Reading: April 26

We are working on our last style of poetry the Who, What, When, Where, Why....

We are also working on putting together our work.. organizing it...some need to type it up.

Math April 26

Today we are working on creating patterns. We will be hanging up our designs in the hallway...we will be done with this unit next week.

Thoughts To Ponder On A Monday

Life is precious and sweet.... and your children and mine are on my heart today....


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Life is so precious,
And each day is a gift.
So enjoy every minute,
As it were your last to live.

Cherish your loved ones,
Hug them tight,
Share with them your heart,
And your time.

Nothing is forever,
And life goes so fast,
Each minute that passes,
Is one you can’t get back.

When troubles arrive,
And knock you off your feet,
Stand up and smile,
And remember life is too sweet.

Every morning when you wake,
Decide right from the start,
That “Today will be a good day”
And let it all in with an open heart.

Written by: Laura Strickland ©

Reading: April 23

We are working on the following styles of poetry:

Haiku
Five Senses

We have one style left to study...Who, What, When, Where, Why poems

The students are composing again one to three poems for each style of poetry. There will be nine styles. They need to find one to three poems that have been published by other poets. We will be wrapping this up the second week of May as we compile our poems and do some critiques as well as create table of contents.

They are going to need to ask your opinion on their work as well.

Math: April 23

We successfully made it through MCA testing in Math. Please graciously reward your child for their achievements and hard work. Each student in my room for testing worked extremely hard and to the best of their ability.

We have now jumped back into our math book--studying patterns. Today, we studied Frieze Patterns. A frieze is a pattern which repeats in one direction. Friezes are often seen as ornaments in architecture. There are seven different frieze patterns possible. The picture above is a sample.

Enjoy your weekend.

Spelling for April 26-30

danger
engineer
lesson
obtain
discuss
fourth
function
preformed
piano
Asia
till
beach
forgot
rode
knowledge
shade
shadow
brave
indeed
lord

Reading April 19

We have mastered the art of several styles of poetry now. We are working feverishly on them. I try to introduce two styles a week and have them work on their poems. Some of the kids are typing at home and some are typing here in the lab and some are just hand writing them. Perfect. Each poem needs a picture and needs to be presented nicely. Each style requires one poem submitted but they may submit up to 4 poems for more points.

Good job on working hard for the MCAS! It was a long two days of testing. We survived.

Creature Alliteration Poem

Principalian

This is a principalian.

Principalians live in perfect, purple, Pyrex pyramids on the plains of Peru.

Principalians politely eat pudding pops, pickled pig feet with pepper on plates while drinking Pepsi. They also love pepperoni pizza.

Principalians poke peas with pencils, ponder perplexing puzzles, and perform perilous procedures on penguins.

Principalians pose for pictures while printing poetry, practice perspective and paint pottery. They persuade people to purchase perfume.

This principalian prescribed a painless pill for me and panicked when I pretended to perish.

Math April 19

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We saw a video we watched earlier on in the year when we were working on multiplication. This video is a reminder for those who get stuck on their 5-10 mulitiplication facts..and yes, it does use their fingers, but the trick is cool. And with our multiplication chart being down now for state testing, it is a good thing to remind ourselves of all the mulitiplication tricks.

We are reviewing several topics prior to testing on Wednesday and Thursday. Please bring a calculator.

Spelling Week of April 19th-23

aunt
feathers
price
queen
hall
lion
mine
review
bowl
development
German
herself
Mexico
Russia
empty
expression
neighbors
fence
automobile
card

The kids have requested a spelling be for this Wednesday...April 21.

Math: April 9

Symmetry is our topic in math. It is actually a fun unit which combines both sides of our human brain...connecting our creative with our reasoning...it is about balance.

Funny how life immitates math and art. We too need to seek more balance...

Here is a picture of symmetry...we have been working on our eyes trying to recreate what we see. It is fun.

Happy Friday.

Reading: April 9

This week we have studied the first three styles of poetry. The students are working quite well on their projects. They need to have at least one poem submitted for each style but may have up to 4 quality poems and receive a higher grade.

The students should also be pondering what their how to project is going to look like...next week we will document what our project is and sign up for presentation times in May.

We are starting a new spelling list:

hanging
California
pack
article
subtract
wet
ate
electricity
taste
height
battle
style
bridge
connected
beauty
driver
meal
melted
met
stage

Reading: April 6

I handed out the packet for the "How To Speech". That is not due until the end of May, but you'll want the time to get ready and get cracking on that project.

We also started our poetry unit. Our first style of poems is Acrostic.

We also worked on our spelling words.

regular
dinner
activities
Latin
nice
according
realized
related
recognize
refer
search
lose
pencil
useful
won
worry
giant
wonderful
cloth
farther.

Math: April 6

We are starting unit 10 on symetry. The students have/had homework for tonight...some got it done. They will need a mirror. We collected review packets from break.

Welcome back.

Reading/Poetry April 5

As previously stated, this month of April is national poetry month. Your child will be working on a poetry collection during this time. This may carry over a tad into the month of May.

We will cover:

Acrostics
Alliteration
Cinquains
11-lined Color word pictures
Concrete
Five Senses
Haiku
Who What When Where Why How

They will be graded on each poem written by them. They can do up to 3 poems for each style.

The grades are also based on:

Creating a book cover
Table of Contents
Self Reflection and Critiques
Illustrations
Spelling
Neatness
On time and to the best of your ablity