November Art

This month just flew past us. Here are pictures of our ceiling decorations for the month of November. We have noticed the sun getting lower in the southern sky because it is heating up our room a lot! We have had to pull the blinds down to stop the sunlight from reflecting on our board during the morning. A true sign of winter coming.

Fun with Math

We have been having so much with this math unit. We made shapes using straws and twist-ties so we could learn to measure the lengths of the sides. We learned how to find the perimeter by using the geoboards, but we couldn't find all the different ways to make a perimeter of 12, 14, and 16 with the geoboards we had. Mrs. Labrum them gave us some dot paper and we were able to draw the shapes and figure out the perimeters we needed. When we found the pattern with the numbers it all became so much easier. Did you know that if you find the lengths of two sides of a rectangle you can find the perimeter by adding that length twice? You only have to measure two sides and you can find the perimeter! We are so smart! I wonder what fun things we will do tomorrow in math?

The 200 Club

Today we had an assembly where we learned about the 200 Club. To get your name on the 200 club board you need to be doing what you are supposed to be doing when you are supposed to be doing it. Teachers can give out a few tickets each day for those who are doing the right things. Those with tickets will get their name on one of the numbered squares on the board. When there are 10 names in a row, those ten students will get a prize. The more times you get your name on the board, the better the chance of you getting a prize.

To get tickets we need to remember to follow the school procedures for hallways, breakfast, lunch, moving to other places, doing our schoolwork, and many other classroom procedures. This might help us remember to always be doing what we should be doing.

We Made the Paper!

Did you all see the article about our class in the Emery County Progress? We made the front page. There is a very nice picture of one of our students working on her owl pellet.

Update on Mighty Math

We have had several students pass off more of their mighty math drills. You can check our wikispace to see just which drill has been passed off. You can also continue reading here and find out who has passed lately!
Since October 22 the following students have passed another quiz:
Brinn has passed 2B and is now on 2C.
Jasa has passed all of 2B and is on 2C.
Payton has 100% twice on 1C.
Landon got 100% on 2B once.
Drake passed off 2B and is working on 2C.
Abbie has passed off all of 2C and is now working on 3A.
Jace moved from 2A to 2B.
Malone has gotten 100% twice on 2C. Only one more time!
Rylan is now working on 3A.
Samantha has passed off 3A and is now on 3B.
Danyale haw moved from 2C to 3A.
Jewel hass passed 2B once with 100%.
Stetler has passed 3C twice with one more to go!
Hunter has passed 2C twice.
Sierra has moved on to 2A.
Kaeley only needs to pass 1C one more time.

Keep working on those math facts!
Congratulations to those who have passed off a level and those who are getting 100%. Remember to try for a personal best each day.

Owl Pellets for Halloween

The days seem to be rushing by and we have been so busy. We are finishing up Unit 2 in math. We are reviewing and trying to sharpen our skills at making ballpark estimates as well as partial sums addition and subtraction using number lines and trading first. Today we practiced adding and subtraction using magic squares. It was really fun.

Did you know there are many different kinds of nouns? We are learning about common and proper nouns. Proper nouns should always be capitalized because they are the special names form all common nouns. Proper nouns are the names of months, days, holidays, names of people and places, even buildings and businesses. The names of cities and states are also proper nouns. Any name that an exact person, place, or thing is a proper noun.

We are also learning to write compound and simple sentences. Compound sentences are two sentences that are combined into one and connected with the words "and" or "but". We are also learning to write commas in the correct place when we list a series of things in a sentence. All of these writing rules will help us make our writing easier for people to read.

Today we learned about dancing from the Ririe-Woodbury Dancy Company from Salt Lake. It was very fun to watch them tell stories with their bodies.

We also had visitors from the FFA class at the high school. They taught us about safety around equipment and machines. They plan to come every month and give us a lesson about farms and safety.

More of our class is passing off their mighty math drills. Here is the latest list:

Brinn, Jasa, Jewel, and Drake have completed level 2A and are now on 2B.
Malone has passed 1B and is now on 1C.
Stetler has now passed off 3A and only needs one more 100% on 3B.
Hunter has passed off 2B and is on 2C.

Wednesday Morning

Yesterday we had a new student enroll in our class. We want to welcome Kaeley Taylor to Cottonwood Elementary. We hope she enjoys being here and that everyone will make her feel welcome. We also want to welcome back Tyler Morris, who returned to our class a few weeks ago. We are glad you are back, Tyler! With two Tylers and a Kaeley and Carlie, Mrs. Labrum gets all mixed up with names! I hope everyone just laughs with me when I can't remember which name to call which person.
Our math facts are really going great! Lots of people are finishing each day, and more are passing off the drills. Here is the list for Monday and Tuesday:
Jasa passed 2A for the first time.
Payton pass 1C for the first time.
Landon pass 2A for the second and third time. He is moving on to 2B.
Drake passed 2A for the first and second time. One more to go!
Rylon, Ricky, and Danyale passed 2B for the second time.
Carlie passed 2C for the third time, so she goes on to 3A today.
Jewel passed 1C for the third time, so she moves to 2A.
Stetler got 100% on 3A for the third time. He is now on 3B.
Hunter got 100% on 2B for the first time.

What a great list of achievements! Keep up the hard work. You will be able to do your math so much easier when you memorize those facts!

I hope you are using the wikispace to find some fun computer activities to do when you are home. We will preview some of the activities during the day at school, when we get a few minutes.

Are you thinking of what you are going to write for your witch's description? We will be working on this next week. Today we will be working on writing sentences with commas in a series of words. We will also work on different methods of subtraction. Don't forget to read each night. Next week we will start reading mysteries, so get your detective skills up to speed and solve the mystery. Have fun!

A Busy Friday

We started out the day working on subtraction. We used place value blocks to help us find the difference between numbers like 49 and 64. We found we could not start with 64 and take 49 away without trading in a group of 10 for 10 ones. We worked and worked and worked to see how to trade tens into ones. It is like going to your piggy bank and trading a dime for 10 pennies and adding that to the pennies you already have. After a lot of practice, we finally started to see it. Next week we will work on writing down exactly what we are doing so we can see it on paper with numbers.

We had many people passing off Mighty Math facts again. Yesterday and today the following people passed off these drills:
Brinn and Landon passed 2A for the first time.
Abbie passed 2B for the second and third time! On to 2C for her!
Carlie passed off 2C for the first and second time.
Danyale passed off 2B for the first time.
Jewel passed off 1C for the first and second time.
Stetler passed off 3A for the first and second time.
Larissa passed off 1C for the first time.

Congratulations! We are really moving along! If you haven't gotten 100% for a few weeks, try putting in a little bit extra practice for a few nights. You will get it!

Today we did an art project using our drawing skills and watercolors. We drew a ship like the ones Christopher Columbus used when he found the lands that he named America. We used watercolors to paint the ocean and the sky, along with the brown boats. We did a pretty good job. Mrs. Labrum didn't have her camera here at school, but she will take a picture soon and put it here for everyone to see. Come and check them all out on our bulletin board.

Mrs. Labrum did have time to add another one of our poems to our writing page. Check it out! Leave a comment if you are visiting this blog. We like to know who is interested in what we are doing. To leave a comment, click on the word "comment" under any post. It should bring up a window where you can write your comments. You don't need a blogger account to leave a comment, but we would like you to sign your name so we know who you are. Your comments will be saved for Mrs. Labrum to check out. When she approves your comments, it will be posted on the page. You can also click on the comments and read what other people are writing to us. Reading your comments will give us encouragement to write more ourselves, and to do better work. It is great to know someone cares enough to see what we are doing. Hope to hear from you!

Ceiling Decorations

Yesterday we did a fun art project so we could change the decorations hanging in our room. It was a "Quiet" project. That means we had to TOTALLY watch Mrs. Labrum as she showed us what to do. She didn't speak a word, just demonstrated what we were to do. At first it was difficult, but we got used to it. Here are pictures of our ceiling decorations we did at the beginning of school and what we did yesterday.

More News from Our Class

Several students have passed off more of the math facts. Some are moving right along. Here is a list of the students who have gotten 100% this past week:
Brinn passed all of 1C and is working on 2A.
Nick passed off 1B and is now on 1C.
Drake completed 1C and moved to 2A.
Abbie got 100% once on 2B.
Rylan got 100% on 2B today!
Samantha completed 2C and is working on 3A, which is multiplication! Way to go!
Carlie passed off 2B and is now on 2C.
Danyale passed off 2A and is working on 2B.
Hunter passed off 2A and moved to 2B today!

Keep working on those math facts. It makes the rest of your math seem so much easier.

In our math time we are learning to add with a way called "partial sums." Sums are the answers you get when you add numbers together. We are learning to add from the left place value to the right place value, adjusting the numbers as we go. We learned that 8 turkeys plus 7 turkeys equals 15 turkeys, so 8 tens plus 7 tens is 15 tens. You can write 15 tens like this: 150. The zero at the end shows we are counting the number of tens. At first it seemed strange, but we are getting better at it. It helps us do math in our heads and not always have to write down the numbers.
We are also subtracting using number lines and counting up. It is easier than it sounds. We are getting quite good at it.

We read a story called "The Keeping Quilt" about a special quilt that was passed down from mother to daughter for several generations. It was used as a baby blanket, a wedding huppa, a tablecloth and a cape. We will be writing about special things we pass down in our families.

A Week?

A week has gone by and we haven't updated our blog. You can tell just how busy we have been. We finally got everyone all finished with the IOWA test. What a relief! Now we are getting ready to form our guided reading groups and start working on using reading strategies as well as really working hard on learning how to learn new words. We are still practicing on writing complete sentences, but we are getting better.

We learned the five parts of a letter and wrote a letter to Mrs. Labrum summarizing the books we are reading during silent reading. She showed us a scoring rubric, which is a guide that tells what is expected for a certain number of points. We now know just what we must do for a letter to be a 4-point letter (the best).

In math we are using numberlines to add and subtract. We are learning how to read story problems and write a number model to show how to solve a problem. It is sometimes difficult but we are getting much better at all of it.

More and more of us are getting done with the mighty math drills each day. Since Tuesday, September 23, the following students have passed drills:
Nick - passed off 1B and moved to 1C.
Drake - got 100 twice on 1C.
Jenna passed off 1B and moved to 1C.
Rylan passed off all of level 2A.
Samantha Moved on to 2C and has gotten 100% twice.
Ricky passed off 2A and got 100% once on 2B.
Carlie has passed off 2A and has 100% twice on 2B.
Danyale passed off 1C and has 100% twice on 2A.
Stetler has passed off 2C and moved on to 3A.
Larissa got 100% on 1C.
Hunter got 100% on 2A.

We earned another reward for being on task. We spent 30 minutes outside in the warm air just relaxing because this weekend it is supposed to turn cold and we might not have many warm afternoons for a while. Then we came in and did a fun art activity using graph paper.

More fun coming up next week!

Reward Day

Mrs. Labrum gave the class a reward today because they have been so patient with all the testing we did. We also finished reading one of Mrs. Labrum's favorite books, The Wizard of Oz. She has read this to her class every year for about 20 years. So, as a reward, we watched the movie. We found out that the book is much better than the movie. There were many things in the book that were not in the movie. We were waiting to see the hammberheads and the Kalidahs but they weren't there! It would have been fun to see the Scarecrow stuck on the pole in the middle of the river. We will just have to use our imagination and visualize it ourselves. Visualizing is a good reading strategy.


We are now reading Because of Winn-Dixie". We are really enjoying this story.

How Hot Does it Get?

We measured the temperature of water when it had been in the sunshine for a while. We had two pans the same size but one was painted white and the other was black. We also had two silver pans, but one was deep and the other was flatter. We took the temperatures in all four pans at the same time so the air temperature was the same. We found out that we need more practice in reading a thermometer because we didn't get really good readings. Which pans do you think were warmer? Why? Click on the comments link and give us your ideas.


These pictures weren't very good because of the bright light outside. But try to enjoy them anyway!

Testing 1, 2, 3

This week we are taking the national IOWA test. This test is given to all students in grades 3, 5, and 8. It is a test that is timed, which means we only get a certain amount of time to complete each part. Some of us finish in the time given, and some of us do not. It can be a very difficult test for some. We have been working on the reading part of the test. Even though there is a lot of reading, most students are doing a very fine job.
We have also had many more students pass off Mighty Math:
Tyler passed level 1B and moved to 1C.
Landon passed level 1C and moved to 2A.
Nick pass 1B for the first time.
Abbie passed 2A and moved to 2B just today!
Jenna passed 1B for the second time. One more time, Jenna!
Rylan got 100% for the first time on 2A.
Danyale got 100% for the first time on 1C.
Stetler is now on 2C and has passed it twice.
Hunter finished level 1C and is now working on 2A.
Congratulations to all who passed a drill. Keep working to memorize these basic math facts.

We Are Getting Better

After struggling to learn to be good listeners, we are finally getting there. We had Mrs. Bell come in and teach us a lesson about being good listeners. We practiced what we would do with our eyes, ears, voice, and body if we were really listening. Mrs. Labrum uses a timer on the computer that goes off at random times during the day. If we are showing good listening skills and doing as we should, she will pull a number out of the container and add it to the bingo board. When we get Bingo we win a reward. Mrs. Labrum owes us one because she was gone when we earned the reward.

We also have a chart that rewards individual people who are doing as they should. We each have a clothes pin with our student number on it. We can move the pins up or down the chart by doing as we should (move up), or doing something we should not do (move down). When our pin gets to the top of the chart we get a reward. If we get clear to the bottom of the chart we miss a recess and have a talk with Mrs. Labrum. Any adult in the room can tell us to move our clip. It seems to be helping us remember to do what we should.

We have had several more people pass off Mighty Math levels: Jasa moves to 2A, Tyler needs one more on 1B, Payton moved to 1C, Landon passed 1C for the first time yesterday, Abbie bot 100% on 2A, Jace passed off 1C, Rylan is now on 2A, Ricky is on 2A, Hunter got 100% on 1C for the second time, And Stetler and Samantha have both moved up to 2B! Congratulations to everyone for studying so hard.

Today we took our first math test and it was kind of hard. We really have to think in a different way with these math questions.

Busy Friday and Monday

Print-outs went home on Friday. I hope everyone looked at them. Students also wrote in their "Go-Home-Journals." If parents didn't see them, please ask for them. It is important that students receive feed-back on their weekly work.

Spellings tests that were given on Friday came home today. Please go over these with your child. This week's spelling words are different ways to spell the long-a sound and one way to spell short-a sounds. Students should practice sorting the words into the different spelling patterns. Learning the spelling patterns will help them apply spelling rules to new words. We practiced sorting the words and learned the spelling rule today in class. The test on Friday will have students writing the words in the correct groups and spelling them correctly. There will also be a few (2-3)sentences to write.

Mighty math achievers for Friday included: Payton, Jace, Rylan, and Stetler. Today the following students passed their drill: Payton, Jasa, Tyler, Rylan, Ricky, Stetler, and Sierra. Sierra passed off level 1B, and Abbie passed off Level 1C. Congratulations!

Rainy Thursday

It rained great big drops today! What a pretty rainstorm. We didn't go outside for lunch recess because of the rain. It was very hard to concentrate on our work.

Math was hard with lots of adding money on our calculators. We learned how to figure out how much we saved if we bought things on sale.

As we read The Ballad of Mulan, we looked for clues the author wrote that told us how the people felt. Finding clues helps us make 'inferences." That means using our thinking to use the clue to figure out what the author doesn't say right out in words. We can figure out peoples feelings, or events that have happened.

We watched a cute movie about the sun. The sun is the closest star to Earth. As Earth turns around the sun shines on the part that is facing the sun. The other part of the Earth is in the dark. That is what makes day and night.

Mighty Math drills were passed off by Abbie, Samantha, Ricky, and Stetler. Stetler now moves on to 2B. Keep those practice papers coming in!

Hard Work

Today we had lots of work to do. In Math we were working with money. We learned that sometimes we need to ESTIMATE to see if we have enough money to buy something. Sometimes we needs the EXACT cost of items. We were working on this all mornng.
We learned about four types of sentences. Statements and commands end with periods. Questions end with a questions mark, and exclamations ends with exclamation marks.
We went to the library to check out more books.
We are listening to Mrs. Labrum read "The Wizard of Oz." There are many parts in the story that are not in the movie. Some of us need to work on our listening skills.
Abbie, Samantha, Stetler, and Sierra got 100% on their Mighty Math. Six people got finished. Our record of finishers is seven. Work hard so our record reaches higher.

Springville Art Museum

Today we had fun learning about art from a lady who came from the Springville Art Museum. In the morning we saw two original pieces of art, and many prints of other beautiful artwork. We learned about the different types of art. We learned that still life is a painting or drawing of an object. We learned what artists do to create different moods and feelings. After lunch we went to the gym and learned about drawing portraits. We even tried our own drawings. Each student got a chance to be a model for us. We did a pretty good job! We enjoyed learning about drawing.

When we read our story about Mulan today, we looked at the drawings in our book. There is a lot of details in the drawings.

Today in math we reviewed counting money. It was a little bit hard to decided the difference between what we pay and what an item costs.

Brinn passed off all of Level 1B, and Hunter got 100% on 1C. Many students are getting more finished every day. Keep working!

Update From Yesterday

Yesterday four students passed off a mighty math drill: Stetler, Carlie, Brinn, and Danyale. Way to practice! Mrs. Labrum will write more after school today. We had a busy day and had lots of fun. More details coming!

Expected Behaviors

Today we learned why the magical sound happens during our classtime. When we hear the sound, Mrs. Labrum looks around to see if we are showing good learning behaviors. If we are ALL doing as we should she pulls a number out of a container and puts it on a BINGO card. When we get four numbers in a row we get a reward that doesn't cost money nor takes a lot of preparation. So far we have three numbers in a row. Maybe tomorrow we will get a classroom reward. Showing good learning behaviors means: EYES, EARS, VOICE and BODY doing what is expected. We learned the expectations last week with Mrs. Bell. Now we just need to remember to do it. We are getting better!

We Tried Something New!

We had a fun experience today. Mr. Jones gave our class a set of Senteos that we use with our Smartboard. What are Senteos? Click on this word "Senteo" to find out. We used the Senteo to answer questions about our reading story. Students took home a report of their answers today. We all thought it was a fun way to take a quiz. I think we will use them again soon.

We kept hearing a magical sound in our classroom today. Each time it sounded Mrs. Labrum looked at us and announced something like, "Oh, everyone is showing good working skills," or "Some of us weren't doing exactly what we should be doing right now." She wouldn't tell us where the sound came from or why it was sounding. She said she would tell us another day. But it made us think about our working skills. Maybe we should ALWAYS be working or doing what we should be doing at that time.

We had our first spelling test and students found out it wasn't as difficult as they thought it would be. We also wrote in our new "Go-Home-Journals." Parents need to look at the letter that was written to them and write back!

Samantha passed her level 2A today! Now she will be challenged with 2B. Carlie got 100%. One more time and she moves on to 2A. Keep studying!

Did you know that our classroom blog is being watched by people across the country? Some people in Arizona and Missouri are watching us! Look at the map on the right side and run your mouse over the red dots. You will see names of places who are reading our blog. Most of the people are people Mrs. Labrum knows through her teacher groups. Also, Lexi Gale is reading our blog to keep up on her friends. She has responded to us several times. Click on the "comment" link after each entry to see if someone has left us a message. Even you students can leave a message! Try it! If you don't have a blogger address just be sure to type your name at the end of your message, type the scrambled letters as you see them, and click on Anonymous. Your comment will be sent to Mrs. Labrum for approval to show on our blog! Hope to hear from you!
Have a great weekend!

Hall Bulletin Board

If you haven't stopped in and seen our bulletin board, try to find a few minutes to come in and look at our portaits. We have some great looking kids in our class! We drew these the first day of school. That is the day we also ate watermelon and measured how far we can spit our seeds. Did you hear that someone picked the little watermelon that was growing near our door? We hope one of our seeds this year will grow next year.

We Had a Visitor!

Today we had a visitor who taught us what we should be doing to show we are a "working class." Mrs. Bell, a new teacher in our district, talked about how our eyes, ears, voice, and body look when we are working. Students helped lists ways we show we are listening, as well as things we might be doing that would show we are NOT working. We will try to put these good listening skills into practice the next few days. Mrs. Bell also said that Mrs. Labrum has a surprise for us, but we will need to wait for a few days to see what it is!
In the computer lab we worked on a new spelling game. We didn't get much time to play it because it took us a long time to log in. Those who has internet at home can go to spellingcity.com, click on STUDENT, search for teacher's name (labrum) and find the spelling list for this week. There are games available to help make learning these words fun.
Samanthan and Carlie both got 100% on Mighty Math today! Way to go!
Don't forget about the spelling test tomorrow. We will also have a reading test in a way that you have never taken before, so be prepared! It will be lots of fun!

What's the Difference?

Do you know what the word "difference" means in math? It means now many more or less one number is than another number. Some people would say it is the answer when you subtract. We use our number grid to find the difference by counting up or down by 10's and then across by 1's. So the difference between 35 and 57 is two groups of ten (20), and 2 ones (2), for a total of 22.

Stetler passed off Mighty Math Level 1C. Congratulations to him! Samantha also got 100% on her drill today for the first time on 2C. We might have a race between these two to see who finishes 2A first. All of you keep studying so you can get a level passed off as soon as possible. We had a total of 6 students complete their drill today so we are getting better!

In language we learned about subjects of sentences. The subject tells who or what the sentence is about. Each sentence has a subject.

We are working hard on keyboarding in computers. Writing will be easier when we can type what we would like to say to others.

A New Month

We had a power flicker during the weekend and it messed up our computers, so we did not do our usual morning math. But we did get to do Mighty Math. Congratulations to Abbie! She was the first person to pass off a Mighty Math drill. She is now moving on to 1C. Today Danyale got 100 on her drill. We found out that after a weekend we don't do as well on our drills.
Students also got their first spelling list. Be sure to practice so you can write these words in a sentence.
We learned that a sentence must begin with a capital and end with an ending mark. If the sentence is a statement or a request you must put a period at the end.
In math we learned about things that are likely to happen, sure to happen, might not happen, or impossible. These words tell about probability. Mrs. Labrum read a story called "Probably Pistachio." Some things just might not happen, even if we think they will.
Many students are taking quizzes on reading books. Keep reading.
Remember that if you get your work completed you will have more time for recess!

Fire Drill

We had our first fire drill of the year. Students did a pretty good job of exiting the building and lining up properly. Good job!
Today we learned how to write a k in cursive. We now know l, h, and k. Some students are showing very beautiful handwriting. Way to go!
Abbie and Stettler got 100% again on their math drill. Only one more to go and they move up to the next drill. Many others are getting close to finishing. Keep practicing and you will get move up.
We played a game in math called "Name That Number." It really helps students practice their math facts. I will send home the instructions for you to play together. You can count it as fact practice each night. You might need to create your own deck of cards because students use cards from 0-20. Simply get index cards and write the numbers on them.
I understand many boys are going to a baseball tournament this weekend. Good luck! Those who are going camping, have fun! Enjoy the last holiday before fall.

Mighty Math

Today we had two students pass their first Mighy Math drill! Congratulations to Stetler and Abbie for getting 100% today. I hope we have many more in the near future. Keep practicing and you will soon pass to the next level.
Many students are taking Accelerated Reader quizzes. Many are getting very good scores. Remember to read carefully and get a picture in your mind (visualize) what is happening in the story. This will help you get a better score. Read slowly enough to remember the details. Keep up the great work.

We Are Really Working Hard

Today we learned that our new math program has us working hard. We reviewed telling time, using a ruler, and used calculators, all in the same day! We really had to work hard. It has been a little bit difficult to listen so much in third grade, but the students are trying hard. They are learning that third grade has lots to do. Many students have taken an accelerated reader test on a book they have read. Keep up the good work! Tomorrow we will start reading in our reading book. I am sure the students will like the story. We will also start working on more writing. Be prepared for a fun week.
By Mrs. Labrum

End of First Week by Mrs. Labrum

We finally reached the end of our first week of school! We are tired! We have worked so hard. Our new math program is very different. Students have homework every night. They will also need to practice their math facts. We will start our Mighty Math on Monday. I will send home a note that explains how to practice the facts at home. Please check here often. I will be giving information about school through the blog and wikispace. Students will begin writing in this blog in about a month, after we practice our writing skills. Please be patient with your third grader AND the third grade teacher :) If you have questions or concerns, please email me at labrum@emeryschools.org

First day of school! by Mrs. Labrum

We had a great day on our first day of school. We ate watermelons and measured how far we could spit the watermelon seeds. We worked on an art project and learned some of our classroom rules. We got hot, and tired, but had a great day.

Testing ? Already?

I will begin testing my students on Friday of this week and Wednesday of next week. Come and visit with me! I want to know what things you are doing this summer. Then you will read me some short stories, spell a few words, and work with words on the computer. It won't be a hard thing to do, just things you did in second grade. And it will help me know just where I can help you at the beginning of the year. I am so excited about you coming to visit me! If you can't come on your appointed time, just call or stop in at the school and we will find another time for you. Have a great two more weeks, then into the fun of learning all that new stuff!

New School Year

Our new year starts on August 19. I am looking forward to a wonderful group of students. I am planning on a really fun year!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Today we started again in our book about health.We learned about vitamins and minerals. Today we wrote down things we ate from last night to lunch today. And then we had to count how many we had on each thing.

We went walking. We had to go two times. I walked with Autumn.

I had fun in school today.Summer is coming we have 28 days left of school.I can't wait for summer but I don't want school to be out.

In math we are learning expanded form and stuff like that.It is fun. But it is hard too.

In reading we are reading Farmer Boy.It is a good book.

In the morning everyone has to read for 30 minutes.

We did our practice test for the state test. It was a reading test. It was a very long test and hard. Our problem this morning was to try to find out how long it take to paint 100 inches of fence if it takes 1 minute to paint 5 inches. We figured it would take 20 X 1 = 20 minutes because there are 20 groups of 5 inches in 100 inches. We also filled in the blanks in a chart. We took a spelling test. We wrote letters home. We played Off the Wall at recess. We went to computers and typed and some people got into Typer Shark.

by Logan

The Jazz Bear!

Today we had an assembly and the Jazz bear came! It was very funny and we got to see all the things he did on a tape.He got a mini motorcycle and dragged his feet along. He got a big ring of fire and he jumped over in the ring and dunked it. It was cool. He taught us about drugs and to stay away from them, and to eat healthy.

by Kolton

By Haylee

What Is Differentt and the same and we had to write about it. We did a paper like hair is brown and the eyes was different and like they was both in 4 grade. We were seeing how many different ways you can put 6 squares together and make a cube. We had an assembly about safety around the gas drills. They showed us how important it is to wear a safety helmet so your head doesn't get smashed.

What We Did Today

Today we did art. Today we some reading papers. In the morning we read for 30 minutes and we did our math drill. We did some high timesing in the BILLIONS! The reading papers were helping us pratice for a test. At lunch some people had pizza, some other people had hot dogs, but some people went home to eat lunch there.

By Shelby

Today we did a math problem and Mrs. Pappas came to watch us. Also she helped on the math problem. We use linking cubes. After recess we read a story called The Wild Ride. While we were reading The Wild Ride we did a paper. Then we did three papers, and went to lunch. After lunch we' ve been reading Farmer Boy, and when we were done we went to PE.

By Gage

Today we read about five brothers that went to an island under the brightess star in the sky.
We also started reading Farmer Boy in listening. We did a divison paper in math this morning and we did a paper on nouns.

Mon. March.31.08

Thursday

Toay we did some homophones . We learned that they sound the same but they are not the same .

We read Syndey Ellen . It is about a boy that wants to try out for the football team.His fairygodfather came to the rescue . Instead of glass slippers they were glass football shoes .

We did some division . Mrs. Labrum taught us that it is the same as timesing .

Our class listened to Trapped By The Ice! It was a real story of lots of men trapped. It was an adventure!

Today we went outside around the block for P.E. . Then, we did swish . We had a good day today!

Tuesday

Today we have learned a easier way to times . We have done a report on what we do for Easter . At PE we went walking . We read a story called Trapped by the Ice . It is about the southpole . The most important character in the story is Shackleton, who wanted to cross the South Pole. Their boat got trapped in the ice. They spent many months trying to get to safety. We have not yet finished the story.
by Katelynn

March 17, 2008

Today we did a leprechaun math and we had to decide if we had a wish if we would have pennies and add on every day or if we would have $100 every day and we decided we needed to do pennies. (Mrs. Labrum's note: Would we be wise to take $100 a day for 30 days or start with 1 penny and double the amount we have every day.) We had to figure how many marshmellows where in Lucky Charms and we added up to 158 clovers and 25 rainbows there were more. We wrote a leprechaun poem saying what we would wish for if we had some wishes. We made a poem if a leprechaun was bashful about something. Mrs.Labrum read us some fairy tales about the three little pigs and the big bad wolf.
We leared more about reading and made some notes that will help us.

by Allie

A New Start

We are at the beginning of the last quarter of this school year. Mrs. Labrum thought we would try something different for some of our writing. Each day the leader of our class will write a short description of some of the things we did in class. We hope you enjoy reading about what we are learning. Please send us a message when you visit our classroom blog.