Writing Poetry

                           In writing we wrot poetry and "wrote with a poet's eye". Mrs. Coen told us to write a poem about a book and think about it like a poet.
 My poem said:
 
                                Books


                                Books bring you into different worlds
               and make you feel you are there
               Books can change your thoughts and
               make you think different.

               Sometimes pictures can change your
               vision to help you think you are there.

                                Books




                       Rylee's Poem:
               
                   Books

      
Always have a cover, colorful or not, pages and pages of words, setting or character and what not, drama and problem what else to it, never know what is next it is a surprise inside.
           
so the next time you open a book you need to know there is a lot of magic inside.


   that is what has been happening in our class.

this week at the school library we wrote poems I wrote one about apples. It was really good I can't remember what it said?It was really fun to print and see what it looked like but it didn't look red it was all black and white.Some my friend did some I did..My was kind of like a story.I don't know why almost every song is a poem?

The Sun By: Luke

This week we have been learning about the sun. We made a sun book to write down the facts about the sun. We watched YouTube videos about the sun we read books about the sun. Did you know that LONG ago people worshiped the sun. The sun could fit 109 Earths across it's face!! Guess what one sciencetist thought the sun was 12 inches across. One YouTube video we watched showed the planets and stars we realized that the sun is way bigger than earth. There were even stars bigger than the sun. We learnned a lot about the sun!

We did poetry and we reed  poem's.We did frequency which mean's

the teacher show's up a word and we describes the word.

The teacher was reading a sun book,when the teacher was finish reading we

had to write what happened to the story.

Get Your Calendar Ready...Important Dates!

I hope everyone had a relaxing Spring Break!  I know several of you were able to get out of town for some time and I hope you all had fun.  Several students returned their "Lucky to be a Family" Shamrocks today and they look super!  If you haven't been able to finish those, please bring them back by the end of the week.  We are displaying them on a bulletin board in the hallway. 

I wanted to let you know about some upcoming events: 

This week: 

Tuesday 3/19:  McTeacher Night  (I will be working from 4-5pm)
Wednesday 3/20: Spring pictures (Everyone gets a picture taken.  You will have an option to purchase the picture when they are returned.  This is also the day we get class pictures taken.)
Wednesday 3/20:  Grade cards go home (If you would like the end of year grade card mailed to you, please self-address the grade card envelope and include postage prior to returning it to school.)

Next week: 

Thursday 3/28:  Student Showcase/Book fair  (I will be sending home reminders for the time you signed tomorrow.)

In the future:

Tuesday 4/2:  PTA mtg.
Thursday 4/5: 3rd Grade Bowling Field Trip (Students will be going to Gladstone Bowl in the morning, followed by a lunch at Pizza Street.  Parents are welcome to watch bowling and eat lunch.  A permission slip will come home with more information.)

That is all for now! 

Symphony

In our classroom  we went to the symphony we heard the fire bird, peter and the wolf,   and faries and giants.   The lady Stephanie  did motions for the fairies and gaints and the narrator  talked us through peter and the wolf.  we were on the very top of the symphony so we could see everyone below us. it was packed!

Another Snow Day

I was so happy to be back to work yesterday after a long 4 day weekend.  It was exciting to see all of my fantastic students and get back to the lessons Ms. Askin and I had planned for last week. And now here we are with another snow day!  However beautiful the view from my kitchen window, I would rather be at Hawthorn.  Of course I love getting an extra day with my little monkeys, but cabin fever is starting to set in and I think the Coens benefit from routine...all of us.

Being out of routine can make it hard to remember just what is expected or going on, so I'd like to remind you of some upcoming events.

This Week 

McTeacher Night (which was scheduled for tonight) will be rescheduled and I will let you know of the new date soon.

This week we celebrate Read Across America!  Wednesday, Feb. 27 is Crazy Socks Day; Thursday, Feb. 28 is Zany Hair Day; Friday, March 1 is Wear A Hat and The Color Red Day.

In support of the Park Hill After-Prom, Mr. Waters has decorated a bowling pin to represent our school.  We will be selling raffle tickets for $1.00 during lunch this week.

Later in March...

Other upcoming events to mark on your calendar include: Friday, March 8 No School/Teacher Work Day; March 11-15 Spring Break. 

Homework and Learning Goals

Yesterday, I sent home a fluency practice page with 4 to 5 comprehension questions, as well as, a math menu page. Students are expected to read the story multiple times in order to develop their fluency with the piece.  Remember fluency is not only how smoothly we read, but also our use of phrasing and expression.   Once they have completed the questions (answering with complete sentences) and read the story aloud for you, sign off on the paper.  In addition to this reading assignment, I would still like every child reading a minimum of 90 minutes by Friday. 

Students can choose to complete any 5 activities from the math menu.  Number 5 is a worksheet copied to the back of the menu, but all of the other activities must be completed on separate pieces of notebook or printer paper.  If you have any questions regarding this assignment please comment below and I'll get the questions answered quickly. 

With my fingers crossed, I am hoping to wrap-up and assess students on the concepts of multiplication, as well as, properties of matter by the end of this week. In communication arts, we are just beginning to study the genre of Mysteries and drafting our own fiction stories.

Below I have included some photos of our class from the past few weeks of learning.  Enjoy!

 

Finding the mass and volume of matter.



 

Testing methods for melting ice...

Josh tries to melt his ice by breathing on it.

 

Brandon tries to melt the ice by wrapping it in paper towels.

Creating our Multiplication/Division Chart using arrays.