Report Cards

Your child should be bringing home his/her report card today. There's information about a new website called MobyMax.com
Have a great weekend.

Marble Celebration

The students have been working very hard and have earned 100 marbles. They voted yesterday and we had extra recess at Crestwood Park. The students enjoyed every minute. Spring is in the air!

Updated Class Website

I updated my website to include links to useful websites like Xtramath, KidBlog, Spelling City, Moby Max and links to our online textbooks.  The links are still on our Class Moodle, but I know some students have had trouble accessing the Moodle.
The students have been using Moby Max in class and I'm sending the log in information home with the report cards on Friday.
Follow this link to: Our Class Website

Measuring with Balance Scales

The students used balance scales today to measure the weight of different objects around the room. They had to decide whether it was better to use cubes or paper clips. Here's a few pictures of us in action.

Measuring Unit

We are learning about measuring in math. We used beans, cups and spoons to measure different containers. The students used Storykit on the iPads to show what they're learning about measuring. The students learned about cups, pints, quarts, and gallons today. When shopping or cooking point out these units of measure. Here's a few pictures of the students using Storykit to show what they know.

How to Make S'mores

The students wrote how to make s'mores the week before spring break and the entire time we were all getting a craving for s'mores. After we all finished we used the microwave instead of roasting and made s'mores! They were so good. Check out our writing!

Inches, Feet and Yards

The students have been measuring everything in the room. We've been talking about measuring with accuracy by lining up the ruler or yardstick at the end of the object to measure. The students enjoyed using the Activotes to complete a self paced measurement hunt. The last two days we've been making reasonable estimates and this is hard for some students. One question about how long is your bed was tricky for some. The choices were 5 inches, 5 feet, or 5 yards and some students thought 5 yards was the best answer. We've really been trying to show what that would looks like and students have to do that thinking to figure out the correct answer. We've reviewed today and the test is tomorrow.