Ms. Schimel's Class

Art With Annie Heron

2012-01-30T11:13:00.000-08:00

Parents,

We are in DESPERATE NEED of headphones. Some of us have none and some of us are on our last set. I need everyone to send one more set please. We use them all the time with the computers and our itouches.

Now onto the fun we had last week.

This week we made clay tiles with Annie Heron, our Artist in Residents.
It is going to be Public Art. That means it is going to stay in the school forever!
We put all kinds of animals on our tiles, like dolphins, birds, baby rhinos, dogs, fish, and turtles.
This weekend they are getting fired. Next week we are going to glaze them.

Arrival From Africa

2012-01-23T11:10:00.001-08:00

Today we got a letter from Kampala, Uganda.

It is a learning center for young children that are less fortunate or orphaned and they want a relationship with people around the world and they chose us! They want to exchange letters and art work with us.

We hope to write to them soon so we can learn more about them.

- Posted by McKay Kids

Videolicious Videos

2012-01-13T14:11:00.000-08:00

We decided to break out of the normal routine today. We did some quick research and then made videos using the (free) app, Videolicious. We are not able to republish the images we used onto the Internet here on the blog for you to see, so we emailed them to ourselves. Help your child sign into their school email account and you can see it there using your ipad or itouch. I know not everyone has one of these devices, so I will continue to search for ways we can upload this type of project in the future.
Student email accounts are:
(lunch number)followed by: @pendletonsd.org
Have a wonderful weekend!

Hot Chocolate Reading Party

2012-01-12T14:16:00.000-08:00

Today 15 of us got invited to the S.T.A.R reading

hot chocolate party for reading 7 hours in December.

Today we made some addition and subtraction movies using ScreenChomp on the iPad.

DW's Math Movie

CG's Math Movie

Reminder to 3rd grade parents.....please send snack food sale items to school for next weeks Snack Food Sale.

Amazing Math

2012-01-05T10:53:00.001-08:00

Third graders learned more about fractions today using Smartie candy.

Second graders worked more on subtracting with regrouping two digit numbers.
Here is TP way of solving one of them. Click the link below.
TP Math Regrouping Video

New Friend

2012-01-04T14:24:00.000-08:00

Today we met a new friend!
JQ joined our class this morning from Medford, Oregon. He is a boy and in 3rd grade. We can tell he is really nice and makes good choices so he will always stay on a green behavior card. AB, CK, and EF played on the play equipment with him.
JQ said he had a pretty good day and that he met a lot of new friends. He has a motto that he shared with us. It is, "You always have to be prepared for tomorrow.

Off to a Busy New Year!

2012-01-03T14:16:00.000-08:00

Ms. Schimel introduced a new word work project today. It is called Boggle. We try to find as many words as we can using the letters on the board. She likes us to start by finding the shortest words first, then the longest words. We can have help from home too. :o)

We have new apps on the iPad to help us learn cursive, writing, and math.
Kabaam, Times Table, + Bubbles x, and Big Trace.

We also started creating digital art today. CK made a snowman.

Gingerbread Houses

2011-12-25T21:11:00.001-08:00

We completed our giraffe art this week and have them on display in the hallway. I think they are my newest favorite.

At the end of the day we decorated our gingerbread houses.

Here is MC with fun written all over his face.

New village of gingerbread houses.

Some of us completed our November reading goal and were invited to make these cute crafts with Mrs. Miltenberger.

My helpers getting the candy ready for decorating.

Had great help making the cement icing for assembling our gingerbread houses.

Hope your holidays are bright, see you next year.

Funny Faces EBook

2011-12-21T10:50:00.000-08:00

Here is our latest EBook. We have asked our 3rd grade Google Buddies in LaGrande to score our writing. This is a sample of our very best writing that we can do on our own. We are trying hard to use the following skills:
1. Start sentences with capital letters.
2. Correctly use punctuation
3. Accurate spelling
4. Organize using paragraphs
5. Write in a way that keeps our readers interested

Funny Faces EBook

Dear Santa EBook

2011-12-21T10:42:00.000-08:00

We submitted our Dear Santa Book again to this blog post because we realized we were limitied to only 15 pages and our original left off some of our letters. Click on the link below to see the entire book.

Dear Santa Book

Our Latest Math Trick

2011-12-20T17:58:00.000-08:00

KL and CK produced this movie to help us remember this neat math trick.

Making Drawing Videos

2011-12-19T13:25:00.000-08:00

We have a new app on the iPad that makes it really easy to make videos to share with you.
Check it out if you are into Apps! It is ScreenChomp.

How to Draw a Dog by CK

How to Draw a Cat by KL

Alligators and Snowflakes

2011-12-14T14:34:00.000-08:00

DW taught us how to make snowflakes.

They turned out really awesome and look like real snowflakes.

Mrs. Thorne brought a game that had little alligator heads that was called Alligator Swamp.

It helped us with impulse control. We couldn't talk or get up to tell the person how to finish the maze. If we moved the right way, Mrs. Thorne would say, "ding". If we moved the wrong way, she would say, "Rrrrahhhh". That means the alligator woke up and found us on their heads. Yikes!

Santa Hats

2011-12-12T14:32:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow I would like to take some pictures so I am asking students to bring a Santa hat to school with them.

Touching Tiger Story

New Fun Math

2011-12-08T14:11:00.000-08:00

Here we are heading to the Vert for our Christmas Program. The program was exciting because we did good and there were lots of people in the audience.
Today the 3rd graders learned how to use a calculator to check our work.

The 2nd graders learned a new skill in math.

It is called borrowing. We used this website.

Our First ebook

2011-12-06T15:14:00.000-08:00

We started and finished our first ebook today. Click here to see it.

Touching Tiger Story

2011-12-06T10:43:00.000-08:00

Use a QR code reading app to read this story about a tiger and an toddler.

Making a Book Link

2011-12-06T08:44:00.000-08:00

Students Only Project of Making a Book

Christmas Program

2011-12-05T14:22:00.000-08:00

Our Christmas Program is coming soon.

It is on Wednesday, December 7th at 1:00pm at the Vert Auditorium downtown.

We will travel by bus and return to school after the program.
We hope you can attend. We had dress rehearsal today and we did great!

Please come see us perform!

Everyday our janitor, Susan, comes in our room and leaves us a design on our carpet after she vacuums it. This morning we figured out it was a picture of a letter to Santa. This is what it looked like today.

Work This Week

2011-12-01T14:28:00.000-08:00

We started a new writing project today using the 4 square model again. This time we are using "Christmas" as our topic. Tomorrow we are going to evaluate our writing using our rubrics.

Yesterday we started a new art project. It is a drawing of a giraffe. The background will have an abstract background. We will show you pictures later when we start adding color.

We played a special game at P.E. and it is called, "Wizards, Giants, and Elves". The elves can get the wizards powers. The wizard can blast the giant out of the universe. The Giants can crush the elves because they are so small.

What do you want for Christmas?

How do you decorate your Christmas tree?

What color are your tree lights this year?

What is your favorite Christmas tradition?

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-23T10:47:00.000-08:00

We used a "Four Square" writing template today to write about Thanksgiving. Quickly we uploaded them here to share with you. During the SAVE process, we had internet trouble so some of our work got messed up. LS turkey refused to move to her writing so you will have to scroll down to see what she wrote. Her turkey is the 3rd one down I believe.

Happy reading.

Thanksgiving is awesome! We are going to Portland. I love the turkey. I play paper football with my uncle. I love Thanksgiving because I get to spend time with my family.
By DW

Thanksgiving is a great holiday.I am going to my Grandmas house.My favoritefood on Thanksgiving is the stuffing.We spend time together.We watch Oregon game.Thanksgiving is fun. TP (boy)

Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a fun, awesome, and great holiday! We go to my aunt and uncle's house in La grand. When we get there we eat. My favorite thing on Thanksgiving out of all of the food is stuffing. After we eat I go outside and play in the yard with my littel brother. When we are done playing we have desert like ice cream and cake. Thanksgiving makes me excited. And that is my Thanksgiving. by TP (girl)
ThanksgivingThanksgiving is a fun holoday.We are going to my grandmas house.We eat turkey.My famly eats together. Thaksgiving is exciting and fun and great. By RD

Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is fantastic . My mom and dad are coming to my house . We are having a feast . I like making turkey picures with my brother . It`s my favorit time of the year .
By MC

ThanksgivingThanksgiving is a very fun holiday. We are going to my grandma's house after school in Misson.We eat lots of suff like mashed potatoes and gravy,corn,and defently turkey.Somtimes we littel girls get to make dessert.We each other outside till it gets dark.We play suff like ball tag , frisbe , and smear the queer but not to rough. Thansgiving is very exciting and fun !!! THE END LS Picture up above.

Thanks giving. Thanks giving is a great holiday. We are going to travel to the beach. We eat lots of yummy food. My favrite food on Thanks giving is home made jello. We spend time with family. Me and my family have fun together. Thanks giving is exciting. By KL (girl)

Thanks giving. Thanks giving is a great holiday. We are going to travel to the beach. We eat lots of yummy food. My favrite food on Thanks giving is home made jello. We spend time with family. Me and my family have fun together. Thanks giving is exciting. By KL (girl)

Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a joyful holiday.Today after school my going to Lebanon. We eat lots of good food. My favorite thing to eat is the turkey. we spend tim e together.Thanksgiving is amazing. By GP

We travel. I am going to travel to a hotl and my grandma home and to the sports place and hes going to show us arawnd. We eat. My favret food on thanksgiving is a pick of pumkin pie. We spend time with family. We eat together and wath football at the exact same time. Thnksgiving is good and fun and exciting. By GR

ThanksgivingThanksgiving is a great day.We don't travle.We eat lot's of turkey.I feel good and full .I ate lot's of turkey.EF(boy)

Thangsgiving Thangsgiving is a great holiday. After school today I get to drive home to be with my family. We eat lots of yummy food on Thangsgiving. My favorite food is is my grandma's strawberries. I like spending time with my family.We all sit down and have a nice dinner together. Thangsgiving is fantastic! By CK (girl)

Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a great time. I am going to the beach. We eat Turkey and my faverit jelo salid! I spend time at the beach. Thanksgiving is fun.CG (boy)

Thanksgiving I can not wait tell Thanksgiving! Some people travle but I do not travle. We eat a lot of wonderful food on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving would not be fun with out family. Thanksgiving is a lot of fun.by BB

Today after school we are going to my grama and grampas for thanksgiving. My favorite thing to eat on thanksgiving is the turkey. On thanksgiving we watch movies and play games. Thanksgiving is exciting. AO

Than Thanksgiving is a great haiday. Me and sister and brothen is going to my aunt molly home. We eat lots of good food. My favorite of my mom is her drumstick. Ilove spending time with my mom and dad. Thanrsgiving is fun. AB (grile)

My grandma and grandpa are coming to my houws.favrit food is ham. We spend time with are family. Thanksgiving is nice.

AB ThanksgivingMy Grandma and grampa are coming. My favorite food is turky. We all watch football. thanksgiving is exciting.AG

Happy Thanksgiving!

Christmas Art

2011-11-22T14:15:00.000-08:00

We made some art for Christmas.

First we drew an ornament, then a Christmas tree,

then a candy cane or present, then a Santa or reindeer with pencil. Then we painted them.

Then we used black Sharpie markers to outline the pencil lines.

Then we painted cross lines to make them look like windows or four pictures.

This is what some of them look like as they hang in the hallway.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Voice Thread Books

2011-11-21T12:20:00.000-08:00

During conferences I shared some of our books we created using Voice Thread. Here are some of those links:
CG

MC

AO

CK

TP

KL

DW

Where The Wild Things Are

2011-11-16T13:31:00.000-08:00

Our class made an art project yesterday. This is CK's "Wild Thing." We used color, shape, and texture to create our own "Wild Things." We got our idea to make this art project from the story, "Where The Wild Things Are."This is AO's "Wild Thing." His "Wild Thing" has horns, a stripped shirt, black teeth, and a tree behind him.

Division & Coins

2011-11-14T14:18:00.000-08:00

We (3rd graders) learned division today!

30 divided by 5 = 6

That means if you have 30 cookies and we give 5 neighbors the same amount of cookies, how many cookies do we give each neighbor?

Division math was fun and it felt great to learn a new skill.

We (2nd graders) started learning how to add coins. We used pennies, nickles, dimes, and quarters. It was fantastic counting with real money.

S.T.A.R

2011-11-07T08:54:00.001-08:00

GR and EF won these books at S.T.A.R reading bingo. We are happy and ready to play Bingo with Mrs. Miltenberger.

She invites us once a month to play Bingo for Books with her.
The third graders are helping us sell tickets for The Basket Auction.
They are bringing packets home today.

First to 25 Miles

2011-11-03T13:56:00.000-07:00

C.K. and K.L. were the first students in the whole school to reach 25 miles. 25 miles is 5 walking club cards. You have to do 20 laps to finish a card. If you are the first from your class to walk 25 miles, you get any kind of ball you want. If you reach 25 miles you also get to meet with Ms. Oakland for lunch.

Almost everyone brought in their read-a-thon bookmarks. In the month of October if you meet your goal of 5 hours, you get to go to Skate City for a skating party.

A group of students are creating kitten plays. There are a total of 8 kids that are participating in the plays. The plays are a mix of both inside and outside plays.

Baking Basket Delivery

2011-11-02T14:01:00.000-07:00

Baking items are starting to fill up our classroom basket for the Basket Auction this month.

If you would like to send us something for our "BAKING" basket, we would sure appreciate it. We are trying to make it REALLY FULL, to the top and maybe even over!

Yep, I love technology, but sometimes I just can't figure it out. The picture wanted to come in sideways no matter what I tried, so this time.......it wins.

Halloween

2011-11-01T10:35:00.000-07:00

We had one spooky Halloween Party!

Our class got to put their hands in the witch's potion.
We made the witch's potion with dry ice and warm water.

The witch's potion felt warm and cold at the same time.

We got to eat spicy salsa from AG's dad.

The cookies we had had sprinkles on the orange icing.

Thanks to MC and KL for bringing grapes and the milk.

DW brought goody bags with whoppers, pencils, popcorn, fruit by the foot, milk duds, pretzels, and ring pops shaped like skeletons, bats, pumpkins, or witches.

We can't wait for Halloween next year!

Spirit Week Part 2

2011-10-27T14:11:00.000-07:00

Boys in high heels, boys in girl clothes, boys and girls with crazy pony tails, girls with flowers in their hair, wacky colored hair........ We definitely saw Wacky people on Wednesday!

Mrs. Schimel gave us Pirate Chompers today because she and her friend love Halloween.

Spirit Week

2011-10-25T13:57:00.000-07:00

REMINDER

McKay Reads Read-A-Thon

Our Read-A-Thon will end this Friday, October 28th. Students have next week, October 31st—November 4th, to collect pledges and turn in their reading record sheet.

To participate in the Skating Rink Party, and be considered for prizes, students need to have met their classroom reading goal and turn in their October reading record sheet by 8:30 on Friday, November 4th, 2011. Any record of reading will be accepted. It does not have to be the bookmark or teacher made page, as long as the record indicates students have met their reading goal and it is signed by an adult. (Students who do not meet their reading goal or turn in their reading record sheets by the deadline will remain at school on the day of the skating party.)

Pajama day was fun because we got to wear our cozy pajamas to school.

Tomorrow is WACKY WEDNESDAY! We can't wait. Come back to see our pictures.

We have a new game on the itouch. It is called Cash Cow.

We learn about money and it is an adding game.

2011-10-20T14:20:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow will be our fourth day working on our Unit test in reading.

Lots of us have 100% so far and we are all doing well. It feels great!

These are some of the pictures for our Halloween stories that we are making.

We each are making our own story. They are GOOD so far.

We will make them into video books and we hope to share them with you soon.

This boy is afraid of the huge pumpkin rolling toward him.

She is trick or treating.

This one is about a boy who goes from house to house trick or treating by flying his dad's jet around the world.

Spirit Week Coming

2011-10-19T14:40:00.000-07:00

Next week is Spirit Week!

Monday - PJ day

Tuesday -Favorite Sports Team

Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday

Thursday - Sweats day

Friday - Wear RED (United we stand for a drug free school)

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-18T16:40:00.000-07:00

We had fun at Bellinger Farm’s pumpkin patch today. There were tall skinny ones, short fat ones, and everything in between. We even had lots of colors to choose from. The colors were white, green, yellow, and orange.

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-17T14:23:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow we go to the pumpkin patch! We can't wait to tell you all about it.

We will leave school at 8:30.

Please check the weather to help us know what to wear.

2011-10-13T14:03:00.000-07:00

Some of Mrs. Golter's class came over to read us their own stories that they made.

One had lots of words and only one picture. The other stories had pictures and words on each page. One pair of writers even wrote questions to go with their story. One person wrote a story about her life. Their stories were so good that they made pictures in our heads as we listened to them read.

2011-10-12T13:43:00.000-07:00

This is our reading chart that tells us what we can do to become a better reader.

The high lighted ones are the ones we have already done this week.

We are working on our fluency and our comprehension.

2011-10-07T14:21:00.000-07:00

All second graders in our room passed their math test on subtraction today and we are all really happy about that.

We all tried multiplication (even 2nd graders) problems today and did really good.

We tried really hard to do our best.

We are curious about you, our readers. Please take a moment to leave us your answers to the following questions in a comment below. Thank you!

How many Jack o' lanterns are you going to make?

What was your favorite costume for Halloween when you were a kid?

Thursday, October 6, 2011

2011-10-06T14:14:00.000-07:00

TP is playing on the monkey bars at recess.

Mrs. Straughan gave us treats and pencils for the monkey moments.

We made our wish lists at the
book fair today.

2011-10-05T13:56:00.000-07:00

During art today, it looked like a tornado blew through.

But it was all worth it. Look at the pictures below.
This is what it turned out like after the storm.
This one is DW's art work.

This is B.B's art work.

We get "Monkey Moments" if our whole entire class gets a compliment from a teacher. We made it to the floor with monkeys, and now we get a treat!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

2011-10-04T14:14:00.000-07:00

On Friday we painted paper for our pumpkin artwork.

We used cups, cards, and markers to paint designs on our paper.

CK showing what her paper looked like after squishing it with another persons painting.

GP cutting out her pumpkin.
We will try to finish them this week and share them here with you.

We earned suckers from S.T.A.R with Mrs. Miltenberger today.

We are going to have a Read A Thon this month. We will get our papers tomorrow and share them with you. Maybe you can help us earn money to finish getting computers for the library computer lab.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

2011-09-29T14:21:00.000-07:00

Every month we have birthday lunch with Mrs. Thorne.

GR, TS, and CF had birthdays in September.

Reminder, tomorrow is Picture Day and the Snack Food Sale.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

2011-09-28T13:52:00.001-07:00

Here we are with Mrs. Thorne.

She came to tell us about her job and to learn about us.

MC published a new post to his kidblog today.

We hope you are all checking out our kidblogs.

We love the comments you leave.

CK and GP are making a good reading choice during reading time.

They were listening to a story on the i touch.

TP is writing a really long story about Henry and Mudge.

We can't wait to hear it. He might even publish it.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

2011-09-27T14:13:00.000-07:00

This Friday we are having a snack food sale. Bring $.50 - $1.00 to get a yummy, delicious treat.

We learned about compound words today and then we made a video of our compound words on Videolicious (i touch app).

Today we went to the computer lab for the first time this year. We did IXL math. IXL math is a subscription through McKay that lets us do all kinds of math skills. We can do it at home too. It was fantastic!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

2011-09-22T14:04:00.000-07:00

We made giant ice cream cones for art this week. They have sprinkles and a cherry on top.
They are so neat that you might want to frame them. If so, you can buy a frame that is 18x24 inches and it will fit perfectly.

We are enjoying the comments that everyone is leaving.

Thank you for looking at our blog.

September 21, 2011

2011-09-21T14:28:00.000-07:00

Today was our first Library check out.

We can have up to two books and have them for a week.

In our reading group we were playing a reading game to learn new vocabulary.

In Walking Club, CK went around the track 3 times in ONE (10 min) recess today. Wow!
Walking Club is when you walk around the track and a grownup punches a hole in a card each time we go around the track.

2011-09-20T16:55:00.000-07:00

Today we got to use the i touches to practice our math. We used the app Balloon Pop. We practiced our addition and multiplication facts. When we see the right answer, we pop the balloon. It was awesome.

September 8, 2011

2011-09-08T14:33:00.000-07:00

We learned how to do a Sketch & Jot today when we listened to the story Brave Norman.

We learned how to write a summary.

We had our first Back to School Assembly today with Bucky and Mrs. Sheard got branded.

She is now a true MmmmmmUSTANG. Mrs. Sheard is our college student teacher.

It is ok to go on www.raz-kids.com

Library & Art

2011-09-07T14:23:00.000-07:00

These are some of our self portraits we want you to see.

We painted over our crayon coloring but careful not to go over our face.

We learned about the library rules today with Mrs. Naughton.

We will get to use the computers during library to read, write, math or to take AR tests.

Working With Technology

2011-09-06T14:12:00.000-07:00

Our first time using expressions, it was fun!

Expressions are like remotes that you can use to put your answer in math, reading, or spelling.

We are on the computers doing reading on www.raz-kids.com

Beginning a New Year

2011-09-02T14:25:00.000-07:00

KVL is happy because she won Flip It.

Flip it is a card game that we would like to play at home with you.

Third graders waiting to come inside after recess.
Flip it is fun!
Check back next week to see our artwork that we made today.
Have a great weekend.

Open House 2011

2011-08-26T16:50:00.000-07:00

Welcome to 2nd & 3rd Grade with Mrs. Schimel.

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Lots to Remember

2011-05-24T14:31:00.001-07:00

We have a lot of things coming up.

June 1st only the 3rd graders will be going to the Middle School to participate in the track meet. The will need: sunscreen, water bottles with their names on them, and a sack lunch. They may bring a towel to sit on if they would like.

June 3rd; McNary Dam Field Trip

Students need to wear sunscreen and good walking shoes. They also need a water bottle and sack lunch.

Please let me know if your child would like the kitchen staff to make them a sack lunch for our trips by May 26th. THANK YOU

Go Animate & CoSketch

2011-05-18T11:00:00.000-07:00

We discovered a couple new websites where students can be very creative. Go Animate is a site where you can create dialog between two characters and then it will publish it into a movie speaking your words. CoSketch is a site where you can draw with someone else who is on another computer somewhere else.

Oregon Retired Educators Convention

2011-05-16T18:11:00.000-07:00

Today we took a quick field trip up the the Red Lion to present how we use technology in the classroom for the Retired Teachers Association. We showed them the Promethean board, Internet sites we us for writing, reading, and math, and our itouches. I know they really enjoyed seeing how well the second graders worked together and how advanced their technology and speaking skills were.

Animal and State Reports

2011-05-06T10:32:00.000-07:00

We have been creating Animal and State Reports using Glogster.
Click on the links below to see some of our work.

LG Hawaii

CF Water Buffalo

CC Spotted Hyena

CR Michigan

JC Mississippi

TD Montana

ZJ Texas

TS Alaska

MA Pelican

KM Sabertooth Tiger

GF Koala

More links to come.

CC New Hamphire

TP Oregon

CU Dolphin

GP Red Fox

AB Great White Shark

JA Great White Shark

CM California

TS Giant Sea Turtle

KS Connecticut

TS Florida

JW Zebra

CC Narwhal

Science

2011-04-26T21:30:00.001-07:00

This week we have Eryn with us to teach us about Matter and Energy.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

Egg Hunt

2011-04-26T15:17:00.000-07:00

Last week we colored two eggs each and then searched for them in the yard.

We had a great time and everyone found their own eggs.
We put our names on them so we search for only ours. If we see someone elses, we keep right on going.

Then if someone asks for help, then we might provide them with a clue.

Farm To Market

2011-04-13T20:07:00.001-07:00

Today we enjoyed learning how our food gets from the farm to our house.

We got to see all the kinds of fruits and vegetables that are grown in our area.

This is a dragon fruit. It does not grow here, but was too neat to skip.

TD got new glasses, so cute! We also got to sample cumquats.

Looking at a map of what region certain products come from.

When we left, they gave us a bag full of great items. We each got a package of seeds to plant at home.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

Foil Art Work

2011-04-12T23:25:00.001-07:00

We painted on foil paper today using the dry brush technique.

We will display the finished product at the Art Show next week.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

Art

2011-04-11T10:48:00.001-07:00

Drawing the first step to our latest art activity.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

Math Operations & Pizza

2011-04-06T11:45:00.001-07:00

Today the 3rd graders had a pizza party for selling the most Pie Social tickets.

We have a new math game. I put up 3 numbers and the students use those numbers to make the magic number using a variety of operations.

See You Around

2011-03-31T14:37:00.001-07:00

Today was ZR last day with us, but we didn't say "Good bye" as we hope to still see her around.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

Recess

2011-03-31T13:45:00.001-07:00

Recess is always fun when you have good friends.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

Jump For Heart

2011-03-30T00:08:00.001-07:00

CR turned in his Jump For Heart contributions and got these prizes as a thank you.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

Thumb Scanning

2011-03-29T23:22:00.000-07:00

Starting tomorrow, we will not have to type in our lunch number when we go through the lunch line. Today we scanned in our thumb print and from now on all we have to do is pass our thumb over this pad. This will get us to the table quicker so we have more time to eat our lunch. What do you think 2nd and 3rd graders? Do you need more time to eat?

Our Writing

2011-03-29T09:54:00.000-07:00

We have been writing about some of our personal experiences. Click below to hear our stories.

M.A The Castle

J.A My Split Lip

G.P The Movies With My Mom

T.S My Bunny

Leprechaun Visit

2011-03-17T16:46:00.001-07:00

After coming into a very messy room, we discovered a treasure hunt.

We had to use the mirror to read the notes.

Each clue sent us to another book. In the book, we collected important words that created a final clue.

We discovered a mess in the yard and knew we had to clean it up.

A few treasures were left behind for us. We found Lucky Charms, gold coins and green jello.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

Setting The Trap

2011-03-16T22:37:00.001-07:00

With tomorrow being St. Patrick's Day, everyone wanted to make traps to catch a Leprechaun. We also had a great time writing about it. The kids said it was the best way to wrote. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

2011-03-14T11:39:00.000-07:00

We were able to publish a few more stories today.

Here is JA's and MA's.

A Story From TS

2011-03-10T13:57:00.000-08:00

TS finished publishing his book today. He wrote it in his notebook and then published it using the itouch app, Story Kit. Click his initials to view his story.

Wax Museum

2011-03-02T14:49:00.001-08:00

Today we went to the 4th graders Wax Museum. They were wonderful.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

Picture Day & STAR Reading

2011-03-01T15:17:00.001-08:00

Had our group picture taken today and then portraits.

We will send the picture packets home in a few weeks for you to decide if you would like to purchase them. If not, just return the pictures.

The class photo is FREE!

My favorite part of picture taking is watching the kids in the mirrors.

CU was one of the many students that won a book at STAR reading today.

Thank you Parent's Club for your help supplying books.

Mrs. Miltenberger runs Bingo for us to win a book as a reward for meeting our reading goals.

Art & Bookmarks

2011-02-24T14:07:00.000-08:00

We are in the process of making another poster.

This time we are filling our paper with flowers using tissue paper.

They are going to be bright and colorful. Maybe Spring will decide to come back.

We created bookmarks for the bookmark contest today in Library.

Wonderful Wednesday

2011-02-23T21:11:00.000-08:00

A big shout out to CC and his mom for supplying us with the Monkey Moment treats.

We all loved the Snicker doodle cookies, thank you.

GP got glasses! Oh so cute.

Today was our day to partner read.

I love to walk around and listen to each pair work so well together.

They are so engaged in the story that they don't even notice me taking pictures.

2011-02-22T15:14:00.000-08:00

Parents Club is running the snack food sale this week. They are asking parents of second graders to supply treats this time. Please send individually wrapped snacks to school by Friday morning. Thank you!

Next round of OAKS testing will begin next week. Reading first and the following week will be math. Please make sure your child has a good breakfast and is well rested.

Patriotic Assembly

2011-02-18T13:55:00.001-08:00

Our patriotic Assembly was wonderful.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

Duso

2011-02-17T23:04:00.000-08:00

Mrs. Thorne visited us the other day along with Duso,our favorite kindergarten friend.

- Posted by Mrs. Schimel

Patriotic Assembly

2011-02-17T14:44:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow we are gathering together to sing Patriotic songs.

Please remind your child to wear red, white, and blue.

2011-02-14T18:58:00.000-08:00

Use QRReader on the ITouch, take a picture of this code, and you will go to the secret web page where you will complete a task.

Valentine's Day

2011-02-14T16:54:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Valentine party. Everyone did such a fantastic job on their Valentine boxes. I hope you all had a wonderful day too.

2011-02-10T11:27:00.000-08:00

Matisse Art

2011-02-07T15:37:00.000-08:00

We learned about Matisse and created art like him.

We cut out shapes from our painted paper we made yesterday.
They turned out wonderful!

2011-02-07T07:36:00.001-08:00

ZR created this little story.

2011-02-07T00:06:00.000-08:00

Glogster Project

Preparing Special Art Project

2011-02-03T21:09:00.000-08:00

Our parent volunteers are coming in again tomorrow to do a special art project with us,

so we painted some paper today.

ZJ using the sound system during a quick game of higher or lower.

Snowmen & New itouch

2011-02-01T16:28:00.000-08:00

We are working on our writing with a focus on our readers.

We want to capture you and hold on to you as we tell our stories.

Here AB is recording his story to share with us on our new itouch.

CC recording his story.
During reading we learned how to make a digital book using the "Story Kit" app.
Students are using the built in camera to illustrate their stories they will type and record themselves reading their books.

Then their book will be stored on each of the itouches for others to view.

CC putting on the finishing touches of his snowman.

I will send this art project home on Friday.

Ice-Cream

2011-01-31T16:37:00.000-08:00

Last week the kids made ice cream during science and it was a blast!

They had to shake it inside a shirt because it was too cold to hold onto.
And it passed the taste test.

imac & TweenTribune

2011-01-24T13:20:00.000-08:00

Our grant money from Wildhorse came in and we were able to order our mini itouch lab and an imac! The first thing we did with it is explore the "Photo Booth" program.

Click the button once and it will take 4 quick pictures of you and them combine it into one really fun picture.

We found another awesome reading site. Each student has a login to www.tweentribune.com which has a ton of student safe news articles which they can read and comment on. Check it out!

In science the kids made soda pop. Here they are making

measuring their ingredients.

We are learning our shapes and how we can make the same shapes with other shapes.

Science and Videos

2011-01-20T08:11:00.000-08:00

Third graders have been joining Mrs. Oliver's class to do some really cool science experiments.

One day they made paste.

Then they learned how to make soda pop.

We are wrapping up our video project. Here are CR and MP editing the videos they shot last weekend.

They completed their movie and we couldn't wait to see it.

Everyone gathered around and watched.

Student Made Videos

2011-01-18T11:43:00.000-08:00

We began writing scripts for videos before Christmas and now are starting to film them. Here are a few that have been completed.

Pointillism Art

2011-01-15T11:07:00.000-08:00

A couple amazing parents came in on Friday and taught us about Pointillism art.

We used toothpicks and watercolor paint. Look at how cute they turned out.

Writing, Fractions and Geometry

2011-01-13T23:01:00.001-08:00

We are working on writing good paragraphs. We know we have to come up with a topic, then decide on a main idea. Today we added supporting sentences.

We partnered up and drew a picture of our favorite thing about school.
Then today we added the supporting sentences. Tomorrow we will blog our stories if we have enough time. I hope your child is sharing their blog with you. If you don't know what I am talking about....please ask them to show you their blog.

Happy Readers.

We are all studying fractions now. Here the kids are making their own fraction bars.

I have posted more websites to help your child master fractions on my web page.

http://mces.pendleton.k12.or.us/schimel

Many rewards happened this week.

Science/Reading

2011-01-11T12:22:00.000-08:00

Thank you for sticking with us as I struggle to blog on a more regular basis.

Today it was so nice to listen to the children read with a partner. Thursday we will do our DIBELS reading and I can't wait to see how our scores improve. We are reading up a storm.

Third graders joined Mrs. Oliver today for a science lesson. They investigated what happens when you pour water in with salt, and what happens when you add water to sugar.

One of the neatest ways we use the itouch is to record our reading.

I save students recordings onto flipcharts and then we listen to each other.

We still love to play "Flip It" with our cards.

Happy New Year!

2011-01-04T14:56:00.000-08:00

We are finishing up our movies this week.

I hope to be able to post a few short ones when we are all done.

We have been enjoying our blogs. Second graders have more time to blog and are quite active on them. It is neat to see parents commenting on their child's work. Thank you! Third graders....this is a fun thing to do at home. I will show you how to upload pictures when you want. Just ask.

Third graders will have a cursive handwriting packet coming home tomorrow. Parents we could use some help with this. Please check in with your child and see if they need any reminders how to write the letters correctly.

KEPR News & Battle of the Books

2010-12-17T19:56:00.000-08:00

KEPR News came to report on our grant, from Wildhorse, that will supply our school with a couple mini itouch labs. Monday this team took second place in our Battle of the Books competition.

Congratulations to TS in our room to a super job reading and working with her teammates.

We have been creating the cutest posters. I put mine in a cheap frame from Walmart and it looks fantastic. 18x24 is the size you will need if you want to put yours in a frame too.

A quick project we did with our reading buddies.

Wall Wisher

2010-12-16T12:37:00.001-08:00

I posed this question to the class using Wall Wisher, a great website.

Blogging and Movies

2010-12-10T11:53:00.000-08:00

I created a separate blog for each of my second graders and they have been busy writing their assignments on it and leaving each other comments. Ask your child to share it with you.

FYI, I approve everything on each blog before it gets published, so it is 100% safe.

We have been writing the script for our very own movies for the last two weeks. Many students are close to borrowing the flip cam to shoot their movie. I will call you when/if your child will be bringing it home to complete their project.

Battle of the Books & Math Centers

2010-12-02T12:29:00.000-08:00

CC and JA are practicing their double digit addition at this math center.

CR and LG celebrate their first success on division problems.

This week the 3rd graders began having battles for The Battle of the Books.

CU and MA at a math center.

AB and GF working on math.

Making Movies

2010-11-30T11:05:00.000-08:00

Guest bloggers: Cooper and Tanner
In Mrs. Schimel class we do a thing called Todaysmeet.com. Todaysmeet is were you practice writing focus. writing focus is capitals, punctuation, and correct spelling to. It is so cool. Today we answered her question, "What are we going to report on?" We get to make a movie about something. I am going to make a movie about the NFL and Tanner is going to report on hunting deer and elk. It is going to be really fun. Here is what it looks like when we answer her on the computer.