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!