The Green Meadow Gazette
March 8, 2012
Upcoming & Important Events:
· Friday, March 9th – Dismissal at 12:30
Classroom News:
Lindsey: Last week it was Read Across America Day. Everyone in the whole school did D.E.A.R. For D.E.A.R. everyone has to be silent. You can sit anywhere in the room. I read the book Boohoo Bird.
Graham: In Writing Workshop we started working on essays. We talked about what we see, notice, or wonder. We practiced by looking at things in the classroom. For example, I saw somebody with a pink and purple polka dotted ruler. It made me wonder why she bought that one. It was fun because I like Writing Workshop and I hope we do more of our essays.
Hannah: Lately in Science we have been working on physical and chemical changes. A physical change is when you do something like mix a salad. The vegetables are not any different than they used to be, except they are cut into pieces. A chemical change is a change where you can’t redo what happened. Let’s say you burn a piece of wood and you are left with ashes, you can’t turn those ashes back into wood. So in Science we were drawing pictures of physical and chemical changes. Let’s say you were drawing wood burning. You would draw the before, the process of how it changed, and the result. It was a great project.
Joseph: Last week we went to Library and we learned about Dr. Seuss. We found out that Dr. Seuss’ real name is Theodor Geisel. Mrs. Patino read two books. One was Yurtle the Turtle. The other book was about a bird.
Cara: Last week we had Music. In Music we played the drums and sang a new song. We also got to play a game. We played Hop Old Squirrel. It was fun. We did a points round and an elimination round too.
Samantha: In Science we are learning about chemical changes. A chemical change is when you change something and can’t change it back. If you leave your bike out in the rain, it will rust. That’s a chemical change. Making pizza is a chemical change too. When you cook something it is always a chemical change. That’s what we learned in Science this week.
Dorinda: Last week we did our March calendars. I put Justin Bieber’s birthday on mine! We haven’t looked at our calendars yet. I think it’s a good idea to look at our calendars soon. We do the calendars to learn more about what the people in our class like and do.
Aiden: This week we finished Swindle. We started reading The Tale of Despereaux. It’s about a baby mouse that was born seeing, hearing, and reading. His mother said he was a disappointment to the family.
Kate: This week in Art we were trying to finish our drawings. We were drawing ourselves jumping, doing handstands, playing soccer, baseball, football, hockey, and more. I chose kicking a soccer ball. After we finished we went into a room and two mothers were in there. One of the mothers was ironing the pictures into fabric. The other one told us to put our initials on the fabric one. We got to keep the picture that wasn’t made out of fabric.
Robbi: Last Friday was Read Across America Day. The principal from the high school, Dr. Chesson, came to read to our class. She read a book called The First Dog. I liked it because it was about how the first dog came from a wolf and I love dogs!
Thomas: Yesterday in Math we started geometry. We learned about 3-D shapes. They are shapes that pop up. We played a game on the Smartboard that we had to find and name the shape but you could only see part of it. Then we sorted pictures of geometric shapes into different boxes.
Kyle: We started to read a book called Swindle. It was about a person named Swindle and he gave two kids $100 for a 1 million dollar Babe Ruth baseball card. The story ends with Swindle’s store being closed. Neither Swindle nor Griffin gets the baseball card. At the very end, a different lady does.
Brianna: In Gym we played Lion and the Impala. Here is how you play: You get a lot of people and make a circle. Then you pick one lion and one impala. You put a blindfold on them and you spin them around. Then, the lion and impala are in the circle and they start to walk around. When the lion is close to the impala you would say “Moobay” loudly. And when the lion is far away you would say “Moobay” quietly. The lion tries to tag the impala.
Vinny: In Cursive we learned how to write a lowercase p. It’s kind of like a regular p only it has a line that’s straight with a loop. We practiced it in our cursive packet.
Henry: Lately in Science we have been doing physical and chemical changes. A physical change is a mixture or if you change an object’s shape or size. A chemical change is when you turn something into something else. Ms. Little had us draw a physical change or a chemical change. I did a physical change. I drew how to make Dorito salad, so I drew crunched up Doritos, taco meat, and French dressing mixed together.
Kyleigh: On Monday, March 5th Ms. Little’s class went to an assembly about being kind, safe learners. The people who were acting it out for us were Mrs. Bator and other teachers and helpers. They showed us a way in sign language of saying that we are kind, safe learners. Then, when the assembly was done, we went back to class to have snack.
Rory: Last week in Reading Ms. Little asked if anyone wanted to be in a book club. If you were interested in reading one of the books you could start a club with other people who wanted to read that book too. I am in one with Reese and Robbi. We are reading The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl. In our book club we take turns reading. Ms. Little gave us bookmarks.
Alonso: A couple days ago we received two postcards. The postcards were from Idaho and Minnesota. I like to get postcards because I sometimes learn new things. That’s why I am writing about them.
David: This week we did MCAS practice for homework. We had two days to do it for homework. We had to read, then we answered the questions, and then we wrote the sentences. I thought it was easy.
Reese: This week in our class we are doing the Pledge of Allegiance over the loudspeaker. We do the Pledge every morning but each week there is a different class to do it in the office. This week is our week. Me and a couple other students did it at the assembly on Monday.
James: Yesterday we read a magazine called Time for Kids. It was about school kids having tablet computers, but the question was: does that improve learning? I enjoyed reading the magazine. I like reading books a lot, so I read it twice. P.S. it had a bit about presidents.
Morgan: Last week we had a snow day. That meant no school. I went sledding with my new pink sled. It also meant that at the end of the year, we will miss one day of summer.
Hunter: We made geometry pictures. We had shapes and our group’s was a cone. We had to go through magazines and cut shapes out that looked like cones. For example, I cut out a pencil tip.
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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