We survived our first field trip!

This week, Third grade had our FIRST field trip! We ventured through downtown Wausau to the Grand Theater. We saw Scrap Art Music (here's their website)

 















 
Jonah exclaimed, "We went sledding in gym."
Ella screeched, “We had a field trip to the Grand Theater!”
Kobe howled, "We did a clover search with our Kinderbuddies."
Aidren yelled, "In gym, we slid around on scooters to knock down pins."
Reagan yelled, "I was able to go on stage at the Grand Theater to play with the performers."
Brett yawned,  "We tried balancing on balance balls in gym."                                                                     
Genna yelled” We got to pick what we wanted to do in gym.”
MJ whispered, "We went to see Scrap Art Music at the Grand Theater."
Mari exclaimed, "We made four leaf clovers with our Kinderbuddies."
Cody howled, "We used our five senses to describe Pop Rocks."
Jacob exclaimed, "We are writing a historical fiction journal/diary."
Amelia exclaimed, “we didn't have music on Monday because of a two hour delay!”
Shane yelled, "We did push ups in gym."
Courtney exclaimed” we had the cupcake sale on Tuesday 03-12-13 and on Wednesday 03-13-13 it was fun!    
Austin exclaimed, "We're writing a letter to the tourism department of the state we are researching."
Isaiah exclaimed, "We wrote about Pop Rocks."

Phing howled, "We are learning forces and motion in Science."

Elijah whispered, "We did jump-roping in gym."

Makenna screamed, "We had our timed test."

Rockin' Writing

                                              

With the help of our 5 senses, we turned a tasty treat into a wonderful descriptive writing project!

Spelling List 23

Listen for the base word and remove the suffix to break them down and write the word parts.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters, that is added to the end of a root (base) word such as:

                   •“ful” meaning “ full of”

                  •“er” meaning “one who…”

                  •“ness” meaning “state of being…”

Yellow List

1. near
2. hand 
3. fish
4. thankful
5. teacher
6. helper
7. careful
8. colorful

Blue List

1. careful
2. thankful
3. colorful
4. teacher
5. helper
6. sickness
7. smallness
8. dryness
9. near
10.  hand
11.  fish
12. happiness
13. wonderful
14. builder

Green List

1. grateful
2. happiness
3. wonderful
4. catcher
5. roughness
6. builder
7. thankful
8. teacher
9. careful
10. helper
11. near

February Awards!

Wow, 11 out of 20 students met their reading goal for last month! I'm so proud of you!

 Reagan*, Genna, MJ*, Jacob*, Amelia*, and Makenna* all received awards for having NO late work during the month of February.

 Ella, Jonah, Kobe, Aidren, Reagan*, Genna*, MJ*, Mari, Jacob*, Amelia*, Bethany, Shane, Courtney, Austin, Phing, Elijah, and Makenna* all received Above The Line awards for NO warnings during the month of February.

Our 'Students of the Month' for February are Ella and Amelia!

Science Fair Friday!

We had our Science Fair today! Nine of our classmates participated in this outstanding event.

Jonah yelled, "We had the Science Fair!"
Ella screeched, "We are learning the partial product algorithm in math."                          
Kobe screamed, "We got extra popcorn because of the Science Fair."
Aidren exclaimed, "We got to build cars at the Science Fair
Reagan yelled, "We had our science test."
Brett cried, "We went sledding in gym."                                                                          
Genna yelled, “We went snowshoeing in gym.”
MJ whispered, "We are starting a new Art project."
Mari exclaimed, "Scientists gave out participation medals at the Science Fair."
Cody exclaimed, "We are learning about Lewis and Clark in social studies."
Jacob announced, "We had our February awards today."
Amelia exclaimed, “We had a assembly for the 'Sleeping Beauty' show!”
Bethany yelled, "We got to see a turtle run a maze at the Science Fair."
Shane yelled, "We had our spelling test."
"We had Kinderbuddies," exclaimed Courtney.
Austin exclaimed, "We are doing historical fiction writing."
Isaiah yelled, "We got popcicles at the Science Fair."

Phing howled, "We got to see the fifth grade Science Fair."

Elijah whispered, "We got to use prisms in science."

Makenna screamed, "We're writing a historical fiction journal."

Spelling List 22

Listen for the base word and remove the suffix to break them down and write the word in parts.

A suffix is a word part added to the end of a base word. It adds meaning to the base word.
           · -ly,- meaning “in a way that is”
           · -able,- meaning “able to
           · -less,- meaning “without”

Yellow List-

1. hard
2. move
3. friendly
4. nameless
5. endless
6. helpless
7. slowly

Blue List-

1. friendly
2. nameless
3. move
4. endless
5. slowly
6. helpless
7. usually
8. hard
9. sadly
10. capable
11. workable
12. readable
13. breakable
14. proudly

Green List-

1. proudly
2. breakable
3. capable
4. worthless
5. rapidly
6. move
7. friendly
8. hard
9. weightless
10. usually

Welcome to March (and hopefully some warmer weather)

We enjoyed a short, but busy, week here at Riverside. We discussed what details are important when summarizing a story, took our Unit 7 Math test on multiplication and division, and finished up our Book Talk Voicethread projects. (Those can be heard here)

A few students were able to use some free time to make it down to the library to make note of something that happened this week:

Jonah screamed, “We went snow shoeing in gym and it was so fun!”
Ella screeched, “We watched a movie for Dr. Seuss day called 'Daisy Head Mayzie'! I loved it!”                                                                   
Genna yelled “We learned a new song in Music.”
Amelia exclaimed, “I found a box top on a Kleenex box!”
Courtney exclaimed, “We had our MATH test on Feb 26, 2013!!”

Dates to remember in March:
March 1st: No school
March 8th: Science Fair
March 14th: Field Trip to the Grand
March 25-29th: No school, Spring Break!

Fabulous Fable Reader's Theater

We have spent the last few weeks learning about fables. After reading lots of examples and writing our own fable stories, we acted some out in our Reader's Theater!

Here are the groups designing their background: 

Spelling List 21

Prefixes are added to the beginning of a base word. It adds meaning to the base word.
· dis-, meaning “not”
· pre-, meaning “before”
· non-, meaning “not”
· over-, meaning “above or beyond”

Yellow List:

1. nonstop
2. disagree
3. preheat
4. nonslip
5. overbake
6. done
7. live
8. head

Blue List:

1. nonstop
2. preheat
3. prewash
4. nonslip
5. disagree
6. disown
7. overbake
8. overdo
9. head
10. done
11. live
12. nonfiction
13. disobey
14. oversized

Green List:

1. nonfiction
2. disobey
3. disbelief
4. premeasure
5. prearrange
6. oversized
7. disagree
8. overdo
9. done

It was a coooooool week!

Jonah screamed,”We played mat ball in gym and I won a candy bar!”
                                 
Kobe exclaimed, “I finally started my second quiz in AR.”
Reagan yelled, “I broke the record in Mat Ball by running two times in a row, nonstop.”
Genna yelled, “We had a hard lock down drill.”
MJ  whispered, “We are working on a new art project in Art class.”
Mari exclaimed, “We had our spelling test!”
Cody screamed, “Our Kinderbuddies came to our room this week.”
Jacob announced, “I shared at presentations today. I shared my awards.”
“We got to play with a parachute in gym on Tuesday!” exclaimed Amelia. “We  had a room search with our Kinderbuddies for their site words.”
Bethany announced, “We are doing a book report on VoiceThread.”
Shane yelled, “We did our fable plays.”

Courtney exclaimed, “We played a card game in math and it helped us with our multiplication facts!”

Austin yelled, “We get to vote on the next read aloud book!”

Isaiah announced, “We played mat ball in gym.”

Phing roared, “I earned my orange belt in Recorder Karate.”

Makenna whispered, “We are almost finished reading ‘Humphrey’.”

Friday update!

Jonah screamed, “We got our suckers from the sucker sale!”
Ella screeched, “we are making hearts on a string in art.”
Reagan cheered, “we’re learning parentheses in math!”

Genna yelled, “we watch a valentine movie.”

Cody yelled, “we had gym today!”

Amelia exclaimed, “we had Jacob’s birthday.”

Courtney cried, “we had our spelling test today!”

Austin said, “we did gymnastics in gym.”

Phing shouted, “We had valentine day party this week.”

Makenna exclaimed, “we had our timed math test.’’

March dates to remember-
March 1st: No school
March 8th: Science Fair
March 25-29th: No school, Spring Break!

Spelling List 20

List 20 contains words that end with -er or -le. In words with more than one syllable,
                • The final /r/ sound is often spelled-er
                •The final /l/ is often spelled -le

Yellow List

1. little
2. summer
3. chapter
4. example
5. paper
6. later
7. able
8. November

Blue List

1. little
2. summer
3. later
4. purple
5. ever
6. chapter
7. able
8. November
9. example
10. paper
11. country
12. color
13. travel
14. mumble

Green List

1. icicle
2. thermometer
3. barrel
4. mumble
5. travel
6. color
7. chapter
8. November
9. country
10. example

January Awards

Today was the 100th day of school! The whole school participated in 'Pajama Day' to celebrate!

 

Wow, 15 out of 20 students met their reading goal for last month! I'm so proud of you!

 Reagan*, Amelia*, Courtney, Phing* and Makenna* all received awards for having NO late work during the month of January.

 Ella, Aidren, Reagan*, Genna, MJ, Jacob, Shane, Courtney*, Phing*, Elijah, and Makenna* all received Above The Line awards for NO warnings during the month of January. 

And our students of the month were Phing and Courtney!!!! Congratulations! Keep up the good work.

How to properly use an IPAD

Hey guys! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I got to hang out with this cool kid. I thought you would like to know how to properly use an IPAD. Aaron showed me how to use one ....

Spelling List 19

 List 19 contains words with the VCCV (vowel-constant-consanant-vowel) patterns with double consonants.

Yellow List:

1. middle
2. lesson
3. pretty
4. letter
5. dollar
6. button
7. butter

Blue List:

1. middle 
2. lesson
3. pretty
4. matter
5. butter
6. dollar
7. rabbit
8. button
9. different
10. letter
11. possible
12. opposite
13. dessert

Green List:

1. shallow
2. opposite
3. valley
4. possible
5. dessert
6. million
7. different
8. letter 
9. pretty
10. dollar
11. middle
12. matter

The week is ALREADY over?!?

This week we did our second and final round of the SRI testing. Parent-Teacher conferences continue for the rest of the week!

 
Jonah yelled,”We get Friday off!”         
Ella screeched, ”Austin’s finally better and back!!!”                                           
Aidren said, “We made maps in art.”
Reagan shouted, “Wednesday was digital learning day.”
Genna yelled, “We did a new thing in art.”
MJ yelled, ”We get Friday off!”
Mari giggled, ”We had a spelling test.”
Cody YELLED, “WE HAVE A 3 DAY WEEKEND!”
Jacob announced, ’’We’re learning new songs and new keys in music for recorders’’.
Amelia screamed, ”We had a ‘one day art’!”
Bethany wailed, “we are making bags for our valentine party!”
Shane announced, “My birthday was on Monday!”
Courtney shouted,’’We did a two tests in reading!”
Austin yelled, “It was a short week for me.”
Phing yelled, “We have a sucker sale for Valentine’s Day.”
Elijah exclaimed, “We made a scavenger map in art.”
Makenna screamed, ”We had a math test on Wednesday.’’
“We are making camping art in art,’’ yelled Brett.

Finally February!

We hauled in the Macbook Airs and tried out Googledocs today. This meant that EVERYONE was typing on the same document at once! We did it to share what we did this week....

Jonah yelled,”We had conferences!!!”
Ella whined, “We finished our art projects!”                                            
Kobe yelped, “We made paper heart owls today!”
Aidren said, “We made owls.”
Reagan exclaimed, “I came back this week from being sick YAY!”
Brett squealed, “We are making farms art in art class. yipee! We made owls in kinder buddies today!!”
Genna yelled, “We had a pizza party for AR. It was good.”
Mj whispered, “We are staring gymnastics.”
Mari whispered, “We worked on macbooks airs!”
Jacob squeaked,”We are starting gymnastics in gym!”
Amelia screamed, “It was Austin’s birthday!”
Bethany whispered, “We had our timed math test!”
Shane yelled, “The day before this was Awesome Austin birthday, yay!”
Courtney exclaimed, “We are learning a lot of new things in music class!”  
Phing yelled, “WE GOT PIZZA!”
Elijah whispered, “We finished our landscape project.”
Makenna exclaimed, “Brett brought in shells.”

Spelling List 18

List 18 contains two syllable words following the VCCV pattern. To spell a word with the VCCV pattern, divide the word between the two consonants.

Yellow List:

1.  invite
2. Monday
3. forget
4. order
5. mother
6. father
7. picture

Blue List:

1. invite
2. Monday
3. forget
4. napkin
5. garden
6. market
7. order
8. basket
9. mother
10. father
11. picture
12. sentence
13. distance
14. include

Green List:

1. distance
2. kitchen
3. sentence
4. include
5. danger
6. tremble
7. napkin
8. garden
9. picture
10. bargain
11. order
12. invite
13. mother
14. father

ATTENTION AWESOME AUSTIN!!

Today, January 30, 2013, Austin turns 9! Unfortunately he has been out sick all week. =[ We still had to wish you a happy birthday.....

We all hope you feel ONE MILLION times better Austin and that we get to see your awesome face tomorrow!

Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Amelia and Jacob for making it all the way to the Riverside Spelling Bee. You two did AMAZING! I am so proud of both of you. =]