Celebration Time! In Social Studies we learned about the Chinese New Year. February 7th was the Chinese New Year. The celebration last 15 days. Each Chinese year is named after one of 12 animals. This is the Year of the Rat. People prepare for the holiday before the actual day. They clean their homes and decorate them with flowers and poems. The poems are happy messages of good luck. On the first night of the celebration families and friends gather for a special meal. Many people wear new red clothing. People perform the dragon dance in a parade. The dragon is made of silk paper, and bamboo. It may stretch more than 100 feet!
In Science we did a Catus Lab. The lab experiment helped us understand how a catus live in the desert with such little water.
In Math we reviewed money values and discussed symmetry. We also learned about range, median, and mode.
Range is the difference between the highest piece of data and the lowest piece of data.
Median is the piece of data that occurs in the middle when the data is arranged from least to greatest.
Mode is the value of the pieces of data that occurs the most in a set of data.
The students must remember to organize the data from least to greatest FIRST!
It's awesome when the children understand and enjoy Math. Yeah!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
Celebrating the 100th Day of School!
We started the week with visualizing what is given in a problem and what is missing. The students are understanding and developing ways to approach different sorts of addition and subtraction situtations.
We are continuing to discuss and use a variety of strategies when solving problems.
Decomposing and the open number line are a few favorites!
On our homework this week we introduced the "x" and "y" axis. We discussed points on a coordinate grid. Please refer to the study guide in your child's homework folder for help.
Yes, we made it! the 100 th day! how exciting. We skip counted by 5's and 10's. If the student keep the game going they got a piece of gum and a lollipop. It was hilarious because some of them were not paying attention to the number before they were called on. If there was a mess up we had to start over. We also skip counted by 2's. In the end all the students enjoyed the bubble gum and lollipops. We also mixed 100 different types of snacks to enjoy, it was a nice way to end the week.
We are continuing to discuss and use a variety of strategies when solving problems.
Decomposing and the open number line are a few favorites!
On our homework this week we introduced the "x" and "y" axis. We discussed points on a coordinate grid. Please refer to the study guide in your child's homework folder for help.
Yes, we made it! the 100 th day! how exciting. We skip counted by 5's and 10's. If the student keep the game going they got a piece of gum and a lollipop. It was hilarious because some of them were not paying attention to the number before they were called on. If there was a mess up we had to start over. We also skip counted by 2's. In the end all the students enjoyed the bubble gum and lollipops. We also mixed 100 different types of snacks to enjoy, it was a nice way to end the week.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Parts and Wholes
In Math the students played a game called Cover-Up. To play Cover-Up, one player puts some cubes or counters on a table and counts them. Their counts need to be accurate, so I encouraged the students to check their counts. One player then takes away some of the counters and hides them under a piece of paper. Together the students use the remaining counters to figure out how many are hidden. Solutions are verified by counting the hidden counters.
We played a few rounds as a group hiding a different amount of counters in each round,
then the students played girls against boys. It was a great way to work on Math problems with the missing part. Ask you child about the game Cover-Up.
In Science we finished our unit on the Weather.
In the coming weeks our class will start a new unit centered on The Processes of Life & How Living Things interact with the Environment.
We played a few rounds as a group hiding a different amount of counters in each round,
then the students played girls against boys. It was a great way to work on Math problems with the missing part. Ask you child about the game Cover-Up.
In Science we finished our unit on the Weather.
In the coming weeks our class will start a new unit centered on The Processes of Life & How Living Things interact with the Environment.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Happy Birthday Chets Creek!
To prepare for a great week of fun filled activities in honor of our school's 10th birthday,
we graphed our very own birthdays in Math. It was great teaching the students about the different ways to graph. We are learning to collect , record, and represent data. The students are encouraged to examine the differences and similarities in a group of related data, which was our birthdays. It was a fun activity.
We are also continuing to work on solving story problems, tell time and count money.
Please let you child practice counting your loose change.
We are reading the Weekly Reader in Social Studies.
Last we we discussed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We watched a video about his life. How awesome! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood for equality for all people.
In Science we will finish with the Weather unit this week. We have been graphing the temperature in Jacksonville this month. Another super activity to help the students understand graphs.
we graphed our very own birthdays in Math. It was great teaching the students about the different ways to graph. We are learning to collect , record, and represent data. The students are encouraged to examine the differences and similarities in a group of related data, which was our birthdays. It was a fun activity.
We are also continuing to work on solving story problems, tell time and count money.
Please let you child practice counting your loose change.
We are reading the Weekly Reader in Social Studies.
Last we we discussed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We watched a video about his life. How awesome! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood for equality for all people.
In Science we will finish with the Weather unit this week. We have been graphing the temperature in Jacksonville this month. Another super activity to help the students understand graphs.
We are going to the Zoo!
Yes! we are going to the Jacksonville Zoo on Friday February 15, 2008. Please send in your child's permission slips and payment ASAP!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Working With 100
Our first full week went very well.
The students were introduced to more Choice Time games.
Choice 1: Get to 100, students take turns rolling number cubes (with only multiples of five on them) and moving that amount on the 100 chart. After each roll, players record their moves (but not the total), adding the numbers obtained in subsequent rolls to this equation.
Play continues until each player reaches 100. Students check their moves by adding up the equation, which should total 100. Players can begin another equation when they reach 100.
Choice 2: Pinching Paper Clips, students take a pinch of paper clips (each box has 100 clips in it), count how many they pinched, and then figure out how many are left in the box. The students were allowed to pinch paper clips in a variety of ways.
It was challenging at first but once they got the hang of it, the game was fun.
Did you know that Friday was our 87th day of school. Wow! how time flies when you are having fun!
Our 100th day of school will be February 1st!
The students were introduced to more Choice Time games.
Choice 1: Get to 100, students take turns rolling number cubes (with only multiples of five on them) and moving that amount on the 100 chart. After each roll, players record their moves (but not the total), adding the numbers obtained in subsequent rolls to this equation.
Play continues until each player reaches 100. Students check their moves by adding up the equation, which should total 100. Players can begin another equation when they reach 100.
Choice 2: Pinching Paper Clips, students take a pinch of paper clips (each box has 100 clips in it), count how many they pinched, and then figure out how many are left in the box. The students were allowed to pinch paper clips in a variety of ways.
It was challenging at first but once they got the hang of it, the game was fun.
Did you know that Friday was our 87th day of school. Wow! how time flies when you are having fun!
Our 100th day of school will be February 1st!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Happy New Year!
Welcome Back!
Our three day week was a nice and slow start for the New Year.
We reviewed story problems, observed and discussed the 100's chart, and worked on telling time. Please encourage your child to tell you what time it is at different times of the day. :)
You will be receiving a Release of Digital picture form. Please sign and return as soon as possible. This form will allow me to post some pictures of the activities we have worked on in class.
Thank you for all your support!
Our three day week was a nice and slow start for the New Year.
We reviewed story problems, observed and discussed the 100's chart, and worked on telling time. Please encourage your child to tell you what time it is at different times of the day. :)
You will be receiving a Release of Digital picture form. Please sign and return as soon as possible. This form will allow me to post some pictures of the activities we have worked on in class.
Thank you for all your support!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
What a Week! Great Way to end The Year!
Wow! we started the week with diagnostic testing. I'm proud to report that there has been a lot of growth for all the students. Congratulations!
Thursday was Mrs. Lankford's homeroom class performance. Great job students! Congrats to Miss Evanko's homeroom as well! We are so proud of you all!
Friday was our Holiday Lunch. A BIG Thank You to all the parents that helped. We could not have done it without you help!
Weather Days Dec. 17 - 21.
Winter Break Dec. 24 - Jan. 1, 2008.
School Resumes on Wednesday January 2, 2008
Thank you for all the wonderful gifts and goodies! :)
~Be sure to read for 20 minutes a day while on Winter break.
~Practice your doubles facts and combinations of 10.
~Practice solving story problems.
~Practice addition and subtraction strategies. (Using legs, tally marks, open number line, and decomposing.)
~Practice telling time on an analogue clock.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
See you in 2008!
Thursday was Mrs. Lankford's homeroom class performance. Great job students! Congrats to Miss Evanko's homeroom as well! We are so proud of you all!
Friday was our Holiday Lunch. A BIG Thank You to all the parents that helped. We could not have done it without you help!
Weather Days Dec. 17 - 21.
Winter Break Dec. 24 - Jan. 1, 2008.
School Resumes on Wednesday January 2, 2008
Thank you for all the wonderful gifts and goodies! :)
~Be sure to read for 20 minutes a day while on Winter break.
~Practice your doubles facts and combinations of 10.
~Practice solving story problems.
~Practice addition and subtraction strategies. (Using legs, tally marks, open number line, and decomposing.)
~Practice telling time on an analogue clock.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
See you in 2008!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Shhhhh we are testing!
We are busy diagnostic testing this week.
Miss Evanko's class will perform our Holiday Play " I Need a Christmas Vacation" on Thursday, December 6 @ 7:00 pm. We hope to see you there!
Miss Evanko's class will perform our Holiday Play " I Need a Christmas Vacation" on Thursday, December 6 @ 7:00 pm. We hope to see you there!
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