Friday, December 18, 2015

Christmas and Genius Hour Projects

 
We enjoyed Kaylyn's presentation on how legos are made!

Sydney did a great job reporting on Greek myths. She tried to answer the question, are Greek myths true?


Addison presented on how mountains grow.










We enjoyed having an artist come and present to our class!










We learned about St. Lucia day. St. Lucia is a special day that Sweden celebrates in December.


Jaz learned about the planets!


Mason researched WWII.


Olivia shared why so many earthquakes happen in Nepal.


Logan told us about Komodo dragons.


Zoe learned about roller coasters!






We had a wonderful last day of school!


Ella presented on stop motion videos. She even made her own video!

Juancarlos shared how cars are made.

The middle school band came to play some Christmas songs for us.


We were working with fractions this week. We made fraction snowmen to practice.

Violet shared with us what she learned about honeybees.

Isaac researched about the Joplin tornado.



Elise learned about dogs and how to train them.













Monday, December 7, 2015

December

Our class enjoyed Kennedy's Genius Hour project about France!








Kennedy and Jaz used their recess time to create a store for our class. They enjoyed sharing their products with us!


Spelling Words
1. rebuild
2. rewrite
3. recharge
4. reprint
5. unable
6. unequal
7. unclear
8. unwrap
9. might
10. little

What we are learning in school:
Language Arts:
Students practiced reading fluently this week! We reviewed when to pause while reading (when you see a comma, period, dash, or ellipsis). Students put this into practice as they worked on a reader’s theater about Cesar Chavez. 
Math: Students continued to review how to tell time. We began discussing elapsed time. Next week we will begin learning about fractions. Our class will review all of these concepts throughout next semester as well.

Genius Hour
Most students are finished with their projects! This first project will be presented to just our class. Next semester we will open our presentations up to families as well.

Syria Jar
We have decided that any money we raise for the Syrian refugees will be given to World Vision, an organization that is sending coats, shoes, and socks to children who are refugees. We raised $65.61 and donated it to help Syrian children in need!

Swiss Pen Pal
Our class has been writing to a third grader in Switzerland. We have enjoyed learning about Swiss culture and traditions from Andrina. Our class was very excited to learn that Andrina will be coming to Eisenhower after Christmas break! She will be joining our class for about a month. We can’t wait to meet her and learn more about Switzerland.


Math Facts
Third grade students will need to pass their 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10 multiplication facts in order to go to honor roll this quarter. Students in fourth and fifth grade are still struggling with their multiplication facts and the third grade teachers are hoping that this will help motivate students to memorize their facts in third grade. The fourth grade teachers are requiring their students to know all of their math facts if they wish to go to honor roll. We decided that we will start preparing students for this challenge slowly and introduce memorization of harder facts throughout the rest of the year.


Important Dates:
December 11 – Book order due
December 11 – Permission for movie due
December 18 – 2nd quarter ends
December 18 – Pajama day/Movie day
December 18 – Reading Incentive due
ISTEP – Feb. 29-March 11
IREAD – March 14 – 18
ISTEP - April 18-May 6

 

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Thanksgiving Newsletter



What we are learning in school:
Language Arts:
Students have learned what historical fiction is. We read several historical fiction pieces and answered questions about what we read. We also discussed what made each story historical fiction.
Math: Students began learning how to add and subtract time. We learned how converting time to minutes or hours can help us solve addition and subtraction problems.

Genius Hour
Students have been signing up for presentation dates! Look for a note with your child’s presentation date and information on what they can work on next for their project. All of the presentations will be the first three weeks in December. This first project will be presented to just our class. Next semester we will open our presentations up to families as well.

Syria Jar
We have decided that any money we raise for the Syrian refugees will be given to World Vision, an organization that is sending coats, shoes, and socks to children who are refugees. If we raise $80, we will have enough to purchase a coat, boots, and other warm clothing for a child in need. Our goal is to raise this money by November 30th! So far we have $35.14.

Math Facts
Third grade students will need to pass their 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10 multiplication facts in order to go to honor roll this quarter. Students in fourth and fifth grade are still struggling with their multiplication facts and the third grade teachers are hoping that this will help motivate students to memorize their facts in third grade. The fourth grade teachers are requiring their students to know all of their math facts if they wish to go to honor roll. We decided that we will start preparing students for this challenge slowly and introduce memorization of harder facts throughout the rest of the year.

Thanksgiving Break
Students can work on their Genius Hour projects over fall break. Car rides to visit family would also be a great time to practice math facts or read! Have a wonderful break!

Important Dates:
November 26 & 27 – No school
November 30 – Deadline to send in money for Syrian refugees!
December 18 – 2nd quarter ends
December 18 – Reading Incentive due
ISTEP – Feb. 29-March 11
IREAD – March 14 – 18
ISTEP - April 18-May 6

Friday, November 20, 2015

November


Our reader's theater last week was about Harriet Tubman so we spent some time learning about the Civil War and slavery. We sat in a small space to experience a little bit of what slaves experienced on the ships over to America. We discussed the different reasons the North and South fought and also learned about the Underground Railroad.

What we are learning in school:
Language Arts:
Students have been learning how to retell a story in a sequence. Students have learned how important it is to tell directions in order. We practiced reading a passage and identifying what order events happened in.
Math: We have been reviewing how to tell time this week! Students reviewed how to tell time to the hour, half hour, and minute. We also worked on converting minutes to hours.

Genius Hour
Students have been signing up for presentation dates! Look for a note with your child’s presentation date and information on what they can work on next for their project. All of the presentations will be the first three weeks in December.

Syria Jar
We have decided that any money we raise for the Syrian refugees will be given to World Vision, an organization that is sending coats, shoes, and socks to children who are refugees. If we raise $80, we will have enough to purchase a coat, boots, and other warm clothing for a child in need. Our goal is to raise this money by November 30th! So far we have $33.18.

Math Facts
Third grade students will need to pass their 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10 multiplication facts in order to go to honor roll this quarter. Students in fourth and fifth grade are still struggling with their multiplication facts and the third grade teachers are hoping that this will help motivate students to memorize their facts in third grade. The fourth grade teachers are requiring their students to know all of their math facts if they wish to go to honor roll. We decided that we will start preparing students for this challenge slowly and introduce memorization of harder facts throughout the rest of the year. Your child will be coming home with a bag of math facts to practice.

Important Dates:
November 26 & 27 – No school
November 30 – Deadline to send in money for Syrian refugees!
December 18 – 2nd quarter ends
ISTEP – Feb. 29-March 11
IREAD – March 14 – 18
ISTEP - April 18-May 6


No spelling words this week!