Fundraiser information in my folder.

Today we went to facts4me.com and read information over President Barak Obama, then we used that information and wrote about him. We went to computer lab and worked on computer games. We had a spelling test today over our no excuse and vocabulary words. One of our read alouds was over Abraham Lincoln and we read how he lived when he was young and about his presidency. Character Education was today. Our character trait was diligence – doing something right and finishing your task.

Spelling test tomorrow.

Today we started volume 2 of our math books. Volume 1 is going home and may stay home. We started measuring items for length today using nonstandard units, such as, cubes. Today was Ready Bodies day and we worked on popcorn, superman, and rocking horse. During our blog we read new comments and are going to respond to them tomorrow. We are continuing to learn about Presidents and today we read all about Abraham Lincoln when he was young. Tomorrow we are going to read about him as President.

Early release tomorrow at 11:30. Lunch at 10:35.

We are still studying about Presidents. This week we are reading about Abraham Lincoln and why he is important to the United States of America. One of our new reading centers is typing a story about Presidents. Kaydyn typed a story about George Washington, Katie typed about George Washington, and Jordan typed about all the Presidents. Their stories are hung up with their center work. Today we went to PE with Coach Underwood and started to play Three Wolves.

Early release Tuesday the 24th at 11:30.

We finished our acrostic poem over presidents and hung it in the hall for display. Today we went to a CHAMPS assembly about respect. The following students received awards from various teachers:

Kaitlee – reading

Jordan – hard work

Tanner – helping in PE

Sign and return report card tomorrow.

Today  we went to the computer lab and did SRA. We went to math workplaces and worked on sequencing events, subtraction, fact families, and Math Blasters. For lunch we ate chicken rings, fruit, and a hot roll. We learned more about George Washington and next we will learn about Abraham Lincoln. We continued to work on our acrostic poem about Presidents. It should be finished tomorrow and we will hang it in the hall for everyone to read.

Library tomorrow.

We are continuting to work on letter writing. Now we can write letters to other students and teachers in the school. We are reading about George Washington. He was our first president and helped our country grow. To learn more about George Washington we researched him on facts4me.com.

Spelling test on 2/26/09

Today we learned our next 5 no excuse words and 3 new vocabulary words. We will be using these vocabulary words during our social studies and character education studies over the next two weeks. Continue to review words at home!

Homework and graded papers in my folder.

We are continuing to work on writing letters to friends and teachers in White Oak Primary School. In math, we worked on even and odd numbers as well as skip counting and problem solving. today was PE day and we had free play. Beginning today we are starting to study presidents and what it takes to be president.

Continue to bring box tops.

Today we celebrated Valentine’s Day by having a party. We played Valentine bingo and opened our Valentines. It was a wonderful party and we enjoyed it very much! Today was our CHAMPS assembly over self-control. 

Awards for CHAMPS assembly:

Tanner – honesty and courage

Christopher – diligence

Note in my folder. Valentine party tomorrow at 1:30.

We worked on adjectives by writing kind adjectives about one another. Tanner showed honesty and courage outside at recess. We are continuing to bring our Valentine cards for the party tomorrow.