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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Week of Learning and "Dancing"...

We have had a wonderful week in Rm 131. In Science we are still working on our Earth Science Unit. We have been "rotating an revolving" all week long. In Math we are starting on Multiplication and Algebra. In Writing we have finished our Engaging Beginnings and next week we are starting on Sensory Details in our writing. In Reading we are finishing our third and final story in our "Fantasy" theme. Some of the parrots spent Thursday afternoon at the 4th/5th Grade "Sock Hop".  Thank you PTA for a wonderful time!

This week we had a democratic vote and named our "Parrot". It is now officially named "Gertie"! 

Enjoy some photos of our week.....



Our New Science Unit




Suvarsha is so into Thinking Maps, he has been making his own at home!!!

Using a Tree Map to classify Realistic and Fantasy events in "Heat Wave"...













The PTA Sock Hop...  



Some 2011-12 Parrots.....

Once a parrot always a parrot!

Thank You....

PTA...

Volunteers...

You are....

"AWESOME"
2012-13 Parrots...  






Meet "Gertie"..... Our Parrot-Dise Parrot!
And he "sings", too....


 

Saturday, October 6, 2012

This week's STAR Student is....
Congratulations, Nicholas...
 

Thursday, October 4, 2012

What a Fun Week...

The Parrots have learned so much this week... and we have had fun doing it!

In Reading, we started working on our next story Heat Wave.  Our skills are Cause & Effect and Realism/Fantasy.  We are becoming experts at using our thinking maps... we are making a quarterly circle map with our vocabulary words and bridge maps with our antonyms.  Next week we will make a flow map for cause & effect.

In Math we have been building "Towers of Numbers" (multiples) and discovering shortcuts to find our multiples.  

We completed our Social Studies unit and have started on our new Science unit.  Mrs. Lamb taught us a song to help us understand the difference between rotation and revolution... be sure to check out our video!


Finishing our Social Studies unit...



Mrs. Lamb found some great picture books about our math skills...

Working with partners building "Number Towers"...















Making Bridge Maps for our "Antonyms"...

Mrs. Lamb reading Heat Wave...