The Green Meadow Gazette
March 1, 2012
Upcoming & Important Events:
· Friday, March 2nd – Dismissal at 12:30
· Friday, March 2nd – Read Across America Day
Classroom News:
Morgan: In Art we were drawing ourselves doing some type of pose. I did cheerleading. We drew it on this clear piece of paper that you could melt the crayon wax onto. You could melt it onto a piece of paper or a piece of fabric. You could only use one type of crayon called a fabric crayon.
James: Yesterday we read How Matter Works booklets. It told us that everything is matter. But what about anti-matter? I enjoyed reading the booklets. They had 16 pages including the glossary. The glossary had 10 words. The booklets told us that atoms are tiny particles of the elements. I enjoyed learning some new facts.
Robbi: Last week we had a week-long vacation. I did a lot of things. When we got back to school we shared something we did over the vacation. People did some crazy fun things like rock climbing! I went to my cousin’s house and played Xbox 360 and PSP.
Hunter: In Math we took a test. It was a hard test. One of the questions on it was Bobby and his friend each had 9 bags of chips and there were 6 Boy Scouts. How many bags of chips did each Boy Scout get? So you had to add 9 + 9 = 18, and then do 18 divided by 6.
Kyle: In class we have book bags. At Literacy we can read the books in them to ourselves and we call it Read to Self. We can also read to a partner and we call it Read to Someone. If your partner wants to read one of their books they can, or you can read the same book together.
Lindsey: A couple weeks ago our class signed a heart card. We signed it to promise that we would follow the core values of our school. The three core values are safe, kind, and learners. Then, the tiger came into our classroom and Aiden gave the card to the tiger. I liked when the tiger came in.
Vinny: On Monday we did spelling. I have ten spelling words. On Friday we will have a spelling test. Some of my words are fudge, smudge, and bridge.
Thomas: In Math we learned how to tell time to the minute. We looked at clocks on the Smartboard and we needed to tell the time to the nearest minute. 8:47 is the time to the minute right now.
Hannah: Yesterday we had MCAS practice for homework. We usually do MCAS practice at school but it takes up a lot of our time so we started doing some of it for homework. For the homework, we read about marine iguanas, answered some questions, and wrote about them in an open response question. Since we had two nights to do it, we could read and answer the questions one night and write the open response question the other night. It is a good idea to do MCAS practice at home instead of school.
Cara: Before vacation on Friday we had recess. When the whistle blew we lined up. Our class and Mr. Mehigan’s class were in line when Mr. Mehigan yelled, “Extra recess!” Then we had ten more minutes of recess.
Brianna: We worked really hard on Friday so Ms. Little let us have Friday Free Time. Friday Free Time is when we have extra recess inside at the end of the day. We could play games, build with blocks, or draw on our white boards.
Samantha: This week we read Swindle. We are on chapter 26. Griffin, Ben, and the team stole the Babe Ruth card back out of Swindle’s house. I like the story so far.
Joseph: Once we went to first grade buddies. We read to them for half an hour. I have Judson and David in my group. One of the books we read was called Zack Power. At the end, we waved goodbye and went back to our classroom.
Kate: Yesterday in Gym we practiced holding a hockey stick. Then we got balls with holes in them. We pushed the balls a little bit from one side and then we pushed them to the other side. When you thought you were good at it you could start walking around doing it. Before we did that, we did some relay races.
Kyleigh: The week before vacation on Wednesday Ms. Little’s class went to Library. We went online to a website to learn about the Underground Railroad. We read paragraphs about it. When I was done I went on Brainpop Jr. and watched the movie of the week about a woman who got hit in the face with metal. It was a sad story.
Aiden: This week in cursive we learned lowercase s and j. s looks like a ship. J looks like an i but with a loop. I like cursive because it is a different way to write.
Dorinda: Before February vacation some people went to the library to choose prizes for Reading Counts. Only 4 or 5 people went down to the library. There are only 8 prizes. It’s fun doing Reading Counts because I like reading.
Rory: The week before vacation some of us read to Kindergarten classes. I read the book Happy Endings. I read by myself to Mrs. McPhail’s class. Some people read together.
Graham: Last week in Music we had choices to play different songs on our recorders. I forgot my recorder so I took an extra one from the basket that you couldn’t put your mouth on. I played Juba. Then we went back to the classroom.
Alonso: Yesterday we received two postcards from Texas and Canada. We already have postcards from those places. I think it’s been awhile since we filled up the United States map. I like getting postcards!
David: In Math we learned about elapsed time. It means how much time goes by. For example, if we come to school at 8:00 and it ends at 3:00, how much time went by? We practiced on the Smartboard with clocks.
Reese: Yesterday in our classroom we had a publishing party for our realistic fiction stories. Through the past few months we have been writing stories. After we finish our stories we have a publishing party! Mr. Mehigan’s class came in and read our stories. They wrote extraordinary comments.
Ms. Little: We have been practicing for the Language Arts portion of MCAS at school as well as for homework. The expectations for the assignments have been discussed in class; therefore, students should complete the MCAS homework independently. Please contact me with any questions or concerns. Enjoy your weekend. J
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