time with the kids this summer.  They will learn many things when  you least expect and not all of it will come from a book.  That is good!  (Usually!  :)  )  I will miss all of you next year!  Please stay happy and safe this summer!

This was an exciting week for our class.  Many things have happened. 

Math - In Math we have been working on probablility.  The students will be taking home several homelinks about playing games.  This IS still homework!  Luckily it is fun homework! 

Science - In science we have continued to study soil. 

This week the students began presenting book projects.  They are doing a good job!

The Playground Party was a great time.  I even brought my dog Marlee and several students got to visit with her.  I think we did a good job raising money for the playground!

FIELD TRIP! - Our next field trip to the Walton House Museum will be on Tuesday, May 25 in the afternoon.  The children don't need anything special for the trip except their permission slips.  It would be great if they could wear their red John Hole t-shirts on this day. 

-There will be no spelling help on this day.

Math - In math this week we reviewed the concepts of measurement, mean, mode, and median.  We also practiced our subtraction skills.  The Chapter 10 test will be on Tuesday morning and will cover measuring, mode, median and mean. 

Science - Soil and rocks were our main focus for this week.  We did some research about the different types of rocks.  The three groups are i-ne-us, se-imen-ary, and me-amo-phi-. 

Social Studies - This week we reviewed the concepts of equator and pr--- meri-ian. 

Reading - We have been sampling different fairy and folk tales this week as you can see from our pictures.  We have also begun reading Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.  Ask your student about this book. 

FIELD TRIP ALERT! The third grade will be taking a field trip to the Centerville Government Center next Tuesday, May 18th.  Permission slips are in today's Friday folder.   Please make sure to get these signed and returned so that your student can participate in this learning experience! 

Our next field trip will be to the Centerville-Washington Township Historical Society on Tuesday, May 25th.  Permission slips will come home for this next week. 

Spelling Help - There will be no spelling help for the next two weeks due to the scheduled field trips. The last week for spelling help will be June 1 - 4.   

Book Projects - This month we are learning about fairy and folk tales.  The students have already chosen their book titles and now should be picking and working on their projects.  Projects are due Thursday, May 27.

Science - We have done many experiments on our rocks this week.  Ask your student what these included!

Math - In math we are learning about weight and volume.  This is a fun time of year for hands-on learning!

KABOOM! No, we haven't blown anything up!  Kaboom is the name of a game we played this week in class while practicing present, past and future tense.  Have your student explain the rules to you.  I explained, I am explaining, I will explain. . . :)

Grant Nature Center Our field trip to Grant Nature on Thursday was very fun!  We saw and experienced so many things, as you can see from our pictures below and the videos in the sidebar.  Your student should be able to tell you at least one or two interesting sights we saw or sounds we heard.  There were SO many!  Here are a few things I overheard the students saying about our trip. . .

"I learned a rock isn't just a plain, old rock." - Ryan

"We learned a lot about rocks and soil." - Lindsay

Fairy/Folk Tales The focus of our genre study this month is fairy or folk tales.  Thursday in class, we made a list of the features we typically find in these stories.  Some things to look for are magic, talking animals, a good character, a bad character, and a situation where good defeats bad.  Also, fairy and folk tales always teach a lesson.  In class we read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Here are some lessons we found in that story. . .

"Don't go into someone else's house." - Shelby

"Don't touch something that isn't yours." - Bronson

"The 3 bears should lock their house." - John 

The students are working hard to earn those Econ bucks! 

Writing- One way students are earning Econ bucks is to write good, well-developed paragraps.  Each paragraph must contain a topic sentence, at least 3 details, and a closing sentence. There must be no capitalization or punctuation mistakes at the beginning or end of sentences.  Also, all word wall words must be spelled correctly.  The students have shown that they CAN do this!  Please encourage this type of writing at home as well!

Reading - In reading this week we finished reading The Toothpaste Millionaire and have started reading A Light in the Attic to continue celebrating Poetry Month.   What does your student think about these books?

Math - Math class has been very busy this week with multiplying large numbers, such as 352 x 8, 59 x 4, and 65 x 23.  Our textbook teaches a partial-products method, and a lattice method.  I taught the children the traditional method of multiplication as well.  However, your child should use whatever method works best for him or her.  The point is for them to learn to multiply.  Check out the new Math Cafe link for great practice pages for your students.

Social Studies - The class has learned SO much about Economics.  Specifically we have discussed the following terms.  Does your student remember what each means? 

good

service

producer

consumer

opportunity cost - what you must give up in order to do or get something else

competition - tell them to think of Burger King versus McDonalds

market - the group of people who might want to buy a product

COSI - COSI was very fun today!  We got to do so many fun experiments as well as see awesome demonstrations.  Ask your student which was their favorite! 

Field Trip!  Next Thursday we will be going to Grant Nature for a field trip.  The students will need to wear tennis shoes that can get dirty and long pants on this day and dress for the weather.  They should also bring an extra pair of tennis shoes in a bag, just in case we get wet or muddy.  We do not need chaperones for this trip, but we will have at least one more trip coming up in May. 

The book projects have been great so far!  Next month's projects are based on fairy or folk tales. 

The students have worked SO hard this week on their Ohio Achievement Assessments!  They read carefully, they checked the selections and they checked their work.  I am very proud of their efforts as all of you should be also.  Their scores should be mailed to your homes sometime in July. 

In Math this week the students learned about lattice multiplication, as well as practiced traditional and partial-products multiplication.  From this point on, your student can pick the method he/she likes best to use as long as it works for them.

In Social Studies this week we began to learn about Economics with our Econ Bucks.  We are connecting this to our study of government by having a city government inside our classroom.  Most students have jobs and everyone gets paid for homework and good behavior.  The biggest lesson that students learned last week was probably about TAXES! They didn't seem to enjoy that very much!  But, we now know that citizens pay taxes in exchange for government services.  

The students earned a reward day this week.  They have been working on this for months by filling the marble jar one marble at a time!  We celebrated with some extra reading time and an extra recess.  They deserved it! 

Coming Up:

COSI - Friday, April 30

Field Trip to Grant Nature - Thursday Morning, May 6

There will be more field trips upcoming, so watch the Friday folders for announcements! 

This year has gone by so fast!  It makes me sad!  However, I see the children making progress everyday, which makes me very happy! 

We have learned so much this week!

Math: We have learned how to multiply numbers using a partial-products algorithm.  This works for numbers such as 84x7.  The first step is to 1. B____ it down.  2. M__ti_ly it. 3. A__ it.  Don't worry though, I will also teach the children the traditional method of multiplying and they will be allowed to choose whichever method they like best. 

Also this week in class we learned about prime and composite numbers.  Can you believe that your kids are so smart already? 

The students have been busy presenting their book projects this week!  We have also been working on picking a story from our free-writing spiral to publish after break.  One important thing to look for in your student's writing is the use of subject-verb agreement.  Your student should NOT be making errors such as these:

The grasshopper are hungry.

They is happy about the sun. 

Third graders need to be held accountable for those types of mistakes.  If your son or daughter is making these mistakes, you can tell them that they need to be FIXED! :) This is being reinforced in the classroom. 

Below are pictures of the wonderful book projects we have seen this week.  I am impressed with all the hard work I have seen! :) 

The students learned a lot this week about communicating from Mr. Crowe.  They also learned some good self-talk lessons from Miss Niekamp.  In math we continued learning about fractions, while we began practicing suffixes in writing.  Can your student share some of their experiences from the week?

Guest Teacher! - We have a new guest teacher with us for a few weeks.  Mr. Justin Crowe from Miami University will be helping out in our classroom for two weeks.  We welcome him! 

Math - This week in class we are working on fractions. Ask your student if they know what a numerator is. We have also been working on comparing fractions. Can your student name any fractions that are equal to ½?

Reading – We have just finished reading Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally). What was the theme of this story? What could be another title for this story?

Social Studies – This week we have been learning about the government of communities. Mrs. Stoeckicht was in this week and she talked a little bit about the census. What did your student learn from this discussion?

Visitor – Deputy Fulwiler stopped by this week to teach our class about Seatbelt Safety. All of the students learned that they should always sit in the ________. They should be able to tell you that the ________ in the front seat could cause them harm.

Masterworks - Mrs. Carter came in to teach us all about El Greco and Goya.  We practiced writing our name in Greek and then drawing bodies in proportion. 

ASK ME!

Who was one of the first settlers in the Centerville?

What were some of the things that people in early Centerville did?

Where was a popular place to hang out in Centerville in the past AND today?

What is our new guest teacher's name?

What did we learn from Deputy Fulwiler?

From the Students

Some of you might have been able to see the student work on our bulletin board where the students made comparisons about snow.  However many of you are not able to come into school due to busy schedules.  So, some of the children typed their comparisons and we will post them for you to read!  Hopefully we will be able to do this with more work as the year progresses!

Snow is as beautiful as ice cream. - Rianna

Winter is as cold as snow. -Lindsay

Snow is cold as a freezer. - Bronson

snow is as white as paper. Grace

snow is as shiny as sugar. by Lauren

snowflakes are as amasing as seeds. by Kaitlyn

sun is as beautiful as flowers- Ben

snowmans!! are as shiny as the sun -Treasure

snow is as fun as riding a roller coester. John

Snow is as playful as my cat.-Bevin

snow is as beautiful as diamonds. Alexis

snow is as beautiful as clouds. daniel

these snow flakes are soft like my cats white fur. Marisa
winter is as horable as homework ryan

This week in Math, Miss Schroeder's class began practicing harder multiplication facts.  We also learned about parenthesis and how using them in a problem can change the answer.  In Reading we have continued Edward Tulane.  We have been focusing in this story on the setting of each section as well as the characteristics of different characters. 

In Writing the class took some time to remember the difference between a complete sentence, a fragment and a run-on sentence.  A complete sentence needs a subject (a somebody or something) and an action (does or is something).  During one lesson, we took our actual fragments and practiced fixing them with different words to see how it would change our story. 

Social Studies was all about finishing our then and now projects this week.  The students presented their posters to the class and taught about how life has changed in the areas of education, religion, business, transportation, physical features, recreation, employment, architecture, and technology.  Check out your student's group in the video on the sidebar. 

MATH - We FINALLY got a chance to finish our geometry unit!  The snow days have really  put us off our schedule!  We are beginning a new chapter on multiplication and division next week.

READING- In reading we began reading The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.  This book is a little different because its main character is a toy rabbit.  It is a marvelous story!

SOCIAL STUDIES - We have really been focusing on comparing history and present-day in many different areas. 

WRITING - In writing our focus has been on making sure that we ALWAYS include capital letters at the beginnings of sentences and that we spell our Word Wall Words correctly.  Please enforce these "NO EXCUSE" rules with your children at home. Also they should not be capitalizing anything but proper nouns in the middle of sentences.  At this point in their development, this is NOT too much to ask of them.  (My capitalization in the previous sentences was included for emphasis.  If your student understands this usage, it is acceptable for them to use it).

WORD WALL WORDS - Centerville, friend, two, could

COMING UP!

Career Day - Wednesday, February 24 - Dress as an appropriate career person for the day!

ASK ME!

Ask me to name a characteristic of Edward Tulane.

What is the setting of Edward Tulane?

What does physical feature mean?

What poster is your student working on in class?

Can he/she show you the new word wall chants?

How did we play the game during our integration time with Mr. Cox?

The big news this week was of course, the snow! I wonder if this had something to do with our wonderful snowflakes from last week? :) Maybe we invited the snow! For whatever reason, the snow came and it interrupted an already short week. Due to this we don't have much news.

I want to say thank you VERY much for all of the wonderful parents who contributed to our class party and/or who were able to come in to help out with the activities.  You are all so very wonderful!

Our focus for the week is on comparing our community now to what it was like when it was first founded. We are also reading The Twits by Roald Dahl. In math, there will be a test coming up next Tuesday on geometric terms.

I hope everyone enjoys a nice long weekend! (I hear there is more snow coming!)

ASK ME!

What is the difference between 2D and 3D?

Can you find a sphere, a cylinder, a cone, a rectangular prism and a cube somewhere in the house?

Why are you making a map collage at school?

What does plural mean? 

How do you make these words plural?  bug    box    brush    baby
 

MATH -This week we have been continuing to learn about lines, line segments, and rays. Some new words this week are line of symmetry, angle, acute, obtuse, and congruent.

READING - We are continuing to read Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods. 

WRITING - We are writing similies this week that compare/describe snow or winter.  We have also learned about using rubrics and checklists to review our own writing. 

SCIENCE - This week we learned a little bit more about how exercise keeps our heart healthy. 

SOCIAL STUDIES - Physical and human features of our world were a big focus this week.  We learned about the way our globes are set up and different lines that have been drawn on globes/maps to help us find things. 

COMING UP:

Thursday 2/11 - Valentine's Day Party

Friday 2/12 - NO SCHOOL - Teacher In-Service

Monday 2/15 - NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day

ASK ME! These are questions your child should be able to answer after this week in school.

What are some of the imaginary lines that are drawn on the earth?

What does symmetrical mean?

Why should you make your writing like a big, juicy, double cheeseburger?

Can you make a sentence where every word starts with g? :)

What are congruent figures?

What are some physical features of Centerville?

Did you like Henry's Freedom Box? 

What happened to Charley in Little House this week?