Preparing for the Terra Nova!

The kids have been working very hard the past two weeks, preparing for the Terra Nova. In school, we've been talking about how to take a test, coloring in bubbles for the correct answer and strategies if you aren't too sure of the answer.  The student's have been very focused and working hard!  

Making Constellations

During our space unit, the kids learned all about constellations.  Then they put what they learned into their own unique and designed constellation.  They used black paper, a straight edge, a pencil and a white crayon to first put their dots to form their "star" constellations.  Then they used their straight edge to draw line segments between each point.  After that, they used their pencil to poke the holes to show their stars!  

Later, we presented them using the overhead.  The kids tried to guess what each student's constellation was.  They had a lot of fun with this! :) 

Dr. Seuss LOVED hats!

Mayor Gore came to visit!

Thank you to Mayor Gore for coming to visit our school by reading Oh The PlacesYou'll Go! He joined us in celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday today! 

Valentine's Day Box Making!

Geometry Fun!

This week, the kids were introduced to geometry and boy did they love it!  We learned a few new vocabulary words - polygon, quadrangle, quadrilateral, line segments, parallel lines. Yesterday, we brought out the geoboards and explored with rubber bands, making shapes that had a certain amount of points and line segments.  They are really enjoying this unit as I am teaching it!

Peer Editing

I introduced to the students this week, peer editing!  They did a wonderful job critiquing each other's work and giving compliments for what they did well!  Here was the process!

Step 1: Read each other's work.

Step 2: Give a compliment! 

Step 3: Offer suggestions to improve your partner's work!

Focus on punctuation, capitals, and making sense!

Enjoy the pictures of the students helping each other learn!