April 16th-20th, 2012



• Notable person Biography:  Students will choose their famous person from history. They are required to read a book on their notable person and complete research through the Internet and our wireless laptops. Their final project will be our “wax museum” presentation and a written biography, Friday, May 18th at 9:00-9:45 a.m. More information to follow.

• No Word work this week due to acuity testing.

• Assessment Day: Friday, April 27th. Students will attend school by appointment only. Information to follow.  If you have any questions please call me.

• Special pricing for movie theatre snacks! For just $4.00 students may buy a kids pack that includes a drink, popcorn and fruit snack candy. We will need to let the theatre know about how many students will be interested in this special offer.

• Chimpanzee Movie Field Trip:  Friday, April 20th! The remarkable story will be a treat for our students. Special showing celebrating Earth Day and correlating with our ecosystem science unit. Buses will depart at 9:15 a.m. and return for lunch.
• Early Release Day:  Next Wednesday, 25th, 1:10 dismissal.
•  Friday, May 4^th, no school, furlough day

• Young Writer’s Conference, April 20^th 8:00-8:50 a.m.: Student’s will share a published or polished piece of writing including small moments, short stories, poems, essays, or other writing pieces.  A light breakfast will be served, a certificate of participation, a journal and pen will be given to each student participating.  All students in my class are encouraged to attend and share a selection of their writing.

1.Social Stuides:  Follow the lilnks to Culture Grams and explore the amazing continent of AFRICA! JCPL Home page:   http://jeffcolibrary.org/index.html

2.  Access the internet and print infomation on your notable person.  Be prepared to bring this information to class in order to continue our work on biographies. 

3.  Design two Thinking Maps.  One Bubble and one Flow (time line of important events) on your notable person.  This is due Friday.

4.  Writing Prompt:  Imagine that you are a small pet, such as a hamster, goldfish, or lizard. Describe a perfect habitat for you to live in.  Please include paragraph describing your habitat and why it's perfect for you as a small creature.

April 9th-13th, 2012



• Notable person Biography:  Students will choose their famous person from history. They are required to read a book on their notable person and complete research through the Internet and our wireless laptops. Their final project will be our “wax museum” presentation and a written biography, Friday, May 18th at 9:00-9:45 a.m. More information to follow.

• Assessment Day: Friday, April 27th. Students will attend school by appointment only. Information to follow.  If you have any questions please call me.

• Special pricing for movie theatre snacks! For just $4.00 students may buy a kids pack that includes a drink, popcorn and fruit snack candy. We will need to let the theatre know about how many students will be interested in this special offer.

• Chimpanzee Movie Field Trip:  Friday, April 20th! The remarkable story will be a treat for our students. Special showing celebrating Earth Day and correlating with our ecosystem science unit. Buses will depart at 9:15 a.m. and return for lunch.
•  Wednesday, April 11^th, no school, furlough day

• Young Writer’s Conference, April 20^th 8:00-8:50 a.m.: Student’s will share a published or polished piece of writing including small moments, short stories, poems, essays, or other writing pieces.  A light breakfast will be served, a certificate of participation, a journal and pen will be given to each student participating.  All students in my class are encouraged to attend and share a selection of their writing.

• Needed:  For our last social studies unit the kids will be working with regional maps of the United States, Colorado, and Africa.  By this time in the school year their colored pencils are either non-existent, missing colors, or in pretty sad shape.  It would be great if you could re-supply your student with a fresh set of 16 colored pencils, a working hand-held pencil sharpener, and pencil eraser caps. 

1.  Students are asked to reuse and create something from trash!  Our current science ecosystem discussions have keyed on creating less waste for our environment.  Students are challenged to turn trash to treasure and design something different from trash.  A few picture examples are given below. Each treasure should be no more then 8 x 8.  These treasures will be displayed in the library once completed and turned in on Friday, April 13th.

Examples from Mrs. Myer's daughter, Molly:



2.  Students need to come up with three notable people from history and be prepared to submit these names on Monday. Students must be sure that there are  books and internet resources availiable to them on each person. The list of three will be narrowed down to one.

3.  Math Game:  Adding numbers to 20. 

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/math_games/addition/math-lines-20.html

March 26th - 30th, 2012

Happy Spring Break!  No homework on the blog for this week!  However, you will be required to keep reading and filling out the reading log.  If you didn't get a reading log, print one off of this web site, or make your own. Enjoy your time off of school.  You've worked hard and deserve a break!

I'll post again next weekend.

March 19-23, 2012

This week we have Mrs. Atkins as our returning guest on the blog…

Watch her video on the left!

1.  Create a flow map to represent the sequence of events that occur in the following activity. Oh, and have lots of fun doing it!! Your teachers sure did :) 

Now all you have to do is follow the directions that appear in front of you on the screen!

2. Continue working on your Book Report!

3. Both assignments are due Friday, March 23.  

Thanks for having me as a guest this week on the blog! I miss all of you, and I’m already looking forward to the next time we’re together again!!

March 12 - 16th, 2012



·         Students did a fantastic job on CSAP testing this week.  I’m proud of their hard work and dedication to doing their best!  Thank you to all the many parents that provided healthy snacks.  Also, a big thanks to Mrs. Ranta for organizing snacks for us.

• Report Cards were sent home on Friday. Please sign and return the envelope. You may keep the report for your records.

·         Talent Show, Friday, March 16th.      

·         Spring Break:  March 26^th- 30th, 2012.

·         Comp Day, No School on April 2^nd.

·         Needed:  A good home for our birds over spring break!

MATH

Memorize the following basic measurements:

12 in. is 1 foot
3 feet is 1 yard
36 in. is 1 yard
5,280 feet in one mile
10 mm is 1 cm
100 cm is 1 m
1,000 m is 1 km
2 cups in 1 pint
2 pints in 1 quart
4 cups in a quart
4 quarts in a gallon
16 cups in a gallon
8 cups in 1/2 gallon

Practice some measurement conversions.

Be able to convert yards to feet...   6 yards = _____feet....6 x 3 = 18 feet

Be able to convert feet to yards...    24 feet = _____yards...24 divided by 3 = 8 yards

Be able to convert inches to feet...24 inches = ____feet...24 divided by 2 = 2 feet

Be able to convert feet to inches...6 feet = _____inches...6 x 12 = 72 inches

Be able to do basic metric conversions as well!

Review the math vocabulary from last weeks Blog one more time. 

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

Be able to identify perpendicular lines, parallel lines, and intersecting lines. 

Be able to identify and describe the basic geometric shapes: polygons, rhombuses, trapezoids, right triangles, and equilateral triangles.
Know the basic 3-d shapes: cone, sphere, cube, rectangular prisms, pyramids, cylinder, etc...

Be able to identify acute, obtuse, right, and straight angles.