The Paperless Challenge

This week our class succeeded in using only 162 sheets of paper!  That means we were 88% paperless this week! :) 

We also celebrated our 1st official paperless day on Friday.  The kids brainstormed and came up with some wonderful learning activities that would not require the use of paper.  They showed great creativiy and problem solving, and we all had a lot of fun.  :) 

We love our Grandmas!

and Grandpas, and aunts, and uncles, and neighbors!

This month our class turned in the most number of box tops for the school AND the most number of box tops per student!  Thank you to everyone who's able to save these precious little money makers at home.  And a special thank you goes out to N18's granmother, who sent in a very large bag filled to the brim with box tops!  Keep saving and spreading the word to other supportive family members!  All of your efforts are making a big difference.  :)

All Star Team for 4/25-4/29

Team members not pictured:  N1 and H28

Homework 4-29

• Read 20
• Xtramath (HW for Friday, EC for Sat and Sun)
• Study States and Caps
• $1 Art Disc. T-shirt
• Last MAP test Monday
• Box Tops

Absent work:

• See me to make up your Math MAP test

Homework 4-27

• Read 20 min.
• Bring Fun Book for Reading paperless day tomorrow
• Finish thank you letter
• Grammar packet due tomorrow
• Xtramath
• Study states and caps
• School store tomorrow
• $1 Art Discovery
• Neighborhood Fitness Day tomorrow- Dress Appropriately
• Thursday Folder

Absent work:

• See me to make up the Reading MAP test for today
• Math book p. 349

Homework 4-27

• Read 20
• Grammar packet due Friday
• Xtramath.org
• Study States and Capitals
• $1 for Art Discovery T-shirt
• Bring recorder tomorrow

Absent work:

• Go on the blog.  Click on the link to vote for the student awards.
• Find a time to finish your photostory
• Math- See me to make up our quiz.

Neighborhood Fitness Day

This Friday we will have our 1st Neighborhood Fitness day.  Think about an activity that you think would be fun to play with the students in our neighborhood.  Think of an activity where students of all ages and ability levels will be able to have fun and be successful.  Type your suggestion into the Answer Garden below.  :) 

http://answergarden.ch/view/11823

Class Awards

Please click on the link below to complete the form for our class awards:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dC1IV3huTlJjZW41bGRpOE1iUWRycHc6MQ

Homework 4-26

• Read 20
• Grammar Due Friday
• Math 5-10 HW or Challenge
• Xtramath
• $1 for Art Discovery t-shirt
• Study states and capitals
• School store Friday

Absent Work:

• Please see me first thing in the morning to select your Wide World of Wonder sessions.
• Math p. 348
• Color and label your Western Region map

Homework 4-25

• Read 20
• Grammar p. 1 Due tomorrow
• Fractions worksheet - Change #5 (2/4 + 2/3).  Change #6 (1/3 + 3/4)
• Xtramath.org
• Finish Travel Bag
• Bring Recorder Tomorrow

Absent work:

• Find time tomorrow to go to the LRC to record your photostory
• Math p. 343-346

Adding Fractions with Uncommon Denominators

Study your States and Capitals....Animaniacs Style :)

So.....who do you think will be the first person to memorize this whole song?  :)

Recorder Concert

Thank you to all of the families who were able to come out and support our budding musicians.  The kids did a great job at the recorder concert this afternoon.  :)

All Star Team for 4/18 - 4/21

Homework 4-21

• Read 20
• Finish Be The First Essay final copy
• Xtramath (1 time today- EC for Friday, Sat, Sun)
• Bring in any research for pictures for the travel bag on Monday
• Bring in $1 for Art Discovery T-shirt

Absent work:

• Math Book 340-342

What are Ninja Toes??

Here is the site R17 shared in class today, Ninjatoes.  :)  Happy paper folding!  (M13.....try not to make them all in one night.  :)  )

Homework 4-20

• Read 20
• Sp Due tomorrow
• Recorder Concert tomorrow 1:00- Bring recorder and dress appropriately
• Xtramath.org
• Math 5-9
• Bring in any Travel Bag pictures you would like to use
• Please bring in $1 for your Art Discovery t-shirt
• Registration packet

Art on a Shirt???

For May's Art Discovery project, students will be studying Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night and then painting t-shirts.  The kids are so excited about this project.  To help support the cost of the t-shirts, please send in a $1 donation with your child.  Thank you!

Homework 4-19

• Read 20 min.
• Sp Due Thursday
• Writing-finish graphic organizer
• States and Capitals Test tomorrow
• Math 5-8 HW evens (Chall is EC)
• Xtramath.org
• Travel Bag- have research done for 3 boxes.  Bring in any additional research from home if needed.  You can bring in pictures if you'd like to.
• Be the First Parent Night Tonight 6:00-7:00 at MCC
• Bring your recorder and book tomorrow
• Recorder concert Thursday at 1:00 (make sure you have your recorder each day this week)
• Registration Packet
• Please send in $1 for Art Discovery T-shirt

Homework for 4-18

• Read 20 min.
• Sp Due Thursday
• States and Capitals Test Wednesda
• Math 5-7
• Xtramath.org
• Be the First Parent Night Tuesday 6:00-7:00 at MCC
• Spring pictures due Wednesday
• Recorder concert Thursday at 1:00 (make sure you have your recorder each day this week)
• Registration Packet

Homework for 4-15

• Read 20
• Study States and Capitals
• Xtramath.org
• Field Trip Monday- Be here on time and dress appropriately
• Practice Recorder

Absent Work:

• We presented some S.S. jigsaws today.  Please get any notes you missed from a neighbor.

Our All Star Team for April 11- April 15

Homework for 4-14

• Read 20
• Grammar Due tomorrow
• Math 5-7 HW #1-4, 9, 10, 12, 15 (addition problems only.  Please do not do the subtraction problems.  We will do those another day.)
• Xtramath.org
• Study States and caps
• Stuffed animal day tomorrow (must fit on the corner of your desk)
• School store tomorrow
• Practice recorder
• Box Tops- Thanks to Noah's Grandma we just added 200 Box Tops to our collection today!!!
• Thursday folder

Absent work:

• Math p. 333 (just do addition problems)

Homework for 4-13

• Read 20
• Grammar due Friday
• Math 5-6 HW- Challenge is EC
• Xtramath.org
• Study states and caps
• Recorder
• Stuffed animal day Friday (must fit on the corner of your desk)
• School store Friday

Our All Star Team!

Congratulations to this week's All Star Team!

Team Members not pictured:  D23

Homework for 4-12

• Read 20
• Grammar Packet Due Friday
• Math HW 5-5
• Xtramath.org
• Practice states and capitals
• Wear Red, White, and Blue tomorrow
• School store Friday

Going Green!

Last week our goal was to use 270 sheets of paper or less.  We far surpassed our goal and set a new record by only using 191 sheets of paper for the whole week!  We were 86% paper free last week!  We know this week's going to be a challenge with some of the activities we have planned, but we are going to continue to problem solve to reach our goal.  Thank you for all of your support at home! :)

Need Homework Help?

Below is the Prezi we used to learn about Common and Proper Nouns this week.  Take a look if you get stuck on your packet this week.  :)

Common And Proper Nouns on Prezi

Homework for 4-11

• Read 20
• Grammar packet p.1
• 5-4 HW or Challenge
• Xtramath.org
• Be The First Permission slips- Due Wed.
• Finish coloring Midwest map
• Recorder

Absent work:

• Read our class discussion we had during Reading on Edmodo.
• See neighbor for notes to add to Grammar Packet about common and proper nouns.
• Math p. 323-324
• Color and label Midwest map

Homework 4-8

• Read 20
• WEB project due Monday- Book, Book diary, Summary, Brochure, and be ready to present.  If you are turning your summary in electronically on Edmodo, remember to print a copy for yourself to read from for your presentation. 
• Postcard due Monday-See rubric
• States and Capitals Quiz Monday
• Finish Thank you letter
• Xtra math- Once for Friday  (Sat and Sun are E.C.)

Absent work:

• Problem of the Day 110- Extended Response
• Reread One Grain of Rice.  Use a calculator and the worksheet provided to see if you can calculate the correct amount of rice Rani has in the story.

Homework for 4-7

• Read 20 or work on finishing your WEB brochure
• Math 5-2 HW
• Postcard- finish ALL research or printing pictures at home- no research in class tomorrow.  We will just make our postcard in class tomorrow. 
• Be The First Letter and Permission slip
• Thursday folder
• Study States and Capitals

Absent work:

• See me to learn how to turn in an assignment electronically on Edmodo.
• Math Book p. 319-320
• Finish postcard research and start postcard for S.S.

Homework for 4-6

• Read 20
• Math 5-2
• Xtramath
• Gather state research information and pictures for postcard
• Study states and capitals
• Class Book Order due Thursday

Absent work:

• Create a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast One Grain of Rice to either In the Days of King Adobe or Emperor and the Kite. 
• Start making a flyer for your career information in Publisher (do at school- save to ST shared drive)
• Do p. 317-318 #1-10 in your math book
• Research the places you will "travel to" on your S.S. postcard project

Homework 4-5-11

• Read 20 or Book Summary Final Copy
• Math 5-1 HW
• Xtramath.org
• Study states and capitals
• Cover contest drawings due Thursday (optional)
• School store Friday
• Spring pictures due Friday
• Class Book order Due Thursday

Absent Work- If you were absent today, please make up the following assignments:

• Read One Grain of Rice in your reading book
• Math book p. 311-313
• Get Southeastern Region notes that we took in class today from a neighbor

Rockin' Recorders Program!

A note from Mrs. Durbin:

Your child will be performing in the upcoming Rockin' Recorders program on Thursday, April 21st, at 1:00pm.  At this concernt, four classes will be playing their recorders.  I hope you can attend and support your children in their efforts.  The children should be dressed for the occasion, and come prepared with their recorder and book.  Appropriate clothes should be nicer than school clothes.  Skirts for girls, dress pants and a nice top would all be considered appropriate.  Boys are welcome to wear ties, but it is not necessary.  See you then! 

Class Book Title Ideas

We are quickly finishing up our stories for our Class Book, but we need a title! If you have any ideas for the title of our Class Book, please post them below. We will vote tomorrow.

The title of our book is A Wild Adventure of Wonderful Books.  Great job stretching your brains and coming up with some fun titles!  Remember, drawings for the cover contest are due Thursday morning.  We will vote then.  Thank you!  :) 

How Was Your Break?

Spring break is such a great time for spending time with friends and family, relaxing, and finding time to play. It's also great to reconnect with everyone after our week off. At our house we took a trip downtown to check out the Shedd Aquarium. My kids loved trying to find a "Nemo fish" and watching the divers in the tanks. I would love to hear about your break! Share below one of your favorite memories from Spring Break. :)