Happy Weekend, Everyone!
I feel like a broken record each time I say this; another week just flew by! We were busy all week learning about the history of Mother's Day, word choice and voice in poetry, measurement and essay writing!
The beginning of the week was filled with learning all about Marvelous Mother's Day! The kids did a great job reading to find out all about Mother's Day. They worked hard on their writing to make their Mother's Day presents. Moms - the kids' writing is so sweet! I hope you enjoy your gifts! Happy Mother's Day!
In guided reading we had fun learning about Shel Silverstein and his silly and funny poetry! This week we focused on voice. We read "A Cat, A Kid and A Mom" to learn about the importance of voice in poetry. Today we got to write our own version of "The Kid!" Next week we will study another poem. We will combine our knowledge of word choice and voice to write a whole poem.
Our Eric Carle essays are coming along! The children are learning how to use the notes that they took each day of our book studies to create one essay. Each day we focused on a different paragraph of the essay. Today we worked on the conclusion. Over the next few days, we will edit our essays. Once the final essays are complete, they will be combined with the graphic organizers from the study to create one Eric Carle book for each student! This project has been a lot of work and I am so proud of the kids for sticking with it! Soon we will have 25 wonderful books to share!
We finished our measurement study with our chapter 9 math test yesterday. The children did a great job demonstrating their knowledge of area, perimeter and types of measurement. We will continue to review taking careful linear measurements. We began Chapter 10 today and we focused on money. We had a lot of fun with our table race game. Kids - be sure to tell your parents about the table races! How did your table do? What was the prize?
To my students: I can't believe there are 9 school days left! I have so much to teach you and you have so much to learn! It's going to be a lot of fun these next few days! Keep focused and keep working hard. You can do it!
REMINDER: Our music performance is Monday, May 10 at 1:10 in the MPR. Kids - be sure to wear your colored shirt and bring a baseball hat/mit for the baseball song! Parents - I hope you can make it to the performance!
A big THANK YOU to the 3 children who correctly answered all the questions on my blog this week. I hope you enjoy your prizes. :) This week 4/25 children participated. Next week I hope that 25/25 (or 1 WHOLE CLASS) will be up for the challenge! Be sure to check my blog early in the week and see if you can answer all my questions.
You know how I love to give prizes to my friends who participate in the questions, so I'm going to give you another chance to win a prize! Here are some weekend questions for you:
1. What did you like best about math this week? Why was it your favorite?
2. How is your Eric Carle essay coming? Which paragraph do you think is your best one? Why is it your best?
Please post your comments on THIS BLOG ONLY by Monday afternoon and you will win a special prize! Good Luck!
Have a stupendous, fantastic and awesome weekend!
Mrs. Johnston
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My favorite thing in math was the table races. I liked them because we had to figure out the questions on the smart board really fast. It was exciting!
ReplyDeleteMy essay is doing great. I am almost done with it. My best paragraph about the Eric Carle essay is "my favorite thing." I like it best because you can choose your favorite book that Eric Carle wrote.
Happy Mother's Day Mrs. Johnston. Did Sophie Pink give you flowers?
ReplyDelete1. I liked using the different scales to measure different things like beans and pencils. It was my favorite because of the way the scale moved up or down.
ReplyDelete2. My Eric Carle essay is half way done! My best paragraph is "Will You Be My Friend" because I got to write about myself!
Hi Jimmy and Kayleigh,
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you found your way over to my blog! Thanks for reading it and answering the questions.
Jimmy - The table races were a lot of fun, weren't they? I'm glad everyone liked them. We'll get to do them a few more times in Chapter 10. :)
I'm glad to hear your essay is going great! I am excited to help you edit it and to read your favorite things paragraph!
Thanks for the Mother's Day wishes! You're sweet! Sophie Pink is the best 4 legged child around! :)
Kayleigh - I liked working with the different scales too! Did you know there were so many different kinds of scales?
That's great that your essay is half way done! Your "Will You Be My Friend?" paragraph sounds great! It's always fun to make text to self connections.
Your prizes will be waiting for you on your desk on Wednesday morning! Have a great evening!
Mrs. Johnston
1.I like the table race too.It`s a relly fun game because your table gets a point.
ReplyDelete2.My essay is doing awesome.My best paragraph is The Very Clumsy Click Bettle.I like it because the bettle does sommersalts
heyy this is ashanti sister i love your dog its a cute one
ReplyDeleteHi Ashanti,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like the table races! They're exciting, aren't they!?!
Your paragraph about the click beetle sounds like it has a lot of great juicy, descriptive words. I can't wait to read it!
See you soon!
Mrs. Johnston
Hi Tiara,
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking out our blog! Thanks for the comments on Sophie Pink; she sure is a cute one! She has a new sister now, Lilly Rose!
Have a great day!
Mrs. Johnston