Thursday, March 22, 2012

Mrs. Thorne

Guest Blogger today is TP (girl)
Mrs. Thorne came today and told us a story.
It was called Tatle Tounge. It was about a person who tatled. And so he got a deseise called tatle tounge.


After Mrs. Thorne told us Tatle Tounge she taght us what we should do if something little happened, like if someone cut us in line and we decided if we should tell or not.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

New Books

Guest Blogger today is DW.
Ms.Schimel went to Portland and a book store. And got new Books.

Monday, March 19, 2012

U.S.A Reports

Guest Blogger today is TP (boy).Today Mrs.Schimel told us that we get to write a report on a state in the U.S.A. . Now we just have to decied on which one will be the best one to choose.


If you could go anywhere in the USA for a week, where would you go? Why? Please leave a comment to let us know where you would go.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

A Cool New App

Blogger of the day is:CK
Today Ms.Schimel showed our class a new app for the iPad called Explain Everything. You can draw and change the color of the pencil to make a book.


You can type to tell what your story is about.
To narrate your story, you can record what you wrote. It is a really cool app for the iPad.



Tuesday, March 06, 2012

New ipads

Guest Blogger: BB
Yesterday we got five new ipads and Mrs. Schimel put the class in groups like the purple group they have Mrs. Schimel ipad and they share with her and they have 3 other people in there group. Today Mrs. Schimel put tags on the table like the itouches so we have a place to put the ipads.

Thursday, March 01, 2012

Foil Hearts










Guest Blogger: MC

Yesterday we made foil hearts. First we got a squwere piece of tin foil, next we drew a heart on the foil, last we colored it with markers and glued it on a papper . Our art turned out great.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Art for Uganda

Guest Blogger: JW (and a little help from Ms. Schimel)

Here are some pictures of the third and second graders drawings. We are creating art to go on our cards and letters for our buddies in Uganda.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Baleen or Toothed Whale?

After reading, Big Blue Whale, story in our reading series, I posed the question, "Which whale do you think has an easier life, a baleen whale or a toothed whale? Why?"


Avatars



Today our guest blogger is AG.

Today we made avatars in the computer lab to use in some of our projects.
We could put elephant trunks,wings,animal armes and some of us
even put funny faces on them.




Monday, February 27, 2012

Awards

At the Awards Assembly Friday, we won the Golden Whistle Award for our behavior in P.E.

AG and MC got so many good green slips, that their names got drawn out of the "Making Good Choices" barrel. This is what they chose out of the toy chest.



Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Celebrating 100 Years Old

I spent much of the day wiping away tears of laughter as the kids put a twist on our 100th day of school by dressing up as 100 years olds.
Here are some quick sentences about what we looked like or what our day was like. I cried with laughter today as the kids were hilarious!

1. CK- I especially liked how KL dressed up because she stands out with a robe, hair curlers, coffee cup and glasses.

2. AO wore suspenders and had a big belly and a cane.

3.TP(girl)-Allmost everyone dressed up as a hunderd year old person.

4. CK-I loved how BB looked because she has big perals and a walker.

5.BB_It was a lot of fun this morning because we took a lot of picturs.

6. AG-I liked how AO had a big belly and his cane.

7.GP-Today is the 100th day of school and every buty dressed up like 100 year old peapel.

8. AB- KL wore a rob with pink flowers

9. Ts-I like how AG has a cane, suspenders, and glasses.

11. GR- TS has a pair of glasses, A cane, a hat, and a necktie.

12. KL-I like how CK dressed up because she wore long socks, a pink shirt and a brown skirt.

13. RD- Some perople have
mustashis.

15. ZM- today we got to dress up like a old person.

16. AO -AG wore sespenders with a cane.

17.DW-BB had a walker and probably 5 neclases.

18.TP(girl)-I liked ZM's cane because it had a puppy on it.

19.CG- today is the 100th day of school!

20.Jw-I liked how TP had a mustach.

21. AB-today is the 100 day of scool.

22.TP(boy)_ I put on a cowboy shirt a pair of sespenders,mutsash,jeans and my glasses.

23. NB-I like good wig.

24.Ef-Everybody dressed up like a old person and they look funny.

25.MC- I like how TS wore a hat, glasses, tie and a walking stick.

26. cf-I like dresing up like I am old.

27. JQ I like the 100th day of school.





Some of us had a little trouble with our hearing.



This sweet ole' lady kept passing sweets out to anyone who wanted some.

This was the wise ole' gentleman who spoke very little, but did introduce himself so we could see his dry, peeling skin.

And this fellow kept nodding off to sleep if we held still at all.



Monday, February 20, 2012

Our Garbage Clean Up

Guest Blogger: MC
Today there was a lot of garbage outside so we decided that we should go out and pick up the garbage that was outside, so Mrs.Schimel got a plastic bag and we went outside to pick it up. All our kids got little hand fulls of garbage and put it in Mrs.Schimel`s bag.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Reading Oaks

Guest Blogger: CK


Today we had our last Oaks test, it was Reading Oaks. We had it at 8:30 in the morning. When you do Reading Oaks, you have to answer 44 questions that you get from stories, glossary's, and charts. You have to get a 211 to pass it. All of us did really well on Reading Oaks.



QR Codes

Guest Blogger: TP (girl)

Mrs. Schimel put some more QR codes on a board so we can learn about new things!
We call the QR code activities, Read to Learn. One of the QR codes are different because its about Presedents. You need to go on the Ipad to learn about Presidents, and then make a letter about a President, so Mrs. Schimel can score your letter.

And you will get a badge for getting a 100% on each QR Code activity. Lots of people in our classroom like KL, TS, And CK have four or more badges because they have been getting 100% on their work.

That is why about three kids in our classroom have lots of badges.





Thursday, February 16, 2012

100 Year Old Students

Dear Parents,
On Wednesday, February 22nd, it will be our 100th day of school. We are going to do a variety of activities on this day, one of which will be to come to school looking like we are 100 years old. Students are encouraged to dress up in slacks, blazers, jackets, ties, sweaters, jewelry, glasses, hats, wigs, basically anything that would help them look elderly.
If students have access to walkers or canes, they may bring them also. We are not going to bring wheelchairs though. To make our hair look gray, student may sprinkle their hair with baby powder.
Thank you so much for your help in creating our “100 year old “Style”.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Writing Process



Writing is hard for many of us because it is so personal and it takes a great deal of effort and thought to communicate in written form. Teaching children how to write in a variety of forms (Expository, Narrative) often starts with a prompt. That is when the teacher provides the students with a little background and then asks the child to write about one of their life experiences. Here is how I like to break down the writing process for my students.

Day 1 (Pre- write) Decide what I want to write about. Make this a small blip in time. Let's use going to Disneyland as an example. Going to Disneyland is too huge of a topic to write about all that happened and still give enough detail to interest your readers. Think of one little part of the trip that stands out and write about it. Usually I try to think of something that is about 5 minutes in real time. Like what it felt like standing in line for a ride, or when the gal handed me the frozen banana treat....
If you keep it small, it is much more manageable.

Day 2 (Drafting) I like to use the 4 square writing model. This is when I decide on 3 things I want to make sure I talk about in my writing. This is where sensory writing comes in. Each square can talk about how I was feeling, what I was smelling, what is sounded like, what was running through my mind..... I write very short phrases in each section. Sometimes even a single word works. I need just enough to help me remember what I wanted to include in my writing.

Day 3 (More Drafting) Now that I have a plan, I start writing sentences that explain the simple phrases in my 4 square. The more I can "Paint a picture" for my audience, the better they will understand me. I try to use a lot of descriptive words as I write. The more my readers "see", "hear", "taste", "feel"... the more they are going to understand what I am writing about.

Day 4 (Revise) I have my story done....I think. Now it is time to share it with a friend and read it aloud or have them read it. If they have comments or questions, this is when I want to know so I can clarify my writing. This part is fun because I usually feel really good about my writing on this day and will receive very helpful information from my friend that I share it with.

Day 5 (Publishing) Now it is time to re-write my draft so that it will be easy for my audience to read and enjoy it.

For those of you looking for ways to help your child with the writing process, I hope this helps.

Cindy

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