Learning in Room 23

Math

 

 

Last week, we completed our Geometry Unit in Math.  As a final activity we read the book, The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns and then created a shape man or woman, and wrote why we would want to be that shape.  The children were very creative with their ideas.

 

Writing

 

As part of our St. Patrick's Day activities, Lucky the Leprechaun visited our classroom and brought us magic powder that made Leprechaun pudding when milk was added and we shook it up while singing a special chant.  We read the story The Luckiest Leprechaun by Justine Korman and then wrote about when we feel lucky.  Above is our display and below are two examples of their work. 

 

Reading

 

In Reading, my leveled group just completed the Reading Roots program.  They will now begin Reading Wings, the program for grades 2-5. The last book we in SFA Roots was Paul Bunyan's Pancakes To celebrate, students wrote a tall tale about a larger than life pet they would have similar to Paul Bunyan's pet, Blue Babe.   As part of the celebration, I made pancakes from scratch, and we had them as a mid-morning snack.  The children really enjoyed them!

 

 

Language Arts

 

In Language Arts, we are working on Research Writing.  This unit we are focusing on Earthworms.  On Friday, students observed a live earthworm and made Venn Diagrams comparing earthworms with people.  Their observations will be used as part of their research writing project.

 

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~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

 

 

March in Room 23

 

 

 

As part of our Geometry unit, students worked on composing and decomposing 2-D shapes, using different shapes in Math class.   

 

 

The book we read as a springboard for our fantasy writing project.

 

 

In Language Arts, we were working on writing Fantasy fiction pieces.  We read the book, Square Cat

 by Elizabeth Schoonmaker.  Then we brainstormed about two challenges we would have if we were square, and something good about being square.  We then used our brainstorming paper to compose our fantasy fiction pieces.  Above are our square people.                                                                                                                         

                        

 

The author of Square Cat enjoyed our work with her book, that she sent us a copy of her new book Square Cat ABC.  We cant' wait to read it on Monday!  We are also now members of Eula's Fan Club!  

 

 

On Monday, it was first grade's turn to take part in Mocha Monday.  The students were able to sip cups of Hot Chocolate during our afternoon break.  The smiles on their faces show how much they enjoyed their chocolaty treat! 

 

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~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

A to Z Countdown--All About Me

This picture slideshow personalized with Smilebox The students shown above were interested in sharing their autobiographies that we have been working on for about a week.  They did a great job sharing and writing their stories! Thanks for stopping by! ~peace~ 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.

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

What's Happening in Room 23?

 

 Our bean plants have finally begun to sprout!

 

 

 The children are so excited!

 

 

In Language Arts, we researched the life of George Washington Carver.  The students wrote about his life and accomplishments and made the portraits of the famous botanist. 

 

In Math, we are learning about fractions.  This is the fraction sort the students completed in class.

 



 

In Science, we learned about matter and the three states of matter:  solids, liquids and gases. 

 

 

This experiment showed the students how solids( baking soda) and liquids (white vinegar) can react and create a gas, blowing up the balloon. 

 

 

This is Oobleck.  It is a suspension created by combining cornstarch and water.  It goes from a solid state to a liquid state and back again. 

 Solid....

 

...then liquid.

 

It was a busy week of learning! 

 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Polygons and Plants

 

Last week, we read the story of Square Cat by Elizabeth Schoonmaker.  Following our reading of the story, we mapped our ideas of what problems we would have if we were square, then wrote our story about our day as a square shaped person.  Below you can see our display of writing on our square people.  This activity was a freebie on TPT.  

Our Hallway Display

 

 

One of our square people

 

 In Science, we learned the parts of a plant.  Today the students made a diagram of a flower and labeled it appropriately to show their knowledge of the parts of a plant. 

 

 

Our next unit in Science has us learning more about seeds and plants.  Look for more activities to come!

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

What's Happening in Room 23?

 We started the new year by writing our Resolutions for home and school and making Celebration Kid.

 

This is the wall outside our classroom.  Above our celebration kids, we have an All About Me banner that was made with Miss Summerville, our student teacher.

 Here are some of our Super Spelling Tests!

 

In Language Arts, we are working on Explanatory Text.  Students wrote about how to make a snowman, then created a snowman inside a snow globe.

 

We also celebrated the 80th day of School this month!

 An 80th Day Snowman

Thanks for stopping by!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal