Puppeteers

We had some fun creating puppets based on some of our favorite story book characters.  

Peek at the Week of April 11-15

It's the last week before Spring Break.  The question is, will we have spring weather this week?  Wherever you go and whatever you do, I hope it is a relaxing time with your family.

There is no school on Friday, April 15th for students.




Homework
Monday 4/11
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Spring Word Work

Tuesday 4/12
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Math:  Counting Coins

Wednesday 4/13
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Review words for tomorrow's spelling test

Have a great week off...see you on Monday, April 25th!

Highlights of the Week April 8

• GC was a great captain.  (CF)
• In gym we played Capture the Flag.  (JF)
• We had outdoor gym.  (MC)
• In music we were reading the words of the songs for the "Pass It On" show.  (AMS)
• We sang a few of the songs for Miss Dineen so she could learn them.  (CH)
• In computer today we are going to play the Dog Bone game.  It is a challenge!  (AK)
• We have spelling tests in 5 minutes.  (JF)
• In art we painted our clay pots.  We painted with silver, white and blue.  (KK)
• In Writing Workshop we finished out All About books.  (AK) We can't wait to read our books to another class.  (CF) Next we are starting to write Realistic Fiction stories.  They are going to be published in hard-cover books.  (HB)
• We put on puppet shows for the kindergarteners.  They really liked our shows!  (CH)
• We are going to have a mystery reader in 1 hour.  (MM)
• We are going to have our spelling tests.  (AB)
• Next week we will go to school for 4 days.  Miss Dineen will go to school for 5 days.  (KE)
• It is starting to get warm outside each day.  On Monday it will be 80 degrees.  Everyone wants to wear shorts.  (MC)
• We have library at the end of today.  (JF)
• We will finish our last Fudge book right before spring break.  (MM)

Peek at the Week of April 4-8

• I am hoping for more flowers than showers...we'll have to wait and see what happens.

• A new month brings many new things to our classroom.  We are starting brand new units in both Reading and Writing Workshops.  We are moving from Non-fiction to Realistic Fiction.  This week we will focus on identifying the problem and solution in books and how the characters work to solve the problem.  Wednesday night's homework ties into this work.

Homework
Monday 4/4
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2. Spring Word Work

Tuesday 4/5
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Math:  Coin Cones

Wednesday 4/6
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2. Reading & Writing:  Problem & Solution

Thursday 4/7
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Review words for tomorrow

Have a great weekend!

Highlights of the Week April 1

• MC was a great captain.  (AK)  GC will be our next captain.  (KE)
• Today we had our March Pep Rally.  AK was the Student of the Month.  (EW)
• Today is April Fool's Day and 3 girls in our class had fake injuries.  They were really good actresses.  (CF)
• We are almost finished with our All About books.  (KE)  We will share our All About books with other classes.  (AK)
• Today we will be doing puppet shows for our class.  (CH)  We have 6 groups.  Each group made puppets.  (KK) 
• In gym we played Capture the Flag outside.  (JF)  In gym we did our Pacer Test.  (HB)  We also played Sit.  (AK)
• In music we are practicing for the Spring Show.  (AGS)  We are starting a new video in music.  This week we learned about Bach.  (CF)
• In art we finished the iris paintings and drawings.  (KK)  In art we learned about Vincent Van Gogh.  (AMS)
• On Monday we will change seats for the new month.  (Miss D.)
• MC brought Hootie back.  AK has Hootie now.  (CH)
• We are going to finish this sentence and take our spelling tests...good bye!  (JF)

Peek at the Week of March 28- April 1

• It's the last week of March-Wow!

• Miss Ward's last day of Student-Teaching was this past Friday.  We will be very sad to not have her with us every day, but we know that we will still see her because she will continue to be an all-building intern until the end of the year.  I know she enjoyed the books everyone donated to her gift bag.

Homework
Monday 3/28
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Spring Word Work

Tuesday 3/29
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Statue of Liberty (use labels from a diagram to gain info)

Wednesday 3/30
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Math:  Counting Coins

Thursday 3/31
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2. Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Have a great week!

Highlights of the Week March 25

• Today is Miss Ward's last day teaching us. (LJD)  We will have a party this afternoon.  (CF)  I hope Miss Ward comes back to sub for us.  (CH)  We will really miss Miss Ward.  (KK) She was a really, really good teacher.  (MC) We will give her a secret gift at her party this afternoon.  I know she will LOVE it! (Miss D.)  Miss Ward made star cookies for the party.  (CH)  I hope her next year's class really likes her.  (KK)  We made cards for Miss Ward.  (DG)
• CB was a good captain.  (SS)
• MC will be next week's captain.  (CH)
• In art we drew pictures of ourselves for Mr. Rechi.  (JF)  In art we are making plants called irises like Vincent VanGogh.  (MC) We are using oil pastels.  They get a little messy.  (Miss D.)
• In gym we learned about double-dutch jumprope.  We did regular jumprope. (KK)  Two people jumped at the same time.  (CB)
• In music we are practicing "Move It" and "Pass It On".  (MC)  
• Today we are going to have Game Day.  (LMD)
• Today we are going to have a Mystery Reader.  (CH)
• Today we have library and computer.  (CH)
• Today is the last Friday of the month so we have free choice computer.  (AK and KK)
• Today we are having a spelling test.  (JF)
• In math we worked on learning doubles facts and doubles-plus-one facts and doubles-plus-two facts.  (KS)
• In math we are learning doubles.  (AB)
• We are working on book 2 in math.  (AMS)
• In Reading Workshop we started a Character Club on Monday.  (CF)  We are working in groups and talking about a character.  (EW).  Next week we will do a puppet show with our character.  (HB)
• In Writing Workshop we are almost finished with our All-Abouts.  (MC)
• The white carnations turned light green.  We will take them home today to show our families.  (GS)