Punctuation Practice

After reading the story 'Punctuation Takes a Vacation', students were placed in groups and given a handful of sentences (thanks Mrs. Lemon) missing punctuation.  Their job was to read each sentence, decide which punctuation it needed and place the strip under the correct header.  Once all sentences were sorted, students moved to a different table to 'check' each others work.  

Boosterthon

We reached our school goal in Boosterthon pledges so Mrs. Galloway and Mrs. Torres spent the day in roller skates!  The students loved watching them glide and spin through the halls!                                  Thanks again for your continued support!

Role Play

In Social Studies we have been learning about making responsible choices.  Today I had students get into groups of 4 and gave them a scenario to solve.  Groups worked together, came up with a solution to their problem and presented it to the class.   Loved this!  Great participation by all!

Words Their Way

Our first 'Words Their Way' sort!  Students got with their partner and sorted for the first time.  They did an amazing job!  Next Friday will be our first test.

International Dot Day!

Today is Dot Day!  This international day is named for the classic Peter H. Reynolds book, The Dot.  This book shares the story of a girl who begins a journey of self-discovery after a caring teacher challenges her to 'make her mark'.  After much discussion about why Mr. Reynolds wrote the story students were given the opportunity to create their own dot, incorporate it into a picture and write about it. Wow...love of creativity!  Our math lesson was also filled with dots...domino dots followed by a Dot Candy challenge.  For this challenge students were given ten Dots and toothpicks to create anything they wanted.  Once they finished they took a picture of it and posted it to their blog.  Check out a few pictures I snapped...pretty creative!

Carousel

Chair

Bug (antenna included)

Pencil

Spaghetti Challenge II

Yes...today IS the day!  Students couldn't wait to have a second chance with their Spaghetti Challenge.  If you haven't heard, last Friday students tried the challenge and none of the teams were successful.  After making revisions to original plans teams were ready to give it another try.  Well..... I am happy to report ALL teams successfully built a standing tower!!  Afterwards they took a picture of their tower and blogged about the experience...Whew!!!

Boosterthon

Thanks for ALL your support this past week at the Boosterthon!   The students really had a great time at the Fun Run!  I am so proud of them!!

We haven't officially heard if our class won in pledges or not. I know it's close!!!  Hopefully we will find out on Monday!