May 21, 2013

Here's our final reader's theater video!



Don't forget that our science test is this week on Thursday. Wednesday, May 29 is our awards ceremony, Monday, June 3 is a field trip to the Nature Museum, and Friday, June 7 is the last day of school!

May 15, 2013

We had a very successful Walk-a-Thon today! The students really enjoyed being outside and having the chance to exercise.

We just finished our guided reading novels. One of the activities the students completed was writing a script about a scene in their book and then acting them out. You can see the videos below.











We're now reading The Bad Beginning, one of my favorite books and the first book in the series. I told the students they can read ahead since I have the whole series, and they can borrow the next book from me. In science, we're studying changes in matter and had a great time making pancakes last week! This week, we're talking about mixtures, solutions, acids, and bases. Their science test will be next week on Thursday, May 23.

May 6, 2013

The students did a fantastic job on their science fair projects! They were all able to explain their experiments well, and I know the judges had a difficult time deciding on the winners. I also enjoyed reading the poems they submitted for the school-wide poetry contest.

We're already getting towards the end of the year and have started one of the students' favorite activites: the ABC countdown. Today was C for carrots, and Thursday was by B for bubble gum. We'll go all the way to Z on the last day of school. Students are also working on research projects right now in writing. Each student chose a topic and is busy taking notes. Later this week, we'll combine the notes into an outline, and then next week work on drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. We discussed how to write a bibliography and find information like the copyright date and publisher.

In science, we're talking about physical and chemical changes, which means we're going to have a chemical change cafe on Thursday and make pancakes! The afternoon will go a lot smoother if there are two adults in the classroom, so if somebody is able to come in and help cook on Thursday around 1 o'clock, that would be a huge help!