Bell Work- Math Games

Making Change

Count the Money

New Unit

Last week we finished our learning about national landmarks.  This week we will begin a new unit on Ohio plants and animals.  Your child will be the newest Ohio plant and animal expert!  Below is an introduction to our unit.  Make sure you ask your child which plant/animal they want to investigate.

Introduction

Boy, are we in trouble!  All of the Ohio Animal and Plant experts have left for a special mission!  There is no one here who can help all the people learning about our Ohio Animals and Plants! You are registering to become an emergency Ohio Animal and Plant Expert! Your goal is to become an expert on one Ohio animal and plant of your choice and save the Ohio Animals and Plants Project!

Tasks

• Your job is to research our Ohio Animals and Plants by working through this informative project through 3 levels.
• You will need to solve a Scavenger Hunt to help guide you through the animal knowledge to become an expert.
• With the information you collect, you will create a trading card for the animal of your choice.

Process

• First, you will preview the possible Ohio Animals and Plants to which you will become an expert.
• Second, you will become the sole investigator and explore the many facts you will need by reading the information in Level 1. You will need to print out the task and answer the Scavenger Hunt riddles. You will hand this in to your teacher.
• If you pass the initial Ohio Animal and Plant Expert Checkpoint, you may continue to Levels 2 and 3 where you will prepare your information to use on your trading card. The trading card will be given to you by your teacher and returned to your teacher completed.

End of 3rd Quarter

This week marks the end of the 3rd quarter.  I can't believe we are starting the last quarter of the school year.  Time is flying by!  Please be on the look out for report cards coming home the first full week of April.

Spelling Practice At Home

Please remember to practice your spelling patterns during the week.  You will have a "Show Me What You Know" on Friday.  Your goal should be to play 1-2 nightly on the Daily 5 Computer Sites Page.  Happy Learning!

Can you put the Lincoln Memorial back together?

Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument Puzzle

Lincoln Statue

5 dollar bill

Lincoln Scrambler

Our Wheel of Wow P.J. Jam!

The students enjoyed their Wheel of Wow P.J. Jam on Friday. We celebrated our excellent behavior with a little dance party. The students also presented Mrs. Hoffman with her goodbye gift and hugs. Below are videos from the dance party and our class gift to Mrs. Hoffman.

Literacy Night...TONIGHT!

I hope to see you and your family tonight at the Literacy Night! It is a wonderful free event for our Amelia families.  Your child will receive a free book, snack, and a seat at the best puppet show around.  See you tonight!

The Great Mail Race

Today we finished finding schools to mail our letters to for the Great Mail Race.  We will be sending them out this weekend.  Hopefully we hear something back soon!

National Landmark Models

This week we have had so much fun continuing our learning about national landmarks.  The students have been completing their landmark pamphlet to summarize their learning. They have also been creation the landmarks out of  play dough! Below are a few pictures of our creations from yesterday...the Jefferson Memorial. Enjoy. 

National Landmark Tour

On Monday, we began our "Information Meeting" about our bus tour to D.C. and New York to explore national landmarks.  The students enjoyed videos about each place and were excited to visit.  Below are pictures of students posting notes to our KWL chart about national landmarks and learning from Google Earth.

Measurement Practice

This week we began our study on measurement. Your child has been practicing using CM and INCH rulers to find accurate measurements. We have also worked on finding equivalent measures for a foot and decimeter.

Homework 3-14/3-18

Homework Calendar
Match It!
Missing Letter
Sentence Writing
* If you need an extra copy of the Home Link Math packet please let me know.*

Our New Project! The Great Mail Race

The Great American Mail Race is a project in which students “race” to get letters across the country to as many different states as possible before the end of the school year. This ongoing activity reinforces letter writing skills, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure, as well as map skills in a fun and interesting way! Click on the Great Mail Race page for more details!

Measurement Unit

For Math we will start to investigate measuring.  Please visit the website below to practice many types of measuring.

Measurement
Fun Brain Measure
CM Practice
Inch Practice
Vocabulary Match

Daily 5 Computer Sites

Here are the Daily 5 computer sites for today. Enjoy.

Pearson Activities

Sentence Match It

Sentence Unscramble

Which Word

Crossword Puzzle

Word Search

Hang Mouse