Happy Halloween!

We had a great time at our party! We made Monster Mash sundaes, ate cookies, & played games. It was fun! We would like to thank the following moms: Mrs. Berry (Erin), Mrs. Berry (Sophia), Mrs. Reasor (Maggie), Mrs. Dewoody (Maggie's grama), Mrs. Jeanes (Cody), & Mrs. Eastham (Brooke) for helping us out at our party. We would also like to thank all of the parents who sent food & treats, it was greatly appreciated!!

Projects By Jen

We participated in another online project. We learned & revisited several concepts by participating in this project: measuring circumference, dictionary skills/lexicons, estimation, counting by 1's & 10's, making groups of 10's, the life cycle of the pumpkin, and much more. We used yarn to estimate the circumference of our pumpkin. Our pumpkin weighed 4.6 pounds. Mrs. J picked it out of the pumpkin patch during her yearly family trip to Livesay Orchard. We hypothesized whether our pumpkin would sink or float when put into water. We were surprised to learn that it floated!! We each estimated the number of seeds that we thought our pumpkin contained. We wrote down our estimatations. Mrs. J cut open the pumpkin and helped us scoop out the seeds, we worked in cooperative groups seperating the seeds from the pulp. We counted out seeds putting them into groups of 10. We then counted all of the seeds and were amazed to find that there were 741!!! We tasted some toasted pumpkin seeds and they were yummy!! We loved this project and can't wait for our next one that begins in December. You can also check out our posted results at http://www.jenuinetech.com/Projects/ps2008/ps2008results.htm.

50th Day of School!

Today we celebrated the 50th day of school with the theme "Twist & Turn Away From Drugs."

A Visit From Teddy

Teddy a police "drug dog" visited our classroom. He was born and raised in Germany. He lives & works along side Officer Graves. He even has his own police badge. Teddy is trained to smell and find all types of illegal drugs. His partner Officer Graves, talked to us about the dangers of drugs. We enjoyed their visit and learned a lot from both of them.

Tulsa Zoo Trip!

Neat Reading Web Site!

We found a great website where "stars" read stories alound online. Today we watched Stellaluna. It was so neat. Please check it out! The website is sponsored by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation

http://www.storylineonline.net/index2.html

Week of October 27-31

Mon: Spelling words & read your book(s) in your reading bag
Tues: Spelling words & read 1 story in your hard back reader
Wed: Word Sort & & read your book(s) in your reading bag
Thurs: Spelling words & both stories in your hard back reader
Fri: SPELLING TEST & READING TEST TODAY
PLEASE LOOK OVER & SIGN YOUR CHILD’S BEE BOOK NIGHTLY

A Peek At Our Week October 27-31

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I can’t believe how October has flown by!! We had a wonderful trip to the Tulsa Zoo last Friday. This week we are going to begin our unit on pumpkins. The unit will be another online project for us. We will post our pumpkin results along with other classrooms from across the world. In addition, we will conduct an experiment to see if pumpkins sink or float. During math we will be adding by 9’s, completing surveys, & telling time. Adjectives (describing words) will be our focus during language arts. We’ll be working in cooperative groups to research & write reports over another nocturnal animal, owls. Hope you can stop by our Halloween party on Friday! BIG NEWS: Admirable Alexa’s family will welcome a new baby boy this week! We can’t wait to see him!!

ZOO FIEILD TRIP RESCEDULED

10-15-08 UPDATE!!!! ZOO TRIP RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH.
We are headed to the Tulsa Zoo on Friday, October 24th! We will leave promptly at 8:25 & return 2:45. It is going to be so fun!!! The class t-shirts are in and I will pass them out on the morning of the fieldtrip. Please have your child dress according to the weather, jacket or sweatshirt if it is cool. Students will need to wear tennis shoes because we will be doing a lot of walking! Students may bring money for a snack or to purchase something from the Zoo Gift Shop. If you are planning on sending your child's lunch please remember to send it in a paper sack. We do not want to leave a lunch box at the zoo. If your child ordered a school lunch I will have it ready for them to take to the zoo. School lunches will be peanut butter and jelly, chips, & an apple. Last time we visited the zoo it was late March and it lightly snowed the whole day but was a fun time. Some of you with Multiagers from that year will remember that trip. Keep your fingers crossed for pretty fall weather, I know that I am :) Questions about the trip? Feel free to contact me.

A Peek At Our Week Oct. 20-24

WELCOME BACK! This week we are back to our regular schedule with the exception of Friday. We will finally go on our field trip! During math we will begin counting, adding, & subtracting using base 10 blocks. We will continue our focus on nouns (a person, place, or thing) in language arts & finish up our study of maps in social studies. We will learn how to write simple reports over animals, beginning with bats. We will also begin ACR (computer reading assessments) over independently read stories.

Week of October 20th-24th

Mon: Spelling words & read your book(s) in your reading bag
Tues: Spelling words & read both stories in your hard back reader
Wed: Spelling words & read your book(s) in your reading bag
Thurs: SPELLING & READING TEST TODAY!
Fri: FIELD TRIP TO THE TULSA ZOO!

See You Soon, It's Fall Break!!!

Studying Eric Carle (Author/Illustrator)

Dust Pan Award!

We won the Dust Pan Award this week during Gorilla Pride for having the cleanest room in the Green Wing! We were very proud of ourselves! Working together for a common goal paid off for us!!!

We Love Our T-Shirts!

RED RIBBON WEEK ACTIVITIES (Oct 27th-31st)

Greenwood will celebrate Red Ribbon Week (Saving No To Drugs) during the week of October 27th -31st.

Monday: 50's DAY - "Twist & Turn Away From Drugs" dress for the 50's.

Tuesday: SPORTS DAY - "Team Up Against Drugs" Wear your favorite team jersey.

Wednesday: CRAZY HAIR DAY - "This Is Your Hair On Drugs"

Thursday: CAMO DAY - "Battle/Fight Against Drugs"

Friday: COSTUME DAY/HALLOWEEN - "Say Boo To Drugs"

A Peek At Our Week Oct. 13-15

It is going to be a very short week for us! We will spend Monday and Tuesday engrossed in learning & Wednesday at the Tulsa Zoo. If it rains we will reschedule. We are keeping our fingers crossed for nice weather. During math we will be finishing up fractions. We will focus on nouns in language arts & continue our study of maps in social studies. I posted several new things on our blog so be sure to check them out. I hope you have a wonderful & restful Fall Break! Feel free to contact me anytime you have questions or concerns about your child.

Chili's Fundraiser Night - Oct. 14th

Greewood is hosting Chili's Night this Tuesday night. A portion from each ticket will be donated to Greenwood. I will be working outside handing out stickers from 4-5 pm. My daughter has a game that evening from 5-9, so I'm working the early shift. Check out their menu

http://chilis.com/ I hope that you can make it out to support our school!

Week of October 13th-15th

NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!! No Reading/Spelling Bags will go home this week. This is due to the three day week. Wednesday we will be gone all day to the zoo. We will be off on Thursday & Friday.

Mytery Reader...It's Mrs. Booth!

Today our Mystery Reader was Corteous Colton's mom, Mrs. Booth. She read us the book There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat. It was so funny! It was a rhyming book. The lady swallowed many unusual Halloween things. Mrs. Booth also brought foam Halloween shapes (bats, pumkins, skeletons, etc). The students drew their own old lady on paper then stuck on the foam shapes of what she swallowed. The drawings were adorable! As they were making them they were orally coming up with rhyming sentences having to do with what their old lady swallowed. "There was an old lady that swallowed a spider and the cat that was sitting beside her.", said Cole. "There was an old lady that swallowed a bat. Can you believe that!", said Ethan. There were many more great rhymes. Thanks for the great idea Mrs. Booth. We loved the story & activity!!

Fire Safety

Our unit of study this week was fire safety. The T-Quah Fire Department visited us on Monday. They brought their "Smoke Trailer." The trailer has a smoke simulator that uses steam. The students practiced getting out of the trailer, through the "smoke." The firemen gave the students coloring books & hats. They LOVED it!! They enjoyed looking at the fire truck & all of the equipment. We do plan on walking to the fire station in the near future for a tour.

Inside The Computer Lab

We go to computer lab every 6th day of school. During lab we work on Success Maker. It contains individualized reading and math programs. Each child works on his/her reading & math level. It is interesting to walk around and see what each child is working on. We wish that we were able to go more often. We have one computer lab that serves over 600 children pre-k thru 4th. We will really begin ACR (Accelerated Reader) next week in our classroom. ACR is a program where students read books from our classroom or school library then take an online test over the book. The students will earn Braum's reading certificates for the ACR tests they pass (yum!).

Welcome Mr. Barlow

We welcomed our new pre-intern Mr. Barlow on Tuesday. This is his first classroom observation experience. He is scheduled to come every Tuesday for 9 weeks. The students seemed to enjoy their new male teacher "role model." He was very patient with the students and very interested in learning about their daily routine, reading & math skills. We are excited to have him in our classroom!

Breakfast With Mom's

Wednesday was Breakfast with Mom's in the cafeteria. Here were the moms that I saw before the 7:55 bell. We are so glad that they could make it!