What's your schema? by Tyler

This week ourclass has been talking a lot about schema and making connections.  Another word for schema is background knowledge. Catchy huh? You use schema for a lot of reading! If you have a lot of schema that means you are very smart. Did you know that? Making connections is fun too!Zeke's connections are very amazing. Heres one of Zeke's: He noticed he found another crow in a another book. Awesome right? Making connections and using schema has been super fun!!!                                        By i'm Tyler

Click here to listen to the story we shared this week.

Everybody has a Personal Narrative! By Zeke

This week in class we have been working on personal narratives!The class helped Mrs.Coen think of her personal narrative!:) Her personal narrative is the school picnic.Yummy! My personal was about my first ride at World of Fun! Tyler's personal narritive is about Lance Moore. Sounds interesting!Corben's personal narrative is about swimming at Parsons! Can you take me to go swimming? What is your personal narritive going to be about? See ya I need to go back & revise for a while!

By Zeke

Leaf Safari by Patricia

This week in school for science we had a little safari for leaves! When we got outside we saw so many leaves. We didn't know what leaves to pick from. Some people got giant leaves. Some people got medium leaves. An some people little leaves. As soon as we got inside we put are leaves in are science folder. The next day glued papers to are science note books. After we glued all papers to are science note books we drew a picture of are leaves. Then we studied are leaves. We saw are length of are leaves and saw with of the leaves. An were still learning about them. Leaf Safari is Sweet!!!!

Saying Good-Bye to September!

I honestly can not believe how quickly September flew by.  The kids and I have hit our stride with our daily routines and I couldn't ask for a better group of students to spend my days teaching.  Of course when I turned the calendar over to plan for next week, panic set in!  Only 2 weeks until the end of 1st Quarter, YIKES!  There are still so many things on my to-do list.  One thing that may be on your child's to-do list is reaching their AR goal.  The students have only 2 weeks to get their remaining points. You may want to talk with them about their progress and set up a plan to help attain the last few points. 

**UPDATE:  The AR website I linked up in last week's post doesn't actually work for Park Hill students.  I recently learned that the ability to receive email alerts regarding your child's progress on AR quizzes comes at an additional fee to the district.  Maybe someday this will be available, but until then we will have to communicate progress via paper. **

 

Here is our Peek At Next Week:

 

 

 

 

Re;minder:  Please be sure to call the office to sign up for conferences.  They are quickly approaching!

 

Mountain Math & Sticker Station by Ryan

In mountain math we did 7 through 12.  It's fun. But in sticker station we get to do addition and subtraction.  After we are done doing math, we get to do a math game. It's cool.  We are almost done with mountain math so I got to do that when I was done with  my paper.

Mountain Math

Sticker Station helps us understand place value.  You can buy stickers in sheets, strips, or singles.

A Perfect End to a Perfect Week!

We had a fantastic grill-out today!  The weather was sunny and beautiful!  Thank you to all of the families able to join us today; it was great having you here.

Today I sent home the first book order of the year. I encourage you to try the online book ordering.  Scholastic is giving away a special free book for every online order this month, so give it a try. 

Click here to order directly from the Scholastic Online Order page!  Our order code is 1EENK.

 

I know many of you are curious about how often your child is taking their AR quizzes and whether our not they are earning points toward the October AR Celebration.  This week I learned about Renlearn Home Connect.  This link allows you to be alerted through email when your child takes an AR quiz and how they did on the quiz!  Just go to Renlearn Home Connect and enter your child's school username and password (don't worry...they will be glad to help you with that, they're experts)!  From there you will be able to register your email for notifications.  I think this is a wonderful way to stay current on your child's progress toward their reading goal.

 

 

Next Friday is our Teachers in Tutus Dodgeball Game! 

 

 

It should be a hysterical half hour.  Feel free to stop by.

 

 

Finally, here is a Peek at Next Week: 

 

 

If you haven't been reading the student bloggers' reviews of the week, you are missing out.  They are providing well-written, accurate summaries of their learning this week and I am thoroughly impressed!  What was your child's favorite part of this week?

 

 



Math Fun by Patricia

This week in math we learned some new fun things.We learned a new math game called Collect $2.00. IT'S really fun!!  We also have a math routine.  First we have to do independent work. Then, we can play a math game. Any kind of math game.Yay!!!!When we're done we get our math folder and write down the math story problem.

Encore by Tyler H.

In P.E. our class played kick ball. It was a very long game! Jake caught, like, every ball!!! We also did running and stretches. In art, we are drawing dragons. Mr. waters is drawing a really cool dragon.  In music, we are practicing for our performance Oct.30th.  It has been really fun in Encore!!!                                                                                             

The Boston Tea Party! by Ryan

This week we learned about the Boston Tea Party.

 

 Mrs. Coen read a comic book about the Boston Tea party in an accent, it was cool!  It all started because the Americans did not wan't to pay taxes on the Tea so they put coal on their faces and dumped the tea off board. Then, King George closed the harbor so they would starve. So the Americans sent a letter to King George called the Declaration of Independence.  They where their own country!   It was cool.

Reading by Zeke

This week in reading we were tuning into interesting words! So we looked for words that we admired.:) Here are some words: gargantuan, vigorously, flabbergasted, satisfactory & manufactured.

We also made retelling ropes.

It has a picture of a setting, characters, problem, beginning, middle, end, and solution.

Next we retold My Ol' Man. It is a Patrica Polacco book. We've read a lot of Patrica Polacco books.:)

Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a great weekend!  It was so great to see many of you at the Fall Festival.  It looked like everyone was having a fantastic time. 

Below is a newsletter you can refer to for your weekly planning.

I am away from the classroom Monday and Tuesday this week due to curriculum writing at Central Office.  I can't wait to be back to see the kiddos on Wednesday!

Have a great week!
Jodi

What Happens When an M & M gets wet? by Ryan

We did science and we dipped a m&m in a bucket of water.  It turned the water in the bucket red. We had to write about it before recess.  We got to eat a m&m. It had chocolate in it.  It was cool!

Grandparents' Day! by Patricia

This Monday we had our grandparents come over to school to have lunch.Their were so many grandparents that when the 5th graders came they didn't know where to sit. After lunch was over most of the grandparents went outside and played with us.When recess was over the teacher asked our grandparents to come in.Then the teacher asked the grandparents to tell us how third grade was for them. So we asked questions.We learned that they only had two classrooms. Or how when it was lunch time they had no lunch room so they could go home an eat lunch if their house was close.We had so much fun learning!

Check out our Animoto pictures of Grandparents' Day

Music by Zeke

We are working on our program in music.  Some of the songs will be doing our Road Kill Stew & That 50's Song!  A few of our composers are Tim Wiegan & Bach. Some instruments we will use are drums, xylophones, and shaker eggs. We will be dancing with our parents at the end of the musical!:)

Math by Tyler

This week our class did math.When we did math we played math games like the game with the 100s sheet and chips.You get cards that say things like -20.Then you move your chip on the 100s sheet.There's chips on the board.You're trying to capture 5 chips.  Another game is Place Value Trail 10-100. It's where you have a white board marker and you draw two cards and put them in order on your board.You're trying to get them in order without having to erase your board.We did a lot of fun things this week!

This Week Has Been Sizzling!

A Word from the student bloggers (Max and Josh)

Social Studies:
We have been working on what a responsible citizen is.

Math:
We have been making tens. We have started mountain math this week. Our class has been talking about adding. Our class is on a new math website called Mangahigh.

(I think there was an error in saving this draft, as we lost Bella's and Tori's reporting.)

A Word from Mrs. Coen

Thank you for coming to Parent Orientation!  Here is the link to the prezi from Thursday night.  Feel free to share it with your child or their grandparents.  Also, feel free to review it as needed.

Speaking of grandparents... I sent home a white half sheet of paper inviting grandparents to lunch on Monday, September 10th.  I apologize for the short notice. 

Also, I mentioned STAR parent reports and AR point reports during orientation.  I did not have an opportunity to print those reports off on Friday.  I will be sending them home sometime next week.

Next Friday is our FALL FESTIVAL!  I strongly encourage all of you to bring your families out to celebrate Hawthorn's 10th birthday.  It will be a fantastic night.  My daughter, Abigail, recently asked me what holiday we celebrate in September.  Since we had just returned from a Labor Day camping trip in Omaha, I reminded her of that.  To this she replied, "Labor Day is a boring holiday. I think Fall Festival should be our September holiday."  HA!  (For all my PTA readers...feel free to use that as your new promotional slogan.)

Finally, here is the link to a hard copy newsletter which outlines the week ahead and includes important upcoming dates.

Enjoy the lovely weather this weekend!
-Jodi