Friday, January 8, 2010

Informational Writing


Students are currently writing informational pieces. They are researching animals and taking notes on graphic organizers. Students are writing about sharks, bears, killer whales, spiders, penguins, and frogs.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Learn It After School Tutoring

Students that are participating in the Learn It Systems after school tutorial program have been working on money! Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters!!

Marshmallow Geometry




In December, our class studied plane shapes and solids. We used marshmallows and toothpicks in ordre to build pyramids, cubes, and rectangular prisms.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Ordering Events


We are now studying time. Today we used the whiteboards and dry erase markers to draw things that we do in the morning, the afternoon and the evening. After the whole group activity, students used a graphic organizer and pictures to sort events according to the time of day they would be completed.