Newsletter 2-1-12

The Green Meadow Gazette

February 2, 2012

Upcoming & Important Events:

·        Friday, February 3^rd – Dismissal at 12:30

Classroom News:

Lindsey: Last Wednesday Mrs. Small and Mrs. Bator came in to our class. We talked about bullying. They read us a story called The Secret Bully.

James: Yesterday we started division. We used division bears on the Smartboard. We dragged counters into circles to make equal groups. I thought it was easy.

Reese: Yesterday at school a storyteller came and told us stories about bullying. The book was called Once Upon a Time. We were in the lunch room when she read to us. One story was about a rat in the woods who bullied animals that were smaller than him. Then there was a story about a boy who was playing a came and had to think of mean words to say. The last story she told us was about 3 butterflies who were different colors and had to hide but the flowers were different colors. My favorite story was the rat story.

Joseph: Once we read a book called Moe McTooth. We read this book because we were practicing for MCAS. It was about a cat that lived outside and it did a lot of things that were fun. But then winter came and Moe McTooth was lonely. Then he was sleeping outside and a young woman came and carried him to her house. In the spring, the cat ran away because he missed being outside but then he was lonely again. He went back to the house and the woman hugged him. Then they both stayed inside during the day and went out during the night. That’s the story. I hope you liked it.

Kyleigh: Today I’m going to tell you about writing cursive e and l. They both look like a loopy loop.  We practiced writing them together, like el, and le, but in cursive.

Alonso: On Monday we had an assembly. It was about bullying. It was a long one too. We learned what the core values are at Green Meadow. I liked this assembly because Tony the Tiger was there too.

David: We learned about division in Math. One strategy is that you can put circles with dots in them. For example, if you had 6 divided by 2, you’d draw 2 circles and give out 6 dots to each one. Then you count how many are in one circle.

Vinny: Last week in Library we went on the computers and Mrs. Patino read us a book. On the computer I did Starfall. I made a funny snowman.

Kyle: Our class sometimes gets postcards from different places. This week the class got one from Louisiana. Then we colored it in on our map.

Robbi: Last week we started to make Valentine cards for the veterans and soldiers. What I wrote was, “Hi, my name is Robbi. Thanks for keeping our country safe.” Then we decorated the cards and now we are going to send them.

Thomas: In Math, we took the subtraction test. In the subtraction test there were subtraction problems and a bar graph problem.  When we were done with the test we read or worked on unfinished work.

Dorinda: Yesterday we did our February calendars for homework. We write what we do in that month. We do it to learn more about people. I like doing the February calendars because we learn more about the people in our class.

Cara: We have been reading Swindle. We stopped at where Griffin was trying to get into the building where Swindle (S. Wendell Palomino) had his store. Ben was in a box that was delivered to the store. They waited until Swindle left to pop out and look for the baseball card.

Morgan: This week we had Art. We have to rush because we need to paint our clay homes. So right now we are finishing our book homes.

Graham: Last week we watched a Dr. Martin Luther King movie on Brainpop. It was about his life and what he believed in. I liked it because they just kept moving no matter how many people tried to get in their way.

Hannah: This week we received a few more postcards and two of them were from North Dakota and South Dakota. Now, the only state we have left is Idaho. We might just fill up the whole map! (If we get a postcard from Idaho)

Samantha: On Monday my mom (Mrs. Grundstrom) came in for Yoga. We worked on Warrior one and Warrior two poses. Next we went back to our desks and listened to a meditation about biking.

Henry: In Writing Workshop we have been working on our realistic fiction stories. Once you finish your sloppy copy you go onto typing. I already finished typing so I need to draw the pictures. You also can choose your font. Your font is what your words look like. There is cursive, bubble letters, and small bubble letters. My story is about a person named Buddy Duddy who has friends that go to the Fenn School but he goes to Fowler so he is struggling to find a new friend which is sort of the story. Most of the people he asks are mean to him except for one named Jack. Buddy plays soccer and really likes the soccer players Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, and Christano Ronaldo. He likes the teams Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Rory: In Math we have been learning about division. We played a game about division on our white boards with dice. Say you rolled an 8 and a 2, you would do 8 divided by 2. You would draw 2 big circles and then see if you could put 8 in the circles without having any remainders. If you could do it evenly you would get a point but if you couldn’t then you wouldn’t get a point.

Brianna: This Tuesday we had Gym with our class and a 1^st grade class. Ms. Hazel, our gym teacher, said, “We are going to play dodge ball!” So we got excited. Then she told us all the rules and then we played. It was a lot of fun.

Hunter: Last week in Music we played Stella Ella Olla. You play it like this: in a small group or a big group in a circle with one hand on top and one hand on the bottom. Then you sing the song while you play.

Ms. Little:  We have just begun our division unit in math. Practicing multiplication and division facts with a family member at home will help your child become automatic with their facts for multiplying and dividing within 100. On another note, thank you to families who have contributed items to our classroom supply. We are still running low on disinfecting wipes and dry-erase markers and would greatly appreciate any donations. Enjoy the weekend. J