I have been telling the students that we would be getting a class pet and today was the day it arrived.  We have a small dwarf hamster.  She is really cute.  Today the students enjoyed watching her and some were brave enough to touch her!  (we all washed our hands.)

I am excited for the students to use this opportunity to learn about living things and what they need to survive.

Video of Princess moving in her ball.

We voted on a name….. and her name is Princess!

Everyday students have 5 choices of literacy activities they will be working.  One group is always working with the teacher.  The others consist of different learning activities like working on sight word, decoding words and listening to reading.  Amara and Fatima looked so natural reading this morning I had to take their picture.  ALL my students rotate through the centers so nicely.

All students were placed in a group and had to find 8 different things inside meijer.  Some of them even managed to get to the bakery for a free cookie!

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

We also bought a new fish for our classroom tank.  It is a special fish to help keep the tank clean!  Students were really watching as the Meijer employee retrieved the fish for us.  

The students get so much out of these Community trips.  I am very thankful we have the chance to go on them!

We learned a new math game to help with addition facts.  Suhar, Basheer and Alaa had a fun time practicing their math skills as they played this game.

OUR SCHOOL GOAL: To raise $250.00 for adoption fees

HOW: Students bring in dollars to donate!

DATES: Monday, March 14th-Wednesday, March 23rd

EXPLANATION:

2 Categories:

• Mrs. Randall, Mrs. Slack, K, 1st, and 2nd (excluding Parana’s class): Compete with each other for the MOST dollars in their boxes
• 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade (including Parana’s full class):  Compete for the LEAST amount in their boxes!!

WHAT???? LEAST AMOUNT?

Yes! Each class will collect their dollars in the morning and then put them in another classes’ box so the box fills up with dollars. This takes strategy. Everyday at lunch, Ms. Shaw will pick up the boxes and graph the dollars collected on the front hallway bulletin board. Our class will check the  board to see who has the least amount of money,  then we will stuff that box with dollars!

Winners: The 2 classes that win will receive 15 minutes extra recess with Ms. Shaw!

A box can be found in our classroom!

We had another successful trip to the library today.  After some time exploring…

all the students gathered in the tree house to listen to “Splish, Splash Splat”.

After the story we went back to a table and used some stickers the librarian gave us of eyeballs to create a picture of a character from this story or from a favorite story.

ALL of the students really enjoy the library.  They are very accommodating and there is so much there for the students to read and explore.  Hopefully you can take them there one day and they can get a library card.  All of  my students would feel very proud with their own card and the ability to check out any book they want!

Take a look at the link page of this blog.  You will find 2 new math links for you to do with your kids!