Resolutions, Pioneers, & One Giant Peach

Happy New Year! I hope 2010 brings much joy, laughter, and happiness to you!

On Friday, the Second and Third Graders worked with their Fourth Grade buddies to make party hats and write resolutions for the new year. I loved reading the resolutions. Some students wrote that they want to be healthier, be more green, do better in school, and help around the house more. :)

In math, we reviewed place value and played a top-it game with five to seven digit numbers.

We also reviewed 3-D shapes in math. The Second Graders used straws and twist-ties to build different kinds of pyramids. Each group shared their pyramid and we used what they learned to create this neat chart about pyramids!

We began reading James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. We are having such fun retelling, visualizing, and making predictions about this story!

The Third Graders began a unit on pioneer life. We are reading Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods. Before we started reading, we made a KWL chart to show what we knew already about pioneer life (K) and what we wanted to know (W). As we learn new information about pioneers, we will add it to our chart (L).

The Second Graders are learning about weather. We read and talked about temperature and thermometers this week. Below are some book pages that the Second Graders created for their books about weather.

Nick was our Star of the Week. Below is his acrostic poem. In his survey question, Nick wondered which holiday his classmates like best. See the results below!