We're still here!

We have been so busy sharing Flat Stanley adventures over the past couple of weeks that we haven't had time to blog. However, we shared our last Flat Stanely yesterday and are anxious to update you on what has been going on in the classroom:

We were practicing our readers theaters and gave our performance yesterday! (Adam)
In P.E. today we did our African dance. (Jordan)
We only have 8 more days of school! (Zach)
We are talking about fairytales and this week we talked the most about Cinderella. (Anne)
Instead of going to music we went to P.E. because we had to practice for our P.E. performance. (David)
Next week we will focus on the Three Little Pigs. (Izzy)
Mrs. Ziegler almost tripped over the bag of fairytales and then she broke the bag! (Xander)
Genesis was our star student this week. (Genesis)
We took our spelling test today and it had all sorts of word families in it. (Jane)
We had to take our spelling test in the hallway because all of our word family charts are still hanging on the wall. (Adam)
Rosalie will be our star student next week. (Murphy)
We took our writing test on Wedensday. (Caroline)
Some people did not have to do minute math this week because they alread know all their facts. (David)
We finished our quarter math test by doing just a little each day. (Zach)
We are reviewing old spelling and word wall words. (George)

Question for Students (please respond with a comment):

What is your favorite fairytale?

Rainforest Fun!

Today we had P.E. and we played a game of tennis. (Jordan)

Yesterday our mystery guest was Paisley's mom and she brought s'mores! (Murphy)

Today we got our progress reports sent home. (Paisley)

In P.E. we played a game called "Dead Ant." (George)

Today in writing we started the rough draft of our animals research reports. (Izzy)

This morning we shared Murphy's Flat Stanley. (Caroline)

Yesterday we shared Jordan's Flat Stanley. (David)

This morning we got to watch a video about a lady who studies creatures that live in the Rainforest. (Jane)

The animals we are researching include: the tapir, tarantula's, boa constrictors, three toed sloths, the toucan, spider monkeys, the poisonous dart frog, the green basilisk lizard, the agouti, and the howler monkey.



Question for Parents:



What is your favorite plant?

Animoto Video of our Field Trip last week!

Hello Again!

Mrs. Durham came into our room and read us a book called Bully Beans. (Jamey)
We are working on a project that we're reporting on different types of animals. (Caroline)
Today in art we got to bring our posters home. (Jordan)
Today in phonics and word block we brainstormed our new word family. (Rosalie)
Last week we went in the strawberry patch and picked strawberries and even fed the animals. (Paisley)
Tomorrow we are going to start our research on animals in the rainforest and we will have to fill out a rubric that tells how many points we get. (Xander)
We did guided reading. (Keaira)
We finally got to do our blog! (Murphy)
At the strawberry patch we got to go on a hayride. (Mattie)
I can not wait until tomorrow because we get to find out our partners and we get to find out what animals we will be researching. (Zach)
At the strawberry patch there was a playground and there was a place under the ship that had a pole going up through the top of the ship. (Wodajo)
We read a book about the jungle called The Great Kapok Tree. (Julia)
We watched a video of Flat Stanley at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. (Mrs. Ziegler)

Question for Parents: (please respond with a comment)

What is your favorite rainforest animal?

What is your least favorite animal in the rainforest?