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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Learning is "FUN" in Parrot-Dise...

This week we took our Theme Benchmark Test in Reading and got back into reading our novel. We have met some interesting characters in "Winn Dixie"... Ms. Franny Block introduced us to the Civil War and is getting ready to tell the story of her Grandfather... can't wait to see what happens! In Writing we are learning about putting "Sensory Details" in our writing. The Parrots are becoming experts at turning "Black & White" sentences into "Living Color " sentences with Sensory Details....

We are continuing to work on Multiplication, Arrays, and Word Problems in Math... Keep working on learning those Multiplication Facts. Science was a little "Musical" this week as we learned a song to help the Phases of the Moon... Parrot-Dise is a fun place for learning!

Here are some photos from the week...
Using Tree Maps to categorize sensory details used in good literature...



Going from "Black and White" to "Living Color" with descriptive language...


Using a Flow Map for directions to our drawing of the 8 Phases of the Moon...










Our finished products...



Using Bridge Maps to relate Lunar...Luna...& Moon and Solar...Sol...& Sun!

Thank you, Ms. Coppedge for helping us learn when can "change" a problem and when we must "cope"...


Decorating our Recycle Bin..



Hope we win the contest...

Friday, October 12, 2012

STAR Student, Shadows, Auction, & Treasure Box...



Our STAR Parrot is.....
Congratulations, Taniyah






Tracing Ethan's "Shadow" at different times of the day...





What's that...
looks like a treasure box...

Filled with...
"Goodies"...
Looks like some "Auction" items...

That's the longest Twizzler I've ever seen... thanks for helping to hold it up, Dillyn!
Let the bidding begin...






Here are the "TOP" bidders.....