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Happy 8th birthday to Emma!  Let’s SHELL-abrate!Place value math games going into the MILLIONS!   Thank you so much to Kaia’s mom for teaching us all about writing and producing!  We learned so much about your cool job! What LEARNING and … Continue reading →

We LOVED reading “Because of Winn Dixie” by Kate DiCamillo!  It quickly became a class favorite! 🙂 Thank you to Kai’s mom for coming in and teaching us all about banking!  We had great lessons on deposits, withdrawals, checking, and … Continue reading →

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week: Academics ELA: Class Novel: Because of Winn Dixie by: Kate DiCamillo; dissecting vocabulary, fractured fairytales,  REVIEW Math: REVIEW Science:  Weather, Earth Day Students of the week: Soleil and Aiden … Continue reading →

Thank you to Katelyn’s mom, Mrs. Megan, for being our mystery reader this week!  We enjoyed hearing “The Princess and the White Bear King”  by Tanya Batt!  We are so glad everyone lived HAPPILY EVER AFTER! This week we focused … Continue reading →

We had a great time at the lighthouse! We live in a BEAUTIFUL town! Thank you to Abby’s mom for reading us the book she wrote, “Auggie and the Lighthouse!” and bringing a copy for each student. It was WAY … Continue reading →

Happy Spring!  We discovered some precious baby grasshoppers at recess this week! March Madness Math Challenge!  Children were grouped in pairs to calculate the final score of NCAA teams given the a certain number of free throws, 2-pointers, and 3-pointers! … Continue reading →

Happy birthday to Aiden!   What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week: Academics ELA:  Class Novel:  The BFG by: Roald Dahl; multiple meaning words with vocabulary, suffixes -ible and able Writing: POETRY Math:  REVIEW Science:  Life Cycles … Continue reading →

Our culminating activity for “How to eat fried Worms” by Thomas Rockwell was eating  (gummy!) worms!  We have quite a few actors in our room!  Ha!      A special thank you to Mrs. Chaconas for FRYING the worms to … Continue reading →

  What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week: Academics ELA:  Class Novel:  How to Eat Fried Worms by: Thomas Rockwell; using illustrations to better understand characters, plots, and settings; spelling words with -er endings Writing: POETRY … Continue reading →

Thank you to Anastasia Mosquito Control for teaching us all about mosquitos and their life cycle! Checking out the 5th Grade Science Fair Projects!  We had some proud siblings in our room! 🙂  I can’t wait to see what these … Continue reading →