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Mealworm Update

Before the break, the scientists in Room 66 began studying mealworms.  They carefully observe the mealworms and record what they see, predict, create drawings and diagrams, and write down their questions in their science journals.  This week we returned...

Caps for Kids

Today we had our fundraiser for the children's cancer charity, Caps for Kids.  Our class raised $16.  I will share the building and SOCES totals next week. 

Junie B. Jones

We are in the middle of another Junie B. Jones book: Junie B. First Grader: Cheater Pants. In the last chapter, Junie B. and her classmates had to create cinquains (pronounced sin-cane).  We decided to give it a try in class.  Here is our cinquain: Monkeys...

Skip Counting

We are practicing skip counting this week in math.  Leave a note telling something that you might count by 2s, 5s, or 10s.  Here is the link: http://padlet.com/wall/twos_fives_tens to go to the Wallwisher (now called Padlet) site or…click on the brick...

Long Vowels

After spending many months focusing on short vowel sounds, we are now moving on to long vowels.  Today we learned about the very busy helper letter "e."  It always volunteers to help out and when it does, it keeps its mouth closed!  Sometimes...