The Green Meadow Gazette
March 22, 2012
Upcoming & Important Events:
· Friday, March 23rd – Dismissal at 12:30
Classroom News:
Brianna: In Math this week we learned about angles. Angles are made by two rays that have the same endpoint. We also learned about vertices. A vertex is the corner of the angle. An acute angle is less than a right angle, a right angle looks like an L, and an obtuse angle is greater than a right angle. I enjoyed learning about it and I think everyone else enjoyed it too.
Lindsey: Yesterday Ms. Little read us The Tale of Despereaux. In The Tale of Despereaux, Roscuro persuades Miggery Sow to think she can be a princess. Miggery Sow is a girl who was traded for a red cloth. What just happened is Miggery and Roscuro kidnapped the princess and took her to the dungeon.
Kyle: Sometimes our class receives postcards from different places. Someone named Kyle received two postcards from Kentucky and one postcard from Washington D.C. One of the postcards from Kentucky is at Kyle’s house and the other two postcards are at school.
Robbi: In Writing Workshop we have been working with our essay partners. My essay partner is Kyleigh. We have been writing about staying healthy. I helped her by giving her an idea. For example, to stay healthy you should eat a lot of veggies and fruit.
Joseph: The last time we read Time for Kids we read two magazines. One of them was about snowy owls. I forget what the second one was about but it looked interesting.
Thomas: Last week we had Gym. First we warmed up by running, walking backwards, and galloping. We do 4 things when we warm up. Then we played Freedom Ball. How to play is there are a few taggers and when you get tagged you sit down. Someone can help you if they have a freedom ball.
Alonso: Last week we went to Mr. Mehigan’s class for their publishing party. I read a bunch of stories! We all gave specific comments and compliments for their stories. I didn’t read all of the stories but they were all good!
Kyleigh: Yesterday in Ms. Little’s class we were doing Writing Workshop in small groups. All of the groups worked with Ms. Little. My thesis is that exercising and staying healthy is important. Here are some of the ways you can write sentences to make your thesis make sense: “For example…” or “This makes me realize…” or “Another example is…” or “I used to think but now I realize…” or “The reason for this is…” There are more but I only listed five.
Dorinda: This week we have no homework because this week we have the MCAS test. If we had homework and the MCAS we would have a lot of work to do. Ms. Little said we should go to bed early, have a good breakfast, come to school on time, and read 15 minutes each night. That’s our only homework.
Hannah: Lately in Math we have been studying congruent shapes. Congruent shapes are two shapes that are exactly the same no matter how much you slide them, flip them, or turn them. They are still the same shape, just slid, flipped, or turned. If you slide, flip, and turn a shape, it will be congruent, but if you shrink a shape is it not the same. It was interesting to learn about congruent shapes.
Henry: Lately in Writing Workshop we have been writing mini-stories about our thesis. I wrote a whole page for each of my mini-stories. The teacher already told me I was one step ahead. What I did was I filled up one page with the mini-stories but they were all little paragraphs.
Hunter: This week we did Math. We learned about flips, slides, and turns. Then we used flat shapes called tangrams to learn. A slide is when you have the shape and you slide it down, to the side, or forward and it’s congruent because it’s still the same shape and size.
James: Yesterday we used tangrams. We used them to make shapes. We read a story with tangram shapes in it. I thought it was exciting. We also tried using two shapes to make one shape. We used two triangles to make a square and we used two triangles and a square to make a rectangle.
Rory: Yesterday (3/20/12) we read a book called Grandfather Tang’s Story. We each got a set of tangrams. The people in Grandfather Tang’s Story could turn into animals. For example, a person turned into a fox. We tried to make all of the animals in the story out of tangrams.
Cara: This Monday in Art we were doing our masks. After we finished cutting, we used some scraps to make it pop out. You don’t have to make all of it pop out, just a little of it. I think we are going to paint and add feathers and maybe something else next time.
Samantha: Last Thursday we went to Mrs. Messina’s class for Kindergarten Buddies. When we were there we played a card game called War/More Than. My partner’s name was Silvia. Our whole class earned a paw for helping the kindergarteners learn and by not getting frustrated.
Aiden: Last week our class did Daily 5 Rotations. It is when you rotate in four groups. There’s read to self, there’s read to someone, there’s writing, and there’s word work/phonics/spelling. I liked writing the best out of all of them.
David: In Math we learned about quadrilaterals. Quadrilaterals are shapes that have 4 sides. Squares, rhombuses, and rectangles are all quadrilaterals.
Kate: Last week in Music we practiced on our recorders. We played a game after. Someone hid a jump rope and the other person had to find it. Last time Kyle hid the jump rope and Kyleigh had to find it.
Reese: Yesterday we did an MCAS practice test. We have the real MCAS on Wednesday and Thursday. In the test, the story was called Henry Hikes to Fitchburg. The story was about two friends who want to go to Fitchburg, but they go different ways. They were both trying to get to Fitchburg the fastest. Henry walked and Henry’s friend worked for a train ticket. Henry’s friend got there first.
Morgan: This week we have new seats. No one sits next to anyone. I am in the back of the classroom. The reason we moved our desks like this is because of MCAS.
Vinny: Last week we went to the library and we checked out books. Mrs. Patino read us a story. The book was about leprechauns. After that, we all went on the computers.
Ms. Little: Spring conference reminders were sent home in your child’s Thursday backpack folder last week. Please let me know as soon as possible if you need to reschedule. Enjoy the weekend.
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