Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays! It is so hard to believe that it is almost 2018! This year is flying by!! Thank you for all the fabulous Christmas presents! You are very thoughtful!` If you are traveling over the break, have a safe trip and enjoy your time with friends and family!! We are headed to Ohio...I will try not to bring back any snow! 

Blythewood High School Athletes
Several captains of different teams at BHS came to visit us today during recess and lunch. 

Winter Celebration

The students enjoyed making their edible reindeer during the celebration today! 

Snowmen Sequence
The students built snowmen out of Playdough and had to write down the steps (in sequence) they used to make their snowman.  They gave their writing to another student in the class to see if they were detailed enough for their peer to construct the same snowman. They also recorded their original snowman on Flipgrid to compare the two. In some situations we learned how important it is to be detailed and that a little revision might be in order! Fun lesson and activity! 

250 Point for Reading Counts

Congrats to Davina for earning 250 points with Reading Counts! She has earned a spot on our class Wall of Fame! Who will be next? 

Curriculum

Math- We will do Part 2 of our Time Unit. We did part 1 the first nine weeks. We will review telling time and focus on elapsed time. 

Language Arts- The students will have a reading story from our book, Castle on Viola Street. We will focus on finding the theme in texts. We will also start writing nonfiction writing pieces. 

Science- We will start our unit on Rocks and Minerals. The students will need their rocks and minerals from Diamond Dell on Thursday when we return, but I will let them know after break. 

Social Studies- We are moving onto the Revolutionary War.

Diamond Dell

The students enjoyed mining in Diamond Dell's Mining Bus. They have a lot of goodies to bring home! We are studying rocks and minerals after break so I asked the students to please keep track of their bag of so they can bring them back in during our unit.

Wonder

We enjoyed the movie yesterday! A few of us needed tissues. Most of the class has seen the movie so as we finish reading it we will discuss the similarities and differences between the book and movie.  

Last Week Before Break

Wonder "Posters"

The students created a Wonder poster. They designed their character and added a precept. Here is the link in case they want to explore more at home. https://create.wonder.movie/ 

Samantha's precept said..."You are never a loser until you quit trying."

Davina's precept said..."Be-YOU-Tiful!"

Favorite Sports Team Friday

We wrapped up Winter Wishes today. Our class collected 234 food items! Thanks for your generosity during our first service learning project! 

We had more students in their team colors, but they were in ALERT today. 

Curriculum

Math- We will wrap up Module 3 with a test on Wednesday. A study buddy will come home Monday. We will also review standards taught since the beginning of the year.

Language Arts- We will review skills we have learned so far this year (sequencing, compare/contrast etc.)  The students will also be doing some creative writing that involves snowmen. 

Science- We will wrap up our unit on water habitats with an in school project. The students will work with partners on the project and it will take the place of a test.  Our next unit is on rocks and minerals and we will kick it off with a visit from Diamond Dell!! The students will mine for rocks and minerals on Wednesday. 

Social Studies- We will wrap up our unit on Colonial Times in SC with a test on Thursday. We talked about the Gullah Culture today. We explored a website with information about Gullah. Here is the link in case your child would like to explore more. https://www.knowitall.org/series/gullahnet

Throwback Thursday & Kahoot Hangout

Lots of decades showed up in our class today! Everyone looked great! We have collected 119 food items as a class!! Tomorrow is Favorite Team/Sport Friday! A little easier to prepare an outfit! :)

Multiplication Kahoot/Hangout

We did a Google Hangout with a third grade class from Ohio. Both classes competed in a Kahoot on Multiplication. We did a great job of answering the facts correctly. We just need to work on our speed a little. The students were very jealous when they told us they have snow!! ☃

Wacky Tacky Day

The class looked pretty tacky today!! We have collected 83 food items as a class! Tomorrow is Throwback Thursday. 

Top Hat Tuesday and Flipgrid

Everyone looked great in their hats! Our class has collected 50 cans! Tomorrow is Wacky Tacky Wednesday! 

Flipgrid

The students really enjoyed using Flipgrid in class today. Flipgrid is a website that allows me to pose questions and the students can answer in the form of a video. We answered a fun question today to try it out! Check out your child's video response at the link below. 

https://flipgrid.com/r2r7ma

Jackson working on his video response.

Marvel Monday- Winter Wishes

The students looked great in the superhero shirts today! Our class collected 16 food items. Keep it up! Tomorrow is Top Hat Tuesday.

Winter Wishes

Don't forget this service learning project starts on Monday! Below is the schedule for Spirit week.

Marvel Monday!-Wear a Superhero t-shirt!

Top Hat Tuesday!-Wear your favorite hat!

Wacky Tacky Wednesday!-Dress tacky!

Throwback Thursday!-Dress from any decade!

Favorite Team/Player Friday!-Wear your favorite team or player’s jersey/shirt.

Welcome, Davina!

We welcomed another new student this week! The boys think we need another boy since we are a little girl heavy. :) 

Curriculum

Math- We will continue working in Module 3. Our focus is on multiplication with units of 0,1,6-9 and multiplies of 10. We will have a math quiz on Friday. Please encourage your child to review their math facts with flashcards, games on the internet or the link below that we use in class to practice fluency.  We will also be "competing" against a 3rd grade class in another state through a Google Hangout/Kahoot on Thursday. I told the class they need to practice their facts so it we will be a good "competition". 

https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts- We continue comparing and contrasting different nonfiction passages and engaging in writing that is detailed and provides evidence from the text. 

Science- We continue discussing water habitats (swamp, salt marsh/estuaries, lakes, rivers etc.) 

Social Studies- We continue discussing SC during Colonial Times. I'm planning to have a test over this material on either Tuesday or Wednesday of the following week.