Tomorrow is our project making day with our denim! We finished the book Mr. Blue Jeans, so now we are creating a product out of denim. Your child may want to bring in some good fabric scissors for Tuesday. We have some in the classroom, but we will share those supplies. If your child's design involves a lot of cutting, it would be helpful to have an individual pair. We will take good care of them and send them home on Tuesday.
After we make our products on Tuesday, we will sell them, using our class Bighorn Bucks, to our classmates. This will be a really fun way to learn about economics. We are super excited for this week. Thursday will be the test day on this book.
In other news, we are trying to keep our terrariums and earthworms alive with the right amount of sun and water. We are learning about the water cycle, energy transfer in organisms and photosynthesis. Trickier than it sounds. It is a fun week!
Monday, February 23, 2015
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Terrariums, Blue Jeans, Christmas Play Link
We had a great time building our terrariums. Thank you, parents, for sending in the supplies! The kids did really well with reading the directions, splitting the plants carefully, helping each other, and cleaning up afterwards. We are excited to observe them and see how we can help our plants thrive.
Our next request is for jeans by Feb. 2/24. We are reading the biography of Levi Strauss, Mr. Blue Jeans. We will finish this book this week. Next week we will create a product out of the denim from the jeans. Your child will use the jeans he or she brings in. It will be a fun way to imagine the process Levi Strauss went through as he came up with the idea for sturdy pants for the miners of San Francisco.
Keep your child reading for reading log at home. Just a reminder, the 20 minutes is a minimum requirement, but if your child is able, please have him or her read more!
Thanks to Cody Deegan, we have a link to view the class Christmas play. It is pretty cute. Have a great week!
http://youtu.be/F7cNIUU8t9c
Our next request is for jeans by Feb. 2/24. We are reading the biography of Levi Strauss, Mr. Blue Jeans. We will finish this book this week. Next week we will create a product out of the denim from the jeans. Your child will use the jeans he or she brings in. It will be a fun way to imagine the process Levi Strauss went through as he came up with the idea for sturdy pants for the miners of San Francisco.
Keep your child reading for reading log at home. Just a reminder, the 20 minutes is a minimum requirement, but if your child is able, please have him or her read more!
Thanks to Cody Deegan, we have a link to view the class Christmas play. It is pretty cute. Have a great week!
http://youtu.be/F7cNIUU8t9c
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Ecosystem project
We are starting a really exciting new project this week. We will be making soda bottle terrariums in the classroom as a way to learn about living things. We will learn about photosynthesis and be able to show how the sun's energy is used for producers and consumers, and that plants get what they need for growth mostly from air, sunlight, and water. Your child came home with a list of supplies they need. Each student needs a clear 2 liter bottle with the cap. Each student also has another assignment for a shared item, such as potting soil or small rocks. Our planting day is Tuesday Feb. 17, so please make sure supplies are in by that day. That is the day after a Monday holiday, so don't let that sneak up on you!
We are reading a biography in class, Mr. Blue Jeans, which is about Levi Strauss. We will make some things out of denim in a few weeks, so each student will need a pair of jeans that he or she can cut up and use the denim to make an item. It will be a fun way to put what we are reading about into practice.
Thank you for sending these things in!
Have a great week!
We are reading a biography in class, Mr. Blue Jeans, which is about Levi Strauss. We will make some things out of denim in a few weeks, so each student will need a pair of jeans that he or she can cut up and use the denim to make an item. It will be a fun way to put what we are reading about into practice.
Thank you for sending these things in!
Have a great week!
Monday, February 2, 2015
Classroom Projects
This week we will be presenting our projects on Matter to the 2nd and 3rd graders. We have rehearsed and the students have prepared some really neat demonstrations. We will end it with some homemade root beer, a solution because sugar and dry ice are dissolved in water. We will have a vocabulary quiz on our project words on Wednesday.
We are working on reviewing some language standards in Writing, parts of speech like prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, then moving into verbs and verb tenses. In Reading we are preparing to read a biography of Levi Strauss. We will be focusing on content vocabulary and creating an informal outline of facts as we read, as well as the overall structure of the text. For this book, each student will need a pair of denim jeans that he or she can cut up. Any size is fine, if you have a spare pair, please send them in.
Coming soon: Oasis Family Math Night - lots of fun learning!
We are working on reviewing some language standards in Writing, parts of speech like prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, then moving into verbs and verb tenses. In Reading we are preparing to read a biography of Levi Strauss. We will be focusing on content vocabulary and creating an informal outline of facts as we read, as well as the overall structure of the text. For this book, each student will need a pair of denim jeans that he or she can cut up. Any size is fine, if you have a spare pair, please send them in.
Coming soon: Oasis Family Math Night - lots of fun learning!
Monday, January 26, 2015
Busy Week
We are starting off our really busy week! We have our cereal box book report due this week. Remind your kiddos to bring a prize from home for their cereal. They will need this on the day they present, either Wednesday or Thursday. The boxes are looking really nice. It will be good to hear from them as they share about books.
In writing, our research report is also due this week. The students have been hard at work on these. Thank you parents, for your revising and editing help! That makes a big difference. Your child will also present briefly about their animal. On Tuesday, your child will find out which report he or she will present which day. Each student will present one on Wednesday and one on Thursday.
In projects, we will share what we are learning about matter and physical and chemical changes to the younger students. Your child may have come home with a supply list for this. We will teach the lower grades on Feb. 3. We are having fun learning and investigating in the classroom!
In writing, our research report is also due this week. The students have been hard at work on these. Thank you parents, for your revising and editing help! That makes a big difference. Your child will also present briefly about their animal. On Tuesday, your child will find out which report he or she will present which day. Each student will present one on Wednesday and one on Thursday.
In projects, we will share what we are learning about matter and physical and chemical changes to the younger students. Your child may have come home with a supply list for this. We will teach the lower grades on Feb. 3. We are having fun learning and investigating in the classroom!
Monday, January 12, 2015
Awards, Book Report, Research Report
Today was the semester awards assembly at Oasis. We had some wonderful students honored for their attentiveness, work ethic, cooperation and for their improvement so far this year. We have a really great class, it is a pleasure to work with them each day!
As for the work this week, we have a book report that we will work on in class next week. That means your student's book needs to be finished by Monday, Jan. 19. Your child needs a cereal box for this report and the work will be done in class.
In writing, we are researching an animal and writing a report. This is a major assignment encompassing many reading and writing standards for report cards. Our plan is to send it home this weekend so you have the long weekend to edit it together. We have a lot of work to do in the next three days to be ready for editing, but that is our goal! Please allow at least 30 minutes to sit down with your child and work on this draft together. Have your child read it to you and stop every paragraph or so to discuss the organization and the wording. Check formatting, if there are too many line spaces, no indenting, no spaces after punctuation, all of these things need correction. Just make the corrections on the paper and your child can make changes in the classroom. This one on one conferencing will be very helpful. This is not mandatory, but will really help your child improve as a researcher and writer. And I bet you will learn something about your child's animal! Thank you for your help and have a great week!
As for the work this week, we have a book report that we will work on in class next week. That means your student's book needs to be finished by Monday, Jan. 19. Your child needs a cereal box for this report and the work will be done in class.
In writing, we are researching an animal and writing a report. This is a major assignment encompassing many reading and writing standards for report cards. Our plan is to send it home this weekend so you have the long weekend to edit it together. We have a lot of work to do in the next three days to be ready for editing, but that is our goal! Please allow at least 30 minutes to sit down with your child and work on this draft together. Have your child read it to you and stop every paragraph or so to discuss the organization and the wording. Check formatting, if there are too many line spaces, no indenting, no spaces after punctuation, all of these things need correction. Just make the corrections on the paper and your child can make changes in the classroom. This one on one conferencing will be very helpful. This is not mandatory, but will really help your child improve as a researcher and writer. And I bet you will learn something about your child's animal! Thank you for your help and have a great week!
Monday, January 5, 2015
Research Report, Book Report, Auction Items
Hello Families and welcome to 2015! Some important items to keep on your radar:
In writing, we will start a research report on an animal. This will mostly be done in class. Research is a complex skill that requires finding quality sources, reading for information, and synthesizing that information into sentences and paragraphs that can convey facts. We will learn ways other than cutting and pasting from another source. I will be helping students do this, but in a few weeks, I will send home a rough draft for your child to edit at home with a parent. It is optional, but I recommend it.
We also have a book report coming up. This is a cereal box book report, so please send in an empty cereal box with your child this week if possible. This book should be read by Jan. 19 and we will begin work in the classroom on this. Except for the reading, the work for this will be done in class.
Because we ended the quarter, we are having auctions this week. If you are able, please send in an item or two for our auctions. I have quite a few little art and school supplies, but no food items, so any little treat or drink that your child enjoys would be great.
Also, we are having hot chocolate in the classroom in the mornings this week. I am providing it and Ellie Bird is bringing in chocolate dipped spoons. It's just a fun treat to look forward to as we write after recess on cold mornings. It was 27 degrees today when we went out! Also, no one spilled, so that was really good!
Thanks for your support and it's good to have your children back in the classroom!
In writing, we will start a research report on an animal. This will mostly be done in class. Research is a complex skill that requires finding quality sources, reading for information, and synthesizing that information into sentences and paragraphs that can convey facts. We will learn ways other than cutting and pasting from another source. I will be helping students do this, but in a few weeks, I will send home a rough draft for your child to edit at home with a parent. It is optional, but I recommend it.
We also have a book report coming up. This is a cereal box book report, so please send in an empty cereal box with your child this week if possible. This book should be read by Jan. 19 and we will begin work in the classroom on this. Except for the reading, the work for this will be done in class.
Because we ended the quarter, we are having auctions this week. If you are able, please send in an item or two for our auctions. I have quite a few little art and school supplies, but no food items, so any little treat or drink that your child enjoys would be great.
Also, we are having hot chocolate in the classroom in the mornings this week. I am providing it and Ellie Bird is bringing in chocolate dipped spoons. It's just a fun treat to look forward to as we write after recess on cold mornings. It was 27 degrees today when we went out! Also, no one spilled, so that was really good!
Thanks for your support and it's good to have your children back in the classroom!
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