Thursday, January 29th

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...Ava!!!!

Math:  Today in math we added two dice to create our whole and part.  We worked with our ketchup and mustard to take turns building and breaking apart the numbers 2-12.  We are getting really good at this, our next math unit is addition and this is when we start using the math words plus and equal.  We have a great base for number sense after this unit!  So proud of the kiddos!

Writer's Workshop:  Today we heard a story online called The Girl Who Never Made a Mistake.  Then we talked about how it's ok to make mistakes and they are meant to happen so we can learn form them.  We had a great class discussion and then went to our tables and wrote about a time we made a mistake! Click HERE to watch the story!

WE HAD MUSIC TODAY!

Phonics/Language Arts:  Today we learned how to spell the color word purple.  We are almost through our color words, next we will learn how to spell our number words!

Handwriting:  We learned the letter P.

Daily 5:

Wednesday, January 28th

WELLNESS WEDNESDAY!! Mr. Ronnenberg guided us through our monthly wellness workout!

Math:  Today in math we worked with whole/part numbers again.  Today we rolled the dice and had to come up with a story problem to go with our numbers.  Then we used our math talk cards to write the equation.  Ex.  4 and 2 make 6

Writer's Workshop:  Today we reviewed using spaces and remembering to have a  complete thought.  (a who and a what.)

WE HAD PHY ED TODAY!  

Phonics/Language Arts: Today we learned the am word family.  We brainstormed words for our chart and played a couple interactive games on the smart board.  We also learned and played a new snap word game on the smart board.  The students guess letters to make the mystery word and if they get a letter right we make a basket and score.  If the letter they choose is not in the word, its a miss.  We LOVED playing this game!!

Handwriting:  We practiced the letter O!

Tuesday, January 27th

Math:
Today was iPad math Tuesday.  Every Tuesday we use the app called Splash Math.  It keeps track of each student's progress and challenges them as they answer correctly.

Writer's Workshop:
Today we talked about what a complete sentence is.  It has to have a "who" and a "what."  We did a really nice job.  We also have been using our spacemen to help us remember to keep a space in between our words.

WE HAD MUSIC TODAY!!

Phonics/language arts:
Today for phonics we learned about the an word family.  We brainstormed an words and played a couple interactive games on the smart board.  Next we made our own "van an" book.  I am very proud of all the kiddos, this concept is really catching on!  Way to go!

Reading:
Today we read a story called Katy's First Day of School.  We talked about making connections to a story and we also made inferences while we were reading.  We practiced reading with expression today.

Daily 5:
We did not do book clubs today because I am using this time to do some testing of your children for conferences.  I am looking forward to sharing with you how much they have learned.

REMINDER:  CONFERENCES ARE THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH AND MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND!

Student Readers:  We had two students who asked to read a book to the class this afternoon, way to go Reese and Emily, you did great!!

REMEMBER: BRING IN CHANGE ALL WEEK TO HELP THE COUNTRY OF HAITI!  WE ARE HAVING A COMPETITION BETWEEN HALLWAYS TO SEE WHO CAN RAISE THE MOST MONEY!!

Mrs. Weninger's blog

Check out Mrs. Weninger's blog to keep up to date on our project to create change for Haiti.  For every $50.00 that is raised a family can purchase a goat to help their family.

Click HERE to check it out...

Monday, January 26th

Math: Today in math we practiced taking breaking a number into parts on a worksheet.  We've been practicing this using unifix cubes so today was the first time we tried just on a worksheet.  It was a little tougher but with support and practice, we are getting it!

Writer's Workshop:  Today we were introduced to "spaceman."  Spaceman helps remind us to use spaces between our words.  We each got our own space man to keep at our tables.  He is very helpful!

WE HAD PHY ED TODAY!  We practiced playing hockey today!

Phonics/Language Arts:  Today we learned how to spell the color word pink.  We also played cat and mouse to practice our snap words.

Reading:  We worked on making inferences using a poem.  We are getting really good at this!

We had library today!

A Peek from Last Week

Math:
Last week in math we were working on whole/part.  We practiced taking a whole number and breaking it into parts.  We had a lot of practice and are really catching on.  Next week we will start with the parts to create a whole number.

We had some 3rd grade guest readers...

Phonics/Language Arts:

Last week we began our study of word families.  We learned the at and ap families.  We also learned the color words white and brown.

Reading:  Last week we began working on making inferences within our stories.  

Writer's Workshop:  This week we practiced visualizing our stories before writing in our journals.  We listened to a poem called My Green Giant by Jack Prelutsky.  After we listened we drew a picture of our giant how we visualized it in our brains.  Next we wrote a sentence about our giant.  

Create Change

Last Wednesday in the envelope was a little baggie with a blue sheet of paper in it.  This is a project we are doing school wide to help out the country of Haiti.  It's called Create Change.  For every $50 that is raised a goat can be purchased for a family.  This goat will help each family immensely.  We are having competition between the primary and intermediate hallways to see which hallway can raise the most change.  If you want to participate, please send in any spare change in the baggie and I will deposit it into the primary jug.  There will be a prize for the hallway that donates the most!  Money will be collected January 20-30th.

HAT DAY! Children will be able to wear a hat on Friday the 23rd if they send in $1.00 to add to our Create Change buckets.  This is a great way to do something to help others less fortunate.

Please help us to CREATE CHANGE!