Sharing Our Me Bags

 Students shared their Me Bag contents with the class last week.  Then they each wrote about why the item they shared was special to them.  The students really enjoyed sharing their items with the class.  Thank you for participating in our home/school project!

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Mrs. Dryzal

Weather Themed Writing and Crafts

 As part of our Nonfiction block and FOSS kit work, we have been learning about a variety of weather topics.    In the photo above, students wrote about what they would do if they were a meteorologist on TV.

"If I were a meteorologist, I will tell my class the weather and my parents."

 "If I were a meteorologist, I would tell the weather and I will tell when a storm is coming."

We read The Rain Came Down by David Shannon after learning about how a rain gauge works.  Then we wrote about what we like to do on a rainy day. 

 

After learning about the types of clouds in the sky, we read It Looked Like Spilt Milk  by Charles Green Shaw.  We looked at the clouds in the sky and what they can form, then we created some things we saw in the sky using shaving cream and glue.  The students enjoyed this activity!

 a flower

Jesus and a cross

 

a ghost

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Mrs. Dryzal

March Writing and Crafts

After reading The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, the children wrote about what would happen if 

Thing 1 or Thing 2 visited their house and we made a.....

 

 ...Thing 1 or Thing 2!  Thank you to Mr. Barr for making patterns for us to use! 

We read the story The Luckiest Leprechaun by Justine Korman.   It's a tale of friendship between a leprechaun and a happy dog.  Then we shared when we felt lucky with our partners and classmates.  Students then completed the sentence stem, I feel lucky when.... and made a leprechaun, too. 

I feel lucky when I see Mrs. Dryzal because she is the best and she is nice.  :0)

 

 

I feel lucky when I see Mrs. Dryzal because I like her.  

I'm lucky to have such sweet firsties!

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Mrs. Dryzal

Learning in Room 23

In Science, we learned about Extinct and Endangered Animals.  Students chose one of each kind of animal and wrote why they were extinct or endangered. 

 A sample of student work.  

In Reading, students wrote about what they like to do inside and outside on a winter day after reading

the story The Ice Storm.  

 

Adventures in Writing

Students in Room 23 celebrated the 80th day of School with a visit from Zero the Hero! Students did a variety of base 10 activities, as well as crafted these snowmen using the number 80.

 

Students were "Blinging in the New Year" !  Each student wrote goals for the New Year....

 

...then decorated 2016 with glitter!

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Mrs. Dryzal

Pumpkins, Pumpkins

 

 

This week during our current integrated Science and ELA unit, we are learning about plants, and more specifically the pumpkin plant.  Above is a picture of the parts of the pumpkin plant that our students created.  We also made a model of the life cycle of a pumpkin plant, as well as a flip book showing what all plants need to grow!  During the remainder of our unit, we will be using the writing process to describe a pumpkin using adjectives.  Keep an eye out here for more photos to come!

 

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Mrs. Dryzal

Thank you!

 

 

Our signed copy of Square Cat ABC arrived in the mail, along with membership cards for each student to be part of Eula's fan club.  You can visit Eula's website at www.eulathesquarecat.com

 

 

Our class photo that was sent to author Elizabeth Schoonmaker to tell her thank you for the

gift!

 

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Mrs. Dryzal

Push, Pull, Pizza and April Showers

 

In Science, we are learning about Force, specifically push and pull.  Yesterday, we discovered how we use push and pull with everyday objects. 

 

 

In Math we made Fraction Pizzas.  This picture doesn't do the display justice!  The children did a really great job on this project. 

 

 

The students shared their opinions about rainy days on umbrella shaped paper.  We made umbrellas and rain boots to display our writing.

 

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~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

What's Happening in Room 23?

 

 In Science this week, we took a closer look at seeds as part of our plant unit.  The students were given a variety of seeds which we described and compared.  I didn't get photos because I was caught up in what we were doing at the moment.  Their papers will be coming home on Monday. 

 

 

Our final Research project is learning more about George Washington Carver.  He found 100s of uses for peanuts.   Above is our investigation paper. 

 

In Math, we began our Fractions Unit.  In this picture, students are sorting a variety of cards with objects divided into 2 parts.  They had to determine if the object was equally or not equally divided.  We then labeled the objects as 1/2 if the parts were equal.

 

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Mrs. Dryzal