Reader's Theatre & Choice Time

This week students had a chance to perform a reader's theatre play for the second time this year.  Earlier this year students performed fall themed plays.  This time around students read spring themed plays to the class.  Everyone worked very hard all week long practicing and did a great job performing on Friday!

 

 

Here's a few photos of some of this week's choice time fun!

 

Space, Writing, & Teddy Bear Day

It's been a very busy week!!  Here's some new photos of everyone in our class! 

Earlier this week we practiced adding detail to our writing.  Students were given a prompt and then had to add information to make their writing more exciting.  Here's a few samples. 

On Wednesday we said goodbye to one of our classmates.  She is moving back to China with her family.  We will miss her very much!

This week we have continued learning about space.  Here is our new bulletin board with the constellations students created while learning about stars.

We have taken several days this week to learn about the planets in our solar system.  Students had a chance to paint planets using watercolors.

Then they put them in order to create their own solar systems.

Students have been very curious during our space unit and very excited about everything we have been learning!   Several students have created solar system drawings in their journals during quiet time.

Yesterday was Teddy Bear Day in our classroom!  Students had fun having their bears with them all day long.

Students had a chance to draw a picture of and write about their bears.  They are all becoming great writers!!

In library students have been working hard doing research on a Minnesota animal.  They will be writing reports that they will share during our big Minnesota program at the end of the month.

After checking their books out in the library students had a chance to read to their bears in the story circle!

We ended the day yesterday by attending an all school assembly to celebrate our March for Others Food Drive.  As a school we collected over 1,000 items for the food shelf at Roseville High School.  Thank you to those that donated!

Sorting by Color & Sun Poems

In math we have been continuing to learn about sorting.  On Tuesday students practiced sorting different objects by color.

This week we started a new unit on space.  So far we have learned about the sun, moon, space rocks, and stars.

Earlier this week we wrote poems about the sun.  We wrote some of the poem together and then students finished up on their own.  In their poems students included words that describe the sun and actions that the sun can do.  After writing their poems students created collage artwork that featured the sun.

Sorting by Size & Main Idea Writing Projects

This past week in math we began learning about sorting.  So far we have practiced sorting by size and shape.  Here's students working with partners to sort by size.

Students worked extremely hard last week on main idea writing projects about their favorite seasons.  In their projects students included a topic sentence and two details about the season they chose.  Each student created both a rough draft and a final draft.