WE'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you all enjoyed a relaxing time over Spring Break. I'm sure the kids will be tired Monday and exhausted when Friday rolls around. Oh wait, that's describing how I'll be this week!!!
We begin Unit 5 in Reading Street with the story "Suki's Kimono." We'll be working on synonyms and will be writing about our best friends. Math continues with measurement (length & liquid) and volume. Fossils will be introduced in Science.
I am so impressed with the student's Biography reports and LOVE their Rube Goldberg/Simple Machines project. I'm hoping,(fingers crossed), to have pictures posted this week!
Until next week!
Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202

Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202

What an incredible weekend!! On Saturday night,with friends from out of town, we ate dinner on my back porch!! March 17th and we're eating outside!!!It was very hard for me to come inside tonight to become a teacher...but here I am!!! Our story for the week is a folk tale, Fly, Eagle, Fly. We will, again, work on the Cause and Effect strategy for comprehension. Our Spelling words (or word analysis)follow the pattern VCCCV. Fractions will be our focus in Math and we will continue with force/work/machines in Science.
Until next week!

Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202

What a beautiful Sunday! I've enjoyed shopping, working outside and walking my dog Butler. It's tough to come inside and think about school! Yes, teachers like the weekends, too!! Our Reading Street story is another biography called "America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle." Last week the students were unable to work on their Biography reports due to firemen visits and working on examples of Reading OAA. I've schedule time to work on the reports this week. Spelling words concentrate on the suffixes -er,
-or, -ess, -ist. We will work on Math OAA and continue with fractions. Enjoy the rest of the day!! Until next week.

Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202

Another great week will happen at Amelia Elementary!!! Our new reading story is "Rocks in His Heads." This is a biography written by Carol Otis Hurst. We will continue to work on Biography reports by gathering information for graphic organizers. Our Word Analysis/Spelling will be prefixes pre-, mid-, over-, out-, bi-, and de-.
Until next week!

Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202

We've been very busy in Room 202! I hope you can check out our writing and fraction examples that are in our hallway. The students did a wonderful job writing a personal narrative, "When I Was Sick" and had fun with making Fraction Sundaes!!! We will begin working on biography reports this week. Our Amelia Elementary library will be a great place to get reaquainted with!! We will continue to work on fractions during math. Individual and the class picture is scheduled for Thursday, March 1st. Let's practice our smiles!!!
Until next week, lets keep Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202.

Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202

Hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. I'm waiting for the Super Bowl to begin and of course, I've already enjoyed numerous snacks!! Thanks goodness I have friends and family who will help eat them ,too!!
This week is a review week for Reading Street, so they will be no Spelling test on Friday. We will be reviewing throughout the week. We will be working on LOTS of writing skills, such as adding adjectives to our writing pieces. I have popcorn activities planned, (for writing you ask!!) and thinking about a time they were sick, just to name a few. We will have Unit 7/9 Math test on Friday, Feb.10. Your child will be bringing home study guides, which we will complete in class. In Science we will continue to learn about soil.
Hope to see you at the PTA Valentines Dance on Friday!!
Until next week!

Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202

I hope you enjoyed this sunny yet cold weekend. I would like to congratulate Honor Roll students for 2nd quarter. I am so proud of all of you!
Honor Roll students:
Madison M. Josh L. Xander K. Andrew H. Hannah C.
Aaron C. Kaleb C. Nathan B. Kyle S. Seth V. Ryan W.
I would also like to congratulate Kaleb C. and Josh L. for "Perfect Attendance" for this quarter.
Our Reading Street story is "Around One Cactus." We will work on Cause and Effect as our target comprehension skill. Spelling words focus on consonant patterns -wr, -kn, -gn, -st, -mb. We continue to work on our soil unit in Science and continue with multiplication and division in Math.
Until next week- lets keep "Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202!"

Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202

Greetings on this gray and rainy Sunday. I was talking to a friend in Florida and she was rubbing it in that is was about 75 degrees and sunny skies. I don't think she should be my friend anymore!!
Our story for the week is "A Symphony of Whales." It is a story about whales that were stranded in Siberia in the 1980s. I've seen commercials for a new movie with Drew Barrymore about a community saving whales. I wonder if it is the same as our story? Spelling will be words with suffixes and we will begin a new unit about soil in Science. I will be introducing 3 strategies for solving double digit multiplication problems. Please continue to work on multiplication facts with your child.
Until next week!

Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202

I hope you enjoyed the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I nursed a cold and am lucky for the extra day of rest. Our Reading Street story this week is an expository text "Seeing Stars." We will work on graphic sources, labels, diagrams, captions, just to name a few. With the shorten week, many students were unable to finish their writing assignment,so we continue with the Indian myths/legends. We will be writing a good lead sentence, learning spelling strategies and writing unforgettable endings. Our Unit 6 Math test is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 17. Third grade combines Unit 7 and Unit 9 in Math so lots of multiplication and division will be up and coming!!!
Until next week!!

Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202

We made it through our first week back from vacation but most importantly..can we make it through 5 days this week!!! Our Reading Street story this week is called "Pushing Up the Sky." It is a play from an Indian myth.I enjoy the story and I hope the students do ,too. The Comprehension Skill is Literary Elements: Character, Setting, and Plot so for our weekly writing, I will give the students another Indian legend to read and complete a writing assignment on the Literary Elements of their myth. I have myths on why the owl has big eyes, how the crow came to be black and why the possum's tail is bare, just to name a few. I love this stuff!! Polygons will still be the focus in Math and we continue to learn about government in Social Studies.
Until next week!

Happy New Year!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful holiday break. I enjoyed the time with family and friends. The hardest part will be to remember to write 2012!! All Reading Street tests, along with Spelling, are scheduled for Friday Jan.6. This week's Spelling words are all contractions-let's, he'd, you'll, can't, I'd, won't, haven't, hasn't, she'd, they'll, when's, we'd, should've, wasn't, didn't.We begin a unit on Local Government in Social Studies along with angles and polygons in Math.
It's a new year of Listening, Learning and Laughing in Room 202!!
Until next week.