Animal Reports due this Friday

Aaron did his on the Tiger Shark.

Colton did his on the Gray Wolf.



Josh did his on the Siberian Tiger.


Congratulations to the first three students who already brought in their Animal Research Reports. They were all excellent.
Housekeeping:

• Friday, March 2, 2012: Animal Research Reports due


• Friday, March 2, 2012: AR Party


• Friday, March 2, 2012: Dr. Seuss Day


• Friday, March 2, 2012: Choose Mushers for Iditarod Alaskan Race


• Monday, March 5, 2012: No School

Language Arts:

This week, we are writing an essay on how we can help our country when we have a disaster. We brainstormed some ideas yesterday and came up with this list:

• avalance


• hurricane


• wild fires


• tornado


• earthquake


• tsunami


• disease


• plane crash

This is the Lion's Club essay. We will work on it and complete it at school. Each essay will be graded and submitted by the teacher.

Math:

Last week we did a quick unit on time to take a little break from multiplication. This week, we are right back at it. For the next few weeks we will complete multiplication using 6, 7, and 8 and begin word problems with multiplication.

Science/Social Studies:

This week we will conclude Earth's Resources and how the Earth changes. Next week we will begin "Women in History".

Question of the Week:

Answer these multiplication problems:

Commutative Property: (Flip Flop)

3 x 7 = ___ x 3

6 x 10 = ___ x 6

Associative Property:

(2 x 3) x 4 = 2 x (3 x ___)

1 x (4 x 2) = (1 x ___) x 2

Two Upcoming Projects

We hope you had a nice President's Day Weekend. Mrs. Shore and I and our families did lots of fun things.
First, we had a yummy Fiesta at my house last Friday Night. Lots of people came over and shared great food with us.
Second, we went bowling at Pine Bowl; it was pretty crowded.
Third, I went to the movies with my kids and also watched a basketball game.
Finally, we went skiing. We went over some really fun jumps and skied in the trees. That was the best part.

Here are some of our upcoming events: I sent an email out to anyone with an email account.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012: PENNY WARS BEGIN!!

Friday, February 24, 2012: End of the 4th six-weeks

Friday, February 24, 2012: AR Goal Deadline

Friday, February 24, 2012: Water Cycle Model due

Friday, March 2, 2012: Animal Report due (We will send home)

Language Arts:

Our class is working on an animal Research Report. These are the some of the things we will be grading on: Beginning, Middle and End. The middle of the report will tell us about the animal's habitat, what they like to eat, and any special characteristics. For each one of these categories, the student will have to give examples and details. We have already written the introduction. We will work on this research paper this week and send it home with a book to be completed at home.

Our story this week is Two Days in May. It tells about two deer who wander down into the city because they are hungry and looking for food. The citizens in the community have to decide what they are going to do about these hungry animals.

Math:

We are taking a break from Multiplication for one week and reviewing different ways to tell and say what time it is.

Science:

A model of the Water Cycle is due this coming Friday. The water cycle model should be 3-D. We already made one in class on construction paper. These four parts need to be included in the Water Cycle Model: Precipitation, Ground Water, Evaporation, and Condensation. Each of these parts need to be labeled.

Question of the Week:

Brainstorming: What are 5 things you can do at an amusement park?

Synonyms: Write a synonym for each of the following:

Moist:

Angry:

Filthy:

Rough:

Fluffy:

AR Goal deadline on Friday, February, 24th

Congratulations to the first students to reach their AR Goal:

Kaleb

Sydney

Ian

Way to go!!!

HAPPY VALENTINE"S DAY!!

This is going to be a really quick blog, because my Internet Service has been down all week, and I just got reconnected.

Housekeeping:

Monday, February 13, 2012: PLC Early Release

Tuesday, February 14, 2012: Valentine's Day Party

Thursday, February 16, 2012: Class Pictures

Monday, February 21, 2012: Penny Wars Start

Friday, February 24, 2012: End of 4th Six-Weeks

Friday, February 24, 2012: AR Goal Deadline

Spelling Words:

cared

babies

chopped

saving

carried

fixing

hurried

joking

grinning

smiled

wrapped

parties

Question of the Week:

What are some materials the Inuit People use to build their homes?

Get Ready for a Research Project!!

Housekeeping:
Monday, February 6, 2012: Early Release, PLC
Tuesday, February 7, 2012: Special Visit by the Pocatello/Chubbuck Superintendent.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012: 100's Day....Wear a number shirt, you can bring a poster of 100 things, get ready to disco for 100 seconds. We will have 100 seconds of silence, and write Ellis as many times as we can in 100 seconds.
Tuesday, February 14th: Valentine's Day. We will send a list home with the kids. Please, only use first names on the Valentine's.

Language Arts:
This week we start Reading Unit: Amazing Animals. We start off by learning about the cute "Little clowns of the sea: The Puffins". We will then read a story about a pretty amazing seal, a couple of deer and finally some animals from the desert. Also during this theme, we have the kids write a research report about an animal of their choice. They can choose any animal. So be thinking about what you would like to learn more about. The research report will include a picture, citation page, and important information about the animal. We will help the students in class and then send the piece home to be edited and revised. Thank you for your help on this project.

The spelling words this week are:
hair
care
chair
pair
bear
where
scare
air
pear
bare
fair
share

Math:
We have become well acquainted with facts for 2, 5, 9, and 10. This past Friday, we introduced multiplication with 3 as a factor. Remember, multiplying is just REPEATED ADDITION!!

Science:

On Friday, we wrapped up our Arctic Unit and took an assessment on the information. For the next couple of weeks we will be studying about Earth's resources, learning about the Water Cycle and making a model of the Water Cycle. The kids just love this activity.

Question of the Week:

Give me 3 facts about a Polar Bear, the "Bad Boy" of the North.

Write a multiplication word problem for 3 x 4= 12

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! THANKS FOR POSTING