Week in Review

1. We had our very first Northeast map quiz! AC
2. We got two compliments at the same time from two different teachers! This helped us to earn our first ten compliments for being model citizens. We get to choose a whole class reward! RB, MA
3. In math we are taking a road trip across the country. We have been using addition and subtraction to find out how far we are traveling and how long it will take us. We are figuring out how many stops we will have to make along the way. AC, WS, HP
4. We are celebrating my birthday today! I am 9 years old today! CO
5. This week we started band and orchestra lessons. MW
6. In gym class, we had two pacers tests. We had to run nonstop to see how far we could go. AN
7. We learned a new strategy for generating writing. It is helpful to think of a person, place, or object and then list small clear moments about them. KC
8. We are going to switch jobs and get trained for our new jobs today! WS
9. We had picture day this week. I can't wait to see how they come out! AA
10. Mr. Rechi came to visit us and said, "Good Morning Boys and Girls!" It felt like he never left! CV, KC
11. We will have our third model citizen time. I wonder what it will be? Ask us what we did! HP
12. This week we talked about the eleventh anniversary of 9/11. We watched a video that explained how it happened and who did it. GS
13. We are inducting lots of books into the Rock & Read Hall of fame. This is where we recommend books to others. FH, FD
14. We have been working on building our writing stamina. We are building our stamina just like runners do! AC, AA
15. We posted our reading goals so everyone can look at them and motivate eachother to achieve these goals! DS
16. In writing, we are turning watermelon stories, into small seed stories. These are stories that happen in about 20 minutes. GS

Week in Review 6/4 - 6/8

1. In Pictures of Hollis Woods, Hollis now has a family and has a little sister as well! HD

2. The LA Kings lead the Stanley cup 3 games to 1. They will play game 5 on Saturday.

3. We had our State Fair. I did Colorado and Henry had Hershey Kisses. It was a lot of fun. JP

4. I am so excited for meet and greet! I want to meet our 5th grade teachers! EK

5. We are all very excited for Mr. Rechi Day! OM

6. In Reading Workshop we working on developing a summer reading plan. JD

7. We found some websites for summer reading. I am going to use Shelfari this summer! EM

8. This is our last full week in review. RM

9. This weeks weather report, it started out muggy and got sunny towards the end of the week. SC

10. Wednesday was our field day and we came in 2nd for tug-o-war. HD

11. Today is the last Friday of the school year. JP

12. We celebrated Alex and Sam's birthday this week. LG

13. Everyone will miss me on the last day of school. OM

14. Miss Sproch received a name plaque and absolutely loves it! NC

15. We had a movie party of Wednesday and watched Rio! HD

Week in Review 5/29 - 6/1

1. We had Monday off for Memorial Day in honor of the soliders who fought for our country and passed away. HD & EK

2. At recess I made badminton paddles and birdies. It was a big hit! Today we will play doubles! DT

3. The girls made a play and started rehearsing. We are hoping to perform before the end of the year! EK

4. This weeks weather report... it was muggy and humid in the beginning of the week, but luckily it has cooled down and is nicer. SC

5. Emma and Elizabeth helped the first grade field day! EM

6. We are continuing to publish our state books! OM

7. In math, we are trying to figure out different boxes for 24 items using blocks. JD

8. Sport report: The LA Kings beat NJ Devils 2-1 in overtime, with Anze Kopitar with a breakaway goal. RP

9. We are starting to glue our state books together... they are really coming along! RM

10. We had our final Portraits of America for the West region.  We loved the picture of Las Vegas!

HD

11. Today we had a fun "word study." SB

12. In Hollis Woods, we found out why Hollis left Steven and she doesn't want to go back. EK

13. We played math games today! It was fun! JP

14. We are in the last month of the school year... time has really flown by! JA

15. We have 10 compliments and are working toward 20. JD

16. In reading workshop, we are reading partner books learning about social issues. OM
17. We are trying to walk quietly in the hallways to respect other classes that are working. JD

18. We celebrated my summer birthday yesterday. HD

19. Today was the Bach Concert for the 2nd graders. RP

20. There are 9 more days of school. JP

Week in Review 5/7 - 5/11

1. We had our music concert for chorus, band, and orchestra last night. During the day, we had a field trip to the rehearsal. I was featured in "Angry Birds" during the concert.  JP

2. We started discussing what social issues are in reading workshop. Social issues are problems that happen to many characters in books or many people in life. HD

3. We started drafting our state books. EM

4. We set a goal of how many pages we needed to get done each day in order to complete our project. We used division to figure this out! QG, DT, EK

5. We finished our maps for the State Books! NC

6. We are working on listening and following directions. OM

7. Yesterday, we combined all the classes and have 3 specials! JD

8. On Wednesday, in writing workshop we started our bibliographies using Noodlebib. JP

9. The first graders are having their musical. CC

10. We are ending are unit on money and are showing what we know on Monday. RM

11. We are finishing up with word study  and will soon have a test on our words. LG

12. We have a special activity... I wonder what it will be? RP

13. Wednesday was the first day of honors orchestra. JP

14. This weeks weather report, it was supposed rain, surprisingly the sun came out. SC

15. I wonder who are mystery reader will be...? OM

16.Hockey update... in the western conference the LA Kings and Phoenix Coyotes are playing and it is tied. The winner of this will go on and play the devils. PY

Basketball update the Sixers beat the Bulls, and the Celtics beat the Hawks. RP

Week in Review 4/10 -4/13

1. We started reading a new read aloud entitled Pictures of Hollis Woods.We also have a webpage to post our thoughts about the book. CC

2. We started playing on Studyladder.com. It is really fun and you can make your room! PY

3. Yesterday, we celebrated our Poetry by turning our classroom into a cafe and listening to poets. We signed an autograph wall! SB

4. Miss Sproch was the barista at the cafe! JP

5. We started a new unit in math learning about multiplication and division. We are learning LONG division! EM

6. I got the leftover donuts from the poetry celebration and I am eating right now for snack! DT

7. Spring break is HERE! JD

8. When we return from spring break we will start a new writing unit where we plan to write books! RM

9. It's my birthday! JA

10. Jim Bob is locked in my backpack now. JC

11. We saw Brazilian Dancers at an assembly. LG

12. In Hollis Woods, Hollis is starting to think she might want to stay with Josie and not run away. QG

13. We started reading about the Southwest region in Social Studies. We are going to make a 3D timeline! HD

14. Miss Sproch has a niece! Hello to Violet Ann! JP

15. We had a safety talk  and learned the safety yell. EM

16. We published our poetry in cursive. EM

17. In math, we are using division to figure out real life problems. JD

18. Wilson was rescued and saved, however, he is now in a sling. SC

19. I created and designed an cash box to organize Miss Sproch's money manipulatives. DT

Week In Review 3/26 - 3/30

1. We are almost finished with "Born to Fly." Bird is currently in the P-40 Warhawk and is going to try and save President Roosevelt. - EM
2. We have our Midwest map test today. -RM
3. Sunday is April Fools Day! -RP
4. We started a new project in math. We are creating a bike course for a fundraiser. -CC
5. We had Portraits of America and saw paintings from the Southwest. -OM
6. Today is Pencil Day. -LG
7. We are getting into the habit of writing poetry. -JA
8. We are presenting our midwest state projects. -QG
9. The weather has been nice outside. Wilson was born on 3/27/2012. -SC
10. Yesterday we went to an assembly to learn about Johann Sebastian Bach. -JD
11. Miss Sproch got her braces off! -EK
12. We are three weeks into books clubs and they are remarkable! -JC
13. We are trying to get our homework in. If not, we owe model citizen time. -PY
14. We earned a compliment when Miss Sproch was out. - AS
15. We cleaned out our desks and are neat and organized. -RP
16. I am in a book club with Miss Sproch. We are trying to finish the Hunger Games! -EM
17. Some of us have missed model citizen, but we are trying hard to get our work done so we can earn it back. -OM
18. Gym Bob the monkey came out of his cage (You have to ask Jack about this one)- JC
19. I am taller than Robert. -DT

Week In Review 3/16/12

1. We finished CMT's! EM
2. We started Poetry in Writing Workshop! RP
3. We are reading "Born to Fly" and the P-40 factory exploded! Who did it? RM
4. Some of us are very festive for St. Patty's Day. CC
5. We started book clubs. PY
6. Wednesday was Pi Day! SC
7. We started a new math unit and we are solving real life problems. OM
8. Spring is soon and the torture of daylight savings is over! DT
9. We are gathering information on midwest states in SS. JP
10. We switched classes for Science and are learning about forces of motion. LG
11. We have a test in band for trombone. RM
12. We have these pretty new hackin awesome tables! EK
13. We had a movie party! RP
14. We started playing games in word study on day 6! OM
15. We are making sure we read our book club assignments! JD
16. Super pencil eraser is doing alot more work on the mini white board. JC
17. I finished Rules in 5 days! NC
18. We built cars in science and measured how far they could go. EM
19. Our pencil sharpeners magically starting working agan! OM
20. St. Patty's Day is coming up. JC
21. We finished Hatchet. This was the fastest we ever read a book!  JP

Week in Review 2/6/12 -2/10/12

1. We are going to teach our nonfiction projects to different classrooms! -EK

2. There is 4 days until Valentine's Day! -EM

3. In fourth grade we collected 100 jars of jelly and peanut butter AND 200 boxes of cereal! We donated it to Fairfield County Food Bank. -RP

4. In writing workshop we are publishing our essays!- RM

5. Student Council had their first meeting today and we made valentines for veterans. -DT

6. Our next reading unit is book clubs and will get new reading partners! -JA & QG

7. We started new word study groups! -EM

8. We are trying to earn model citizen time this week! -OM

9. It is almost time for February break! -CC

10. We started CMT prep. -LG

11. We finished War Horse. Joey and Albert were reunited again! - RM

Week In Review 2/3/12

1. We celebrated Miss Sproch's birthday. Sam and Davis decorated my desk and smartboard! -HD

2. We started a new unit in math learning about perimeter geometric shapes. -CC

3. In reading we are becoming experts learning about a topic of our choice. We are going to get to teach anouther class! - RM

4. We have two new student council representatives (Davis and Elizabeth)- EK

5. We earned extra recess on Wednesday.- EM

6. We finished drafting our essays on to editing and revising! -QG

7. We received the 2013 Nutmeg nominees! -JP

8. Today is Spirit Day and we are all wearing jerseys from our favorite teams! -RP

9. This weekend is the superbowl! -OM

10. We voted on the blog who was going to win the Superbowl! -RM

11. On Monday, it will be the 100th day of school. -EM

12. Joey and Albert got back together! -LG

13. We are making estuaries in science. -JA

14. We are one compliment away from earning a whole class reward! -OM

15. We are having an author celebration with Mrs. Rongoes class!- EM



Week In Review 1/9 - 1/13

1. Today is Friday the 13th! (RP)

2. Sam C. moved his reading spot to under the easel. (He lives there now!) (SC)

3. In science we used computers to play food chain games. (HD)

4. We started our new reading and math log.(JD)

5. We are counting down the day until February break. (OM)

6. We get our homework on Monday now, and we know what we have to do for the whole week! (EM)

7. We are studying for our Southeast Map test on Wednesday. (EK)

8. I am first in 3 of the Arcademic Skillbuilders game. (JP)

9. We all have thesis statements in Writing Workshop (OM)

10. We still haven't moved our clips! (DT)

11. More than half of the class is going on the Nutmet Field trip!  (EM)

12. We have 12 kids in school today! (SC)



Week in Review

1. We started writing essays in writing workshop. (EM)
2. We have the geography bee today...GOOD LUCK JOHN PHIPPS! (RP)
3. We started reading nonfiction in reading workshop and are organizing our information using boxes and bullets.(LG)
4. We are learning about factors, products, and multiplication.(RM)
5. We are still having fun in Arcademic Skillbuilders! So much fun! (PY)
6. We are organzing apple displays for Palmer's Market (NC, OM)
7. We are finishing up our posters in math. (CC)
8. We had a great start to 2012! (SC)
                                                                                     9. Some of us are reading on our new
                                                                                     kindles& nooks!
                                                                                     10. No one moved their clip! (RM)
                                                                                     11. We are still trying to work on not talking during
                                                                                     transitioning. (New Years Resolution!) (SB)
                                                                                     12. We made new reading goals! (JA)
                                                                                     13. We switched for science and are learning food
                                                                                     chains with Mr. Seek! (DT)
                                                                                     14. Miss Sproch rearranged the room and it looks
                                                                                     phenominal!  The interior decorations are
                                                                                     extraordinary...spot on!(SC)

Week In Review

This is our first published week in review! Take a virutal step inside our classroom and see what we explored...

*Lots of kids love Miss Sproch's new blog! -JC
*We are working on not talking during our buslines. -RP
*We have been working on quiet and quick transitions. We earned 11 compliments! -DT
*We are learning about fractions in math. -JD
*We earned our movie party and are celebrating with popcorn. -RM
*We finished our realistic fictions rough drafts...on to editing and revising! -LG
*The chorus and orchestra did a GREAT job in the holiday concert. -CC
*We had fun wearing santa hats, reindeer ears, elf hats, and even a christmas tree hat! -OM
*We finished learning about electricity and circuits. Our next unit is food chains with Mr. Seek. -HD
*We found out that Miss Desoto dumped Ruth's pie out the window. Is she really a reporter?-SB
*Most of the class has read 8 Nutmegs, and we are continuing to read them. -JA
*In "The Tiger Rising" Rob's dad found out about the meat! -QG
*We love the new math arcade games. We are in competition against eachother! It is a lot of fun! -EM