Word Problem Wednesday

Don't forget it is Word Problem Wednesday! Bring in your math homework for a BUGS sticker tomorrow! Solve the addition problem the same way we did in class today. Either use the 100's chart, or show your 10's and 1's.

SCIENCE: If you have a toy car at home - please bring it in for our next science experiment!



Simple Machines

We have been learning all about simple machines in Science!

Here is a game to play online to help you learn the names of "simple machines!"

Have fun!

Ps. Don't forget to "raise the roof" for Twitch! :)

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Murray

http://www.msichicago.org/fileadmin/Activities/Games/simple_machines/

Welcome Back

Welcome back everyone! I hope everyone had a great two weeks off and got to enjoy spending lots of time with your family and friends! I sure did!


Just a few reminders:

Next Wednesday we will be starting "Word Problem Wednesday"! Your child will have a math word problem to complete at home using pictures, numbers and words! Bring it back on Thursday and get a BUGS sticker!

Also, every morning I have my students do a simple activity during announcements and the first 15 minutes of settling in, attendance and agendas! I have been noticing some students socializing and not getting started right away! So I have made a new rule! If you do not get finished in that 15 minutes it will be homework! I will send it home with "Homework" in highlighter so you know it needs to be returned! Needless to say, after I told them the rule today I had a lot more handed in! Haha!

Also, I will be sending home some work from Term 1. As we get ready for report cards and Term 2, we will be doing some housekeeping and cleaning up!

Thanks so much!

Mrs. Murray :)

Christmas Reminders

Don't forget tomorrow is our Christmas assembly at 9:30!

Also, on Friday we will be celebrating Christmas with a party in the afternoon! Please feel free to bring in some peanut free snacks to help out with our party!

Thanks so much and Merry Christmas,

Mrs. Murray

 

Mele Kalikimaka

Here is our song that we will be performing at the Christmas concert! Please make sure to listen to it and learn the words and next week we will learn the Hawaiian dance moves!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtqN-blbDXY

If possible, please send in a box that we can use to wrap for our Christmas concert and any extra wrapping paper and bows that you may have hanging around!

Thank you so much for your help at home!

Have a great weekend! Goodluck at the malls if you are still Christmas shopping!

Mrs. Murray

Westfield Heritage - a Blast!

 

"This is the best day ever" said a student today! I think everyone agreed! We had a great time at the Westfield Heritage field trip, and then we had a blast shopping for our friends and family at the Christmas Store.

 

Above is a picture of where we practiced making gingerbread cookies and plum pudding! The students couldn't believe that the house had no electricity and the stove was a fire place! We also got to experience what school would be like in the 1800's and we also put on a play! It was a bit chilly but we still had a great time!

Christmas Store:
The Christmas store will be open again tomorrow so don't forget your money if you still have some shopping left!

 Mrs. Murray :)

PenPals

Today we wrote letters to our PENPALS! Each student has been given a PenPal to write to from Linden Park! We had a blast writing to them today and we can't wait to get letters back!

The picture above is our Celebrations and Traditions door display. It has everything we've learned about in Social Studies.The unit is coming to an end, but we had so much fun learning about different celebrations and traditions. This week your child will be presenting their celebration that they created - we have some great ideas!

Don't forget to get your pizza orders in! Pizza Day is Friday!

Mrs. Murray