1st Post of 2013-14 School Year!

Yea! We are up and running. I will post monthly news notes here along with anything exciting we have been doing in class. The year has started off on a fabulous note and I look forward to the rest of the year.

January News Note

Here is the January news note!

Super Science- We are coming to a close in our study of natural resources. We will finish up with how to reuse, reduce, and recycle this week. Then we will take on the topic of matter- the 3 states of matter, density, conductors and insulators.

Marvelous Math- Decimals are where it's at! We are learning how to relate decimals to fractions, including mixed numbers, adding and subtracting decimals, and ordering and comparing decimals.

Terrific Texas History- Finally, we are hearing some familiar names! Texas is being settled and the Old Three Hundred are moving in. We will continue to study the early beginnings of Texas.

Language Arts- In reading, we are continuing to apply our reading comprehension skills to non-fiction and fiction stories within our Storyworks magazine. In writing, the focus in on expository writing and being able to write a response to a given prompt. Spelling and Wordly Wise are still alternating.

Upcoming Events:
Jan 21st        Student Holiday
Jan 25th        Fine Arts Museum Field Trip

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful break. I wanted to thank you so very much for my wonderful Christmas gift. You are all so thoughtful and sweet. We are back in full swing and the past two days have been great. My next post will update you on the what we are learning and upcoming events.

Thank You!!!!

I just wanted to thank each everyone of you for the beautiful flowers children brought me for my birthday! The class made it a wonderful birthday, thank you!

Christmas Program

What a way to bring some Christmas cheer! They class did a wonderful job at the program Thursday night!

Thanksgiving Butter

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! On the last day of school before Thanksgiving we made butter with our book buddies. It was a lot of fun to watch the kiddos shake the whipping cream. They witnessed it starting as a liquid and then slowly transforming into whipped butter. After 30 minutes of the kiddos shaking it we finally had butter! We enjoyed our whipped butter spread on crackers. What a way to understand how the pilgrims made butter and all the work that went into making it back then.

Native Americans from Texas

This week completed our unit on Native Americans in Texas by conducting interviews of several tribes. The students did a great job conducting the interviews and representing the tribes of Texas. I loved the costumes!

Comanche Tribe