August 26-30

Math: We will be adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers. We will be figuring out how many more it will take to get to 100 and 200.

Spelling: Our spelling words all have short vowel sounds this week.
happen               lettuce             basket               winter                
sister                  problem           supper              subject            
lesson                spelling             napkin               collar              
traffic                suggest              puppet              skillet                
picnic                planet               system               pumpkin

Language Arts: We will be learning about these literacy elements: character, setting, plot, problem and solution.
We will also be learning about sentences and fragments.
Our vocabulary words this week are: bat, battery, blew, fuel, plug, term and vision.

Science: We will be learning about nonrenewable and renewable sources of energy.

Reading: Our reading story of the week is: When Charlie McButton Lost Power.

Handwriting: We will learn how to write lowercase l and h in cursive.

Writing: We will write a personal narrative about losing power.

First Week of School

We had a busy first week of school! 

In math we reviewed making two digit numbers using strips of 10 and singles. By the end of the week, we were already adding and subtracting them!

We read the story "Oh, the Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss and then wrote about what we want to be when we grow up. The crafts we made to go along with our writing turned out very cute!

We had our first sign language class. Mrs. Levsen taught us all of our name signs. The kids loved it!

In language arts, we went over the vocabulary for the coming week. We also got to listen to our Grammar Jammer about sentences. Some of us really enjoyed dancing to it the second time through!

Here is a link to the song:
               Grammar Jammer: Sentences (click the language arts tab)

Open House

We had open house on Thursday night. The students enjoyed making projects to welcome their parents.

Here they are working on their autumn mobiles that 

are hanging from the ceiling.

They also made pictures of themselves out of card stock paper so it looked like they were still sitting in their desks when their parents arrived. We had a lot of fun tracing each other for this project!

 Can you lend a helping hand? These signs were setting in our classroom during open house. Parents could take a hand from the table. Each hand had an item that we need for our classroom. Thank you to those who sent these things to school!

No Peanuts, Please!

Remember, we are a peanut aware school.
 No peanut products may be brought into the building.

'Rock N Roll' School Wide Theme

My school has a Rock N Roll theme this year. The teachers all got to dress as rock stars on the first day!

A Classroom Tour...

This is our classroom library full of AR books with
 a computer to take AR tests.

This is our language arts focus wall which has
 our weekly vocab words on top.

This is our math focus wall. We will add more strategies
to the wall as we learn them.

 The folders on the front of the desks are for unfinished work
and corrections.

I made these bathroom signs from plates from the dollar store
and sharpie markers. The kids sign their names on them so we
 know who needs to clean up a mess if there is one. :)

I hang no name papers from this sign. The students write their first
and last name 10 times for each no name paper they have.

This is a great rummage sale find that holds a lot of our math manipulates!

We do brain break activities when we are getting restless and need a break.
Our Quiet Critter come out when we need to do an activity without talking.
Whoever has their critter left when we are done gets a reward!

Our daily assignments will be written on this board.
The students will have to write them in their planners.

This will be our word wall.

Homework Club is a reward system for students who always bring
back their homework. The students with their picture still on the board
at the end of each month get a reward.

I love the bright welcome letters! 

If we have trouble hanging on to our pencils, I will challenge the
students to see who can keep theirs for a certain time period.
 If they still have theirs at the end, they will get a reward.

Our name tags hang here so we don't lose them. Also on 
the shelf are our small group reading books.

This is my desk. I decorated it with a table cloth and
 made letters from construction paper.

      These are our classroom rules.                 

This is our 5 minutes until dismissal checklist. I love the last one! 
Thank a classmate for something they did to help you today.

My dad built me this awesome storage center. It holds all of
 my bulletin board materials!

This is our classroom door with our 4-S hallway line sign.