Don't forget our Publisher's Picnic is THIS THURSDAY from 12:10-12:40! Come enjoy lunch and view your student's hard work with them!
In reading we are identifying characteristics of myths and adding it to what we already know about folk tales! We are connecting this to Ancient Greece for Winds of Time!
In Writing we are reviewing non-fiction text features as we finish up our Bird Books for our Publisher's Picnic!
In Math we are learning about probability and the likelihood of events. We are learning about how some things are certain, some are impossible, and some are more likely or less likely to happen.
In Science we are wrapping up our study of birds with our bird books.
In Social Studies we are studying Ancient Greece for Winds of Time. The students are enjoying learning all of this new information!
Monday, May 18, 2015
Monday, April 27, 2015
April 27 - May 1
We can hardly believe it is going to be MAY at the end of this week! Wow! Your kiddos are almost THIRD GRADERS!
Fun News: Ask your child about what we released into the wild today during snack time - we are sure they will be excited to tell you!!
Please remember that NEXT Monday is our Field Trip to the zoo! You will need to pack a sack lunch for your child because we will be there all day! We are so excited to look at birds and habitats!
We have started our bird research as well as our bird books and your students are so excited! Be sure to ask them which bird they are studying!
Check out what we are learning this week...
Writing - In writing we are learning to write using researched information. This includes the writing for our bird book!
Reading - In reading we are learning how to gather evidence from resources, how to use text features to locate information and how to record this information in a graphic organizer! We use an organizer to research our bird to write our bird books! The students are very excited about this project!
Math - We are finishing up picture graphs, bar graphs and tally charts and will be beginning shapes and patterns!
Science - In science we are studying birds! The students have each picked a bird to research.
Social Studies - We are continuing to study the choices people make in the USA free enterprise. We are talking about spending, earning, saving. We are also studying needs and wants, goods and services, consumers and producers.
Important Upcoming Dates:
5/4 - Zoo Field Trip
5/5 - Visiting Author
Fun News: Ask your child about what we released into the wild today during snack time - we are sure they will be excited to tell you!!
Please remember that NEXT Monday is our Field Trip to the zoo! You will need to pack a sack lunch for your child because we will be there all day! We are so excited to look at birds and habitats!
We have started our bird research as well as our bird books and your students are so excited! Be sure to ask them which bird they are studying!
Check out what we are learning this week...
Writing - In writing we are learning to write using researched information. This includes the writing for our bird book!
Reading - In reading we are learning how to gather evidence from resources, how to use text features to locate information and how to record this information in a graphic organizer! We use an organizer to research our bird to write our bird books! The students are very excited about this project!
Math - We are finishing up picture graphs, bar graphs and tally charts and will be beginning shapes and patterns!
Science - In science we are studying birds! The students have each picked a bird to research.
Social Studies - We are continuing to study the choices people make in the USA free enterprise. We are talking about spending, earning, saving. We are also studying needs and wants, goods and services, consumers and producers.
Important Upcoming Dates:
5/4 - Zoo Field Trip
5/5 - Visiting Author
Monday, April 20, 2015
April 20 - 24
Sorry for the week hiatus! We are back on the blog!
First - Hunters Creek just got a new math subscription called “Mangahigh Math”. It’s an awesome website where there are fun math games as well as games that we can assign for our kiddos. It lets the teachers assign “challenges” to the kids where they play games to practice their math and it lets us see their progress and assign games with more rigor as they advance through the program. We wanted to let you know that it is available to use at home and throughout the summer as well! Your kids can work on the challenges we assign them (IF YOU want them to) or they can play around on the math games. Everything on Mangahigh is math education and the kids are finding it very fun and exciting!
First - Hunters Creek just got a new math subscription called “Mangahigh Math”. It’s an awesome website where there are fun math games as well as games that we can assign for our kiddos. It lets the teachers assign “challenges” to the kids where they play games to practice their math and it lets us see their progress and assign games with more rigor as they advance through the program. We wanted to let you know that it is available to use at home and throughout the summer as well! Your kids can work on the challenges we assign them (IF YOU want them to) or they can play around on the math games. Everything on Mangahigh is math education and the kids are finding it very fun and exciting!
With that being said, here is how they
log-on (and they already know this, but just so you’re informed as well..
Their username is their computer username
at HCE (they know these – email your teacher if you have questions).
Their password is their lunch #.
The School ID is 42383.
Mangahigh is AWESOME and the kiddos are loving it!
Also - you should be receiving a Field Trip form today in your child's green folder! We are going to the zoo on May 4th! Please sign and return this to your child's teacher ASAP!
Check out what we are learning this week..
Writing - We are learning about sensory details and colors! Students will write their own poems about a color that they choose. We will also write Earth Day poems!
Reading - We will learn to gather evidence from resources, use text features to locate information, and record basic information in visual formats!
Math - We will finish up our unit on time and move on to picture graphs.
Science - We will continue our study of birds and their characteristics. This week we are looking at their beaks and feet to see how the different types of each affect their diet and movement!
Social Studies - We will look at the choices people make in the USA free enterprise including earning and spending, needs and wants, goods and services, consumers and producers!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Writing - We are learning about sensory details and colors! Students will write their own poems about a color that they choose. We will also write Earth Day poems!
Reading - We will learn to gather evidence from resources, use text features to locate information, and record basic information in visual formats!
Math - We will finish up our unit on time and move on to picture graphs.
Science - We will continue our study of birds and their characteristics. This week we are looking at their beaks and feet to see how the different types of each affect their diet and movement!
Social Studies - We will look at the choices people make in the USA free enterprise including earning and spending, needs and wants, goods and services, consumers and producers!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Monday, March 30, 2015
March 30 - April 3
Happy last few days of March and Happy short school week!
REMEMBER Friday there is no school for Good Friday!
Our FIELD TRIP is Wednesday! Please pack your child a sack lunch and make sure they wear their green Hunters Creek spirit shirt to school!
Even though it is a short week we WILL have spelling. The test will be THURSDAY! :)
Here's a look into what we are learning this week:
Writing - We will create a writing through Writer's Workshop! We will look at adverbs and locate them in our writing.
Reading - We will use short poems and books to identify how rhyme, rhythm and repetition create images in poetry.
Math - We will learn about fractions and describe how equal parts are related to a whole.
Science - We will learn about life cycles.
Social Studies - We will identify natural resources and learn about the development of products from a natural resource to a finished product. We will talk about goods and services as well as consuming and producing.
REMEMBER Friday there is no school for Good Friday!
Our FIELD TRIP is Wednesday! Please pack your child a sack lunch and make sure they wear their green Hunters Creek spirit shirt to school!
Even though it is a short week we WILL have spelling. The test will be THURSDAY! :)
Here's a look into what we are learning this week:
Writing - We will create a writing through Writer's Workshop! We will look at adverbs and locate them in our writing.
Reading - We will use short poems and books to identify how rhyme, rhythm and repetition create images in poetry.
Math - We will learn about fractions and describe how equal parts are related to a whole.
Science - We will learn about life cycles.
Social Studies - We will identify natural resources and learn about the development of products from a natural resource to a finished product. We will talk about goods and services as well as consuming and producing.
Monday, March 23, 2015
March 23-27
Welcome back from Spring Break! We hope you had a fun-filled and relaxing week! Here's a news update for the week..
REMEMBER that Thursday is our Birds of a Feather program! Look in your child's green folder for information on the play. The students are to arrive Thursday evening at 5:30. They are to go to their classroom in their black shorts! The program will begin at 6! We are looking forward to a great performance! Let your child's teacher know if you have any questions!
ALSO next week on Wednesday, April 1st, we will be taking a field trip to the arboretum to go along with our habitat study in science! Please look for the green permission slip coming home, fill out both sides, and send it back ASAP! :)
Here's what we are learning this week:
Writing - We are continuing the Writer's Workshop model as well as looking at adverbs!
Reading - We are using short poems and books to identify how rhyme, rhythm and repetition create images in poetry!
Math - We are studying measurement!
Science - We will study living organisms and food chains!
Social Studies - We will understand the value of work. We will learn how work provides income to purchase goods and services that meet needs and wants! We will talk about earning, spending and saving!
REMEMBER that Thursday is our Birds of a Feather program! Look in your child's green folder for information on the play. The students are to arrive Thursday evening at 5:30. They are to go to their classroom in their black shorts! The program will begin at 6! We are looking forward to a great performance! Let your child's teacher know if you have any questions!
ALSO next week on Wednesday, April 1st, we will be taking a field trip to the arboretum to go along with our habitat study in science! Please look for the green permission slip coming home, fill out both sides, and send it back ASAP! :)
Here's what we are learning this week:
Writing - We are continuing the Writer's Workshop model as well as looking at adverbs!
Reading - We are using short poems and books to identify how rhyme, rhythm and repetition create images in poetry!
Math - We are studying measurement!
Science - We will study living organisms and food chains!
Social Studies - We will understand the value of work. We will learn how work provides income to purchase goods and services that meet needs and wants! We will talk about earning, spending and saving!
Monday, February 23, 2015
February 23-27
Wow! Time is flying! We can't believe it's already the last week of February!
Happy Book Fair Week! We will ALL visit the Book Fair on Tuesday! Here are our times:
Boyd: 11:00-11:15
Howard: 11:15-11:30
Blackstock and Rowan: 1:30-2:00
Reese: 2:00-2:15
Earning our money for the Money Store has begun this week in our classrooms! As we learn about the value of money students will be able to earn coins in our classrooms. On Friday, March 13th (the Friday before Spring Break) our students will be participating in a classroom money store! Each child should bring 21 items to sell in the store! Items should be the same and not expensive. They can be store bought or homemade! Examples from the past are: play dough, pencils, bookmarks, and glitter pens. Students will be able to buy items with the money they have earned and sell the items they brought. It is always SUCH a fun experience! Please let your child's teacher know if you have any questions! You should have a letter home in your child's green folder about the Money Store!
Here are some great ideas for practicing money at home:
-Have your child use coins at home to build values that you call out to them
-See how many different combinations your child can think of to build the same value
-You build a value and then have your child build the value a different way
Also, check our this link for some great money games.. http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/money.html
Take a look at what we are studying this week..
Writing - We will continue the Writer's Workshop process! Students are writing their own imaginative stories linking our writing to our reading or legends, folk tales and fairy tales!
Reading - We will continue to read and notice characteristics of legends, folk tales and fairytales. When we have finished we will delve into non-fiction texts!
Math - We will continue to learn the value of money! We will identify the values of coins as well as add coins and use different combinations to build the same amount!
Science - We will explore needs that must be met and the structures/processes that help plants and animals survive in various environments!
Social Studies - We will continue to identify contributions of historical figures and how they influenced our world!
Happy Book Fair Week! We will ALL visit the Book Fair on Tuesday! Here are our times:
Boyd: 11:00-11:15
Howard: 11:15-11:30
Blackstock and Rowan: 1:30-2:00
Reese: 2:00-2:15
Earning our money for the Money Store has begun this week in our classrooms! As we learn about the value of money students will be able to earn coins in our classrooms. On Friday, March 13th (the Friday before Spring Break) our students will be participating in a classroom money store! Each child should bring 21 items to sell in the store! Items should be the same and not expensive. They can be store bought or homemade! Examples from the past are: play dough, pencils, bookmarks, and glitter pens. Students will be able to buy items with the money they have earned and sell the items they brought. It is always SUCH a fun experience! Please let your child's teacher know if you have any questions! You should have a letter home in your child's green folder about the Money Store!
Here are some great ideas for practicing money at home:
-Have your child use coins at home to build values that you call out to them
-See how many different combinations your child can think of to build the same value
-You build a value and then have your child build the value a different way
Also, check our this link for some great money games.. http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/money.html
Take a look at what we are studying this week..
Writing - We will continue the Writer's Workshop process! Students are writing their own imaginative stories linking our writing to our reading or legends, folk tales and fairy tales!
Reading - We will continue to read and notice characteristics of legends, folk tales and fairytales. When we have finished we will delve into non-fiction texts!
Math - We will continue to learn the value of money! We will identify the values of coins as well as add coins and use different combinations to build the same amount!
Science - We will explore needs that must be met and the structures/processes that help plants and animals survive in various environments!
Social Studies - We will continue to identify contributions of historical figures and how they influenced our world!
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
February 17-20
February is flying by! We hope everyone enjoyed their Monday off for President's Day! Here's a quick update of our objectives for this week!
Remember - NO SPELLING this week due to our short week! :)
Writing - we will continue to use the Writer's Workshop model to create new pieces of writing!
Reading - we will read and notice characteristics of legends, tall tales and folk tales! The kids love this unit! We will even write our own creative stories!
Math - we will study money! We are learning about the value of coins and how to add them!
Science - we are learning more about animals and their needs as well as plants!
Social Studies - we will continue to learn about historical figures and their importance!
Remember - NO SPELLING this week due to our short week! :)
Writing - we will continue to use the Writer's Workshop model to create new pieces of writing!
Reading - we will read and notice characteristics of legends, tall tales and folk tales! The kids love this unit! We will even write our own creative stories!
Math - we will study money! We are learning about the value of coins and how to add them!
Science - we are learning more about animals and their needs as well as plants!
Social Studies - we will continue to learn about historical figures and their importance!
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