March

For Read Across America, Alexis' brother, who played on the high school football team came in to read to our class...

Then we made Lorax flower pots...

My mom, Mrs. Sheppard, also came in toread  and do a seed activity.

We also had a special guest reader, Miss Kathy, come to read. Chelsea got to act out one of the stories.

We also shared our timeline projects.

We started our science unit on sound...

January/February

Finally have the chance to add some pictures!

Here's one from the Jingle Jam...

We had our multiplication ice cream celebration in February...

Nathan with his Valentine Day box monster.

Open House

Thanks for everyone who came out to the Open House!  It was a great turn out.  Hope you had fun "Kicking Off the New Year!"

Christmas Concert

Great job at the Christmas Concert tonight!

Snowflake

Snowflake, Room 13's Elf on the Shelf, is back! Check out this website to learn more about Elf on the Shelf traditions and be on the look out for Snowflake's antics!

How to Blow a Bubble

This week we will wrap up our unit on Sequencing by writing "How-to" paragraphs.

We practiced writing a "How-to" paragraph in cooperative groups. Can you guess what our paragraph was about?

You guessed it...How to Blow a Bubble! Here were some of the finished paragraphs and our art project.

Disguise a Turkey

One of my favorite projects is Disguise a Turkey. Students took home a turkey template and created a unique disguise so their turkey wouldn't get eaten on Thanksgiving. We used them as inspiration in writing to use quotation marks with what the turkey might say.

Here are some of the most unique...

Oreo Moon Phases

To extend our learning about the moon, we used Oreos to make the phases.