August 8, 2008

The first two days of school were a huge success!
On Thursday, which was the first day of school, we had lots of fun. We started off the morning taking a tour of the school. We found the restrooms, the teachers lounge, the office, the nurse, the police officers office, the music room, the lunch room, the P.E. room, the art room, the playground, where to line up AND our own classroom. When we finished the school tour, we took a tour around our own classroom.
Then, it was time for our first visit with Mrs. Marcy, the music teacher. We had a great time with her.
When we got back from music it was time to do a little writing! The class learned a little about their new teacher, Mrs. Sheber. I told the class all about me and my family. After learning about me, everyone in class wrote a letter to me so I could learn about all the students in our class. We even used the correct format for letter writing, heading, greeting, body, closing, signature. Finally, after a very busy morning, it was time for lunch and lunch recess.
After lunch, we read the first story in our our reading books. We played a fun word game called RIVET and then read a story called Miss Nelson is Missing. As we read this story we talked about how the students in the story were behaving and how we should not act like them. At the end of the day we learned how to fill outour assignment books and got our first bit of homework! . It was a great day!!!

Our second day of school was filled with lots of learning.
We started the day off learning more about Mrs. Sheber by reading a short autobiography about her and answering some comprehension questions about it. Then we learned what makes each member of our class special. We wrote a sentence about what makes each of us special and drew a picture of ourselves.
After a little bit of morning work, the students got to meet Mrs. Paulson the PE teacher.
In math today we used our homework from last night to make a math project. The homework required us to find numbers that describe ourselves. We then took the information and made a math number quilt. Mrs. Sheber is going to make this into a class book so we can enjoy it for the whole year!
We began our science unit today. For the next few weeks we will be learning about plants. The activity we did today required the students to:-estimate how many seeds were in a cup.-sort the seeds into types-count the seeds-add together all the individual seed counts to find the total number of seeds-describe the properties of the seeds (color and shape)-estimate how many seeds would be needed to make a 6 inch line-line the seed up to make a 6 inch line-estimate how many seeds would weigh the same amount as a little bear-use a balance scale to weigh the seeds and the bear
This was a fun project that required the students to work in groups of 4 to 6 kids.
If you on the left side of the my bolg, you will see a spot that says "QUESTIONS??".
To earn five Sheber Shillings next week at school, click on the work comments right below this blog and answer one of the questions from the blue section.
See you all Monday!!