Wood and water

Featured Pet:
This is Cooper's pet Landon.
He just likes to rest and not play.
He is special because he likes to rest.

Hooray Cody!  We are so proud  you moved to second base on sight words.

Here is Norah playing a sight word  game to reveal a secret picture. Notice, Norah sees her shadow!

Today we did experiments with two kinds of wood- cedar and particle board.
Particle board is made from wood but it is a mixture of sawdust and glue- Keaton
It smells stinky- Gabby

We used eyedroppers to make observations about what happens when wood gets wet- Lawson

On the particle board water stayed on top like a big bubble- Lawson
If you tipped  the wood it soaked in- Cody
If it soaks in the wood gets a little darker- Leah

Water on the cedar soaked in but on the particle board it took awhile- Benson
The water beads up- Leah
When water sinks int to a material we say it absorbed.

SUPER-day

Way to go Caden! Caden just got to 3rd base on his sight words. Is that why you are wearing a
SUPERman shirt?

This is Mrs. D'Amico, she is subbing for Mrs. Teeters who is in Florida.  Welcome Mrs. D'Amico and we hope Mrs. Teeters and her family have a fun trip:)

Today we worked on summarization using the beginning , middle and end of a story.

Thanks for sharing your kisses Paige!

We are working hard everyday and having fun along the way!

Groundhog Day!

Checkout where the Aber family was last year.  Kloey and her family were lucky enough to visit 

the most famous groundhog- Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania.

In Science today we learned about groundhogs.
They are great diggers- Cooper
Their underground home is called a burrow- Keaton
They are also called woodchucks- Tayte
They eat trees, plants and flowers- Carly
Beavers and woodchucks have different tails- Gabby
Groundhogs whistle if they are in danger- Jake
Sometimes groundhogs are called whistle pigs!

Will the groundhog see its shadow? On our class graph one student predicted yes. Most thought it would not.
You need the sun to see a shadow- Benson
Guess what...

Spring is coming! Wisconsin groundhogs do not see their shadows, predict early spring
fox6now.com‎ - 2 hours ago
Two groundhogs in Wisconsin did not see their shadow on ... Wynter, the Milwaukee County Zoo's resident groundhog, also did not see ... the celebrity rodent did not see his shadow in Sun Prairie either.

Our superstar! We loved learning all about you Paige!

Today in math we focused on the subtraction symbol and what it means. We really loved playing a math game called disappearing train to practice our subtraction skills.

Featured Pet:
Meet 8 year old Chloe.  She loves to play and wag her tail when she is happy. Chase and Norah think she is special because she gives lots of kisses!

Welcome February!

We started the day with a writing assessment. We sure have become great writers. It was amazing to look back and see what we did on the same assessment in September!

We worked on adding s to make singular words plural. We talked about one and more than one and read a book about birds that helped us practice the rule.

Here's Cooper being super!

Gabby and Norah rockin rainbow words.

More than one reader- readers!

We decorated lovely valentine bags to be filled with our classmates valentines! Alyssa made the first deliveries. Your child may bring their valentines any day now!

Featured Pets

This is Gigi.
She is Ryker's pet.
She is 13 years old and likes to run.
She is special because "she is our girl!"

These are Keaton's rottweilers.
This is Arcadia.
She is 4 and likes to play ball.
She is special because she likes company.

Meet Grunt!
He is  4 too and likes to play with rope.
He is special because he is very loving.