Yesterday, we continued our tradition of mitten sewing! Everyone did a fabulous job & the mittens look great.
Students started by tracing their mitten pattern on 2 pieces of felt. After they carefully cut them out, they sewed a button on a snowman and that snowman was then sewn onto the mitten. The children did an awesome job on then sewing the two pieces together to create our final product. Next week, they will be filled with all of the goodies everyone has been bringing in to share. These sure will be a special and sweet memento for years to come.
In other news....... CULTURE KIT BOOK REVIEWS ARE DUE ON MONDAY!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Everyday Math
In an effort to reduce the use of paper, I will now be posting the link up with the "Family Letter" for each Math Unit. As many of you know, I would send home a paper copy of the Family Letter so that you would be aware of what we would be practicing in our new unit.
Please read the letter and explore the EM site!
Have a great weekend!
https://www.wrightgroup.com/download/em/em3mm_g4_u04_family_letters.pdf
Please read the letter and explore the EM site!
Have a great weekend!
https://www.wrightgroup.com/download/em/em3mm_g4_u04_family_letters.pdf
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
December 7, 2010
LANGUAGE ARTS;
This week we are reading "The Swimming Hole." You will notice synonyms on this week's Spelling List!
Also, please ask your child about "arm-tapping," this is an excellent activity to help with the spelling of anything that may be a challenge!
Words:
wood; would
too; to; two
there; their; they're
your; you're
beat; beet
break; brake
clothes; close
piece; peace
thrown; throne
*Bonus/Vocabulary*
dugout; punish; shallow; rushes; jointed
****REMINDER: CULTURE KIT BOOK REVIEWS DUE 12/20!!*****
SCIENCE UPDATE: Due to concert rehearsals, the chapter 3 test scheduled for this Friday, will now be next week on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14
This week we are reading "The Swimming Hole." You will notice synonyms on this week's Spelling List!
Also, please ask your child about "arm-tapping," this is an excellent activity to help with the spelling of anything that may be a challenge!
Words:
wood; would
too; to; two
there; their; they're
your; you're
beat; beet
break; brake
clothes; close
piece; peace
thrown; throne
*Bonus/Vocabulary*
dugout; punish; shallow; rushes; jointed
****REMINDER: CULTURE KIT BOOK REVIEWS DUE 12/20!!*****
SCIENCE UPDATE: Due to concert rehearsals, the chapter 3 test scheduled for this Friday, will now be next week on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Weekly Happenings!
It's great to be back at school and in the swing of things with the class. As I am sure you have heard, I was out for Monday & Tuesday this week but, as I knew it would be, the students worked hard and are on schedule for the week.
* Language Arts: Spelling, Selection & Grammar tests will be Friday.
List words for "I Love Guinea Pigs" (note-compound words!)
1. baseball
2. highway
3. something
4. nighttime
5. weekend
6. basketball
7. classroom
8. sometimes
9. motorcycle
10. classmate
11. upstairs
12. anyway
13. chalkboard
14. downstairs
15. doorbell
16. myself
17. newspaper
18. earrings
19. softball
20. driveway
*Vocabulary/Extra Credit*
21. boars
22. fond
23. gnawing
24. sow
25. varieties
As mentioned yesterday, Chapter 3 Math Test has been moved to tomorrow, Thursday 12/2 from today. Please review at home tonight!
Happy December!
* Language Arts: Spelling, Selection & Grammar tests will be Friday.
List words for "I Love Guinea Pigs" (note-compound words!)
1. baseball
2. highway
3. something
4. nighttime
5. weekend
6. basketball
7. classroom
8. sometimes
9. motorcycle
10. classmate
11. upstairs
12. anyway
13. chalkboard
14. downstairs
15. doorbell
16. myself
17. newspaper
18. earrings
19. softball
20. driveway
*Vocabulary/Extra Credit*
21. boars
22. fond
23. gnawing
24. sow
25. varieties
As mentioned yesterday, Chapter 3 Math Test has been moved to tomorrow, Thursday 12/2 from today. Please review at home tonight!
Happy December!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Happy Monday!
Welcome to another school week!
The Ecosystem diaramas look fantastic! It is very obvious that a great deal of time and effort went into these. Check back later this week for pictures!
In LA this week, we are reading "A Big City Dream" which is about a young girl who lives in the city and opens up a garden by her apartment so that she can see some green! Here is the Spelling list from this weeks reading:
1. often
2. might
3. known
4. they
5. remember
6. surprised
7. caught
8. island
9. finally
10. really
11. several
12. everyone
13. everybody
14. interesting
15. swimming
16. camera
17. December
18. evening
19. beginning
20. February
*blisters
*catalog
*celebrate
*impressed
*padlock
Please complete this week's Language Arts homework in your best cursive!
Enjoy the week!
The Ecosystem diaramas look fantastic! It is very obvious that a great deal of time and effort went into these. Check back later this week for pictures!
In LA this week, we are reading "A Big City Dream" which is about a young girl who lives in the city and opens up a garden by her apartment so that she can see some green! Here is the Spelling list from this weeks reading:
1. often
2. might
3. known
4. they
5. remember
6. surprised
7. caught
8. island
9. finally
10. really
11. several
12. everyone
13. everybody
14. interesting
15. swimming
16. camera
17. December
18. evening
19. beginning
20. February
*blisters
*catalog
*celebrate
*impressed
*padlock
Please complete this week's Language Arts homework in your best cursive!
Enjoy the week!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Some classroom updates:
*In an effort to conserve paper usage, I will NOT be sending home the "Buddy Read" sheets anymore. Students should be writing down the weekly read in their agenda books and are responsible for reading with someone at home still.
*On the topic of agenda books-I am trying to encourage more independence in the students, they should be writing their homework in their agenda book on their own-I will not sign it at the end of the day. I will check to see if they are writing their assignments in their books at some point during the following day, but I will no longer be checking each book and signing at the end of the day. If I notice an issue with a particular student, I will then go back to checking that student's agenda.
*Everyone has been doing such an awesome job with their writing and can't wait to share a piece (or two) at our celebration on the 24th (for LA students)-if you are available that day and would like to come it would be greatly appreciated-just remember to send your response in!
Thank you!
Rose Mazzeo
*In an effort to conserve paper usage, I will NOT be sending home the "Buddy Read" sheets anymore. Students should be writing down the weekly read in their agenda books and are responsible for reading with someone at home still.
*On the topic of agenda books-I am trying to encourage more independence in the students, they should be writing their homework in their agenda book on their own-I will not sign it at the end of the day. I will check to see if they are writing their assignments in their books at some point during the following day, but I will no longer be checking each book and signing at the end of the day. If I notice an issue with a particular student, I will then go back to checking that student's agenda.
*Everyone has been doing such an awesome job with their writing and can't wait to share a piece (or two) at our celebration on the 24th (for LA students)-if you are available that day and would like to come it would be greatly appreciated-just remember to send your response in!
Thank you!
Rose Mazzeo
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Lenape Indians
Our current unit in Social Studies, deals with early people of New Jersey and we have been discussing the Lenape Indians. If you are interested, click on the link: http://www.nativetech.org/games/index.php to check out some of the games that were played by the Lenape and other tribes hundreds of years ago!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
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