CHAMP TIME

Champ Time is an independent reading time where students work independently on a reading comprehension activity.

The students are really working hard

and developing independent skills. 

Texas and Armadillos = Fun Week

We had a very busy week.

These pictures do not hardly capture all that we did this week.

We continued learning about Texas.

We discovered how big Texas is compared to the other states by placing pennies in some of the states and compared the size to how many pennies it took to fill Texas.

Bottom Line:  TEXAS is really big.

 We also learned about the Landforms in Texas.

Did you know that Texas has mountains, prairies, forest and desert?

 

In math we worked on ways to make 6, 7, 8 and 9.

They loved that they got to write on their desk

 

We researched Armadillos in preparation of our upcoming Texas PBL (Project Based Learning).

We researched Armadillo facts. Then we created projects to present these facts.  We made a poster, created a pic-collage, created a Skitch and made a movie using 30 hands.

First we created a poster with our fact.

Here they are creating a pic-collage.



 

Here they are making a presentation about their research.

I am so lucky to get to watch this.  It is adorable.



Here they are making a Skitch about what their animal looks like.

 

This is a Skitch one of the groups created. 

They imported in a picture of an armadillo then used the tools to label its body parts.

 

We are very excited to start our PBL on Zoo animals next week.  This will be a two week long project ending with a trip to the zoo.

 

 

 

 Here these students are reading to a friend.  I gotta say with all the new technology and collaboration we are teaching the students their all time favorite is still just going and reading a book.

 

 

We read fiction and non-fiction books about Armadillos.



Raz-Kids

We had a class set of ipads today.  It gave me an opportunity to teach the children how to use all aspects of Raz-Kids. 

IT WAS AWESOME!!

The kids loved it.

They can have a story read to them, read the story themselves, record their reading of the story and answer comprehension question.  The best part is the leveled books they read are on their instructional level. 

They can also read these books at home. 

Happy Reading!

 

Happy Birthday Jacob

Graphing Lucky Charms

In the fun of Saint Patrick's Day we graphed the marshmallows in Lucky Charms Cereal.

 

Fun and Yummy!

 



Chasing Leprechauns

If you remember the week before Spring Break we had a very naughty Leprechaun visiting our class.  Today when we came to school he gave us clues to try to catch him.

 We went on a wild Leprechaun chase around the school.

 We were tricked to go back to the classroom.  We did not find him but he left us chocolate and coins.

 

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

Pig Cupcakes

As an ending to our Farm Unit and to celebrate

Spring Break, we made pig cupcakes.

 

 

Simply Adorable!!

 

Open House

Check out all our great families that came to see our classroom. 

We had so much fun.

 

 

I know I missed some families.  Sorry Alyssa, Adam, and Isaiah.