Newsletter 5-31-12

The Green Meadow Gazette

May 31, 2012

Upcoming & Important Events:

·        Friday, June 1^st – Book orders due

·        Friday, June 1^st – Biography projects due

·        Monday, June 4^th – Biography costumes due

·        Tuesday, June 5^th – Field Day

·        Thursday, June 7^th – Wax Museum for Biography Project (1:15 – 2:00)

·        Tuesday, June 12^th – Walking field trip to Erikson’s (12:45 – 2:30)

Classroom News:

Hannah: Lately in cursive we have learned 3 more letters: uppercase X, V, and W. The way we write them in cursive is X, V, and W. The only letters are have left to learn are B, F, G, I, J, L, P, Q, R, S, and T, and we are done. We have already finished lowercase letters and we have moved on to capital letters and are almost done. It’s a good idea to have kids know more than one way to write.

Graham: Last week Ms. Little read us a book about colonial jobs. These are some of the jobs. The cobbler is someone that made shoes. Then there was the hatter which made hats. There was the blacksmith which made things out of iron. There was the pewterer which made things out of pewter. There was the tanner which made things from leather. There was the silversmith which made things out of silver. There was the cabinetmaker which made things out of wood. There was the clockmaker which made clocks. There was the miller which ground wheat. There was the wheelwright which is someone who makes wheels. Then there was a cooper which makes barrels. Then there was a barber which makes wigs. There was the tailor which makes clothes. There was a whitesmith which made things out of tin. For the game, I was a blacksmith.

Samantha: On Tuesday Mrs. Titus and Mrs. Ablard came in from Fowler to answer our questions after we went to Up Day. We asked all different questions. For example, Morgan asked where we go to get in the building. Mrs. Titus said we have to go in the side entrance with the 5^th graders. I did not ask any questions but other people did.

Lindsey: Last week Mr. Marc came in from the Library. We played bingo. I was on Team B. We had to do all of these games. We would get cards to get bingo. We had to answer true or false questions. If we got them right we got a card. If we got them wrong we wouldn’t get a card.

Thomas: Last week we did adding and subtracting money in Math. We practiced on the Smartboard and on our white boards. We did this because in life you have to add and subtract money. If you’re trying to buy something at Best Buy like a computer and a video game, you’d need to know how much it costs. If the computer costs $25 and the video game costs $0.99, that’s like a dollar, so total amount would be $26 or $25.99.

Aiden: Last week we started a new book called The Witches. It’s about a kid whose parents die and he now lives with his Grandmama. She tells him about witches. We stopped reading it because some people were scared. So we started reading the fourth book of A Series of Unfortunate Events instead.

Joseph: In Cursive we did the letters K, U, and Y. We got to listen to music when we did the sheet. When we did cursive at the beginning of the year everyone was excited. Once we finish the page in our packet we do practice. Practice is when we get an extra sheet with the letter we just learned and practice on it.

Brianna: On Monday it was Memorial Day. Memorial Day is to celebrate veterans who have passed. We normally have a parade and then we go to graveyards to celebrate how they fought for us and our country. So on Memorial Day kids didn’t have school and adults didn’t have work because it was a holiday.

Kyleigh: Last week Ms. Little’s class had Library. We checked out interesting books. We also went on the computer and played some fun games. I played a game called Create a Car. It made me learn how to build! Thank you for reading this!

Robbi: Last Thursday we went to Up Day. Up Day is when we go to the Fowler for 4^th grade buddies. We got to do a project with them in the classroom. We also had lunch with our buddy. The cafeteria is big so the way you get lunch is you walked into the big room and pick your lunch. We also had a 30 minute recess.

Morgan: In Writing we have to pick a poem for our class poem book. The reason we are doing this is because we want to have a book of all our poems from each person in the class. We picked one poem that we think is our best. Everyone gets to have one poem in the book.

Dorinda: Two weeks ago we finished reading A Series of Unfortunate Events #3 – The Wide Window. This week we’re reading A Series of Unfortunate Events #4. A Series of Unfortunate Events is a nice book and lots of people like it. There are 13 books in the series. Aunt Josephine got eaten by leeches in the third book.

Cara: Last week in Music we practiced our songs for the concert. We learned part three of the song. We also practiced our recorders. I am doing Beethoven. At the end of music some kids played the song in front of the class.

Rory: After Up Day we got brochures. The fourth graders made them. Mine was made by a girl named Kayla. It had specials like Gym, Library, and Art. And it had the field trips they go on, like Erikson’s and more! They had a map of the fourth grade hallway which was great because it will help me when I go to 4^th grade.

Henry: Lately in poetry people have been finishing the drafting papers and are doing final copies. So far I’m on my final copies. So far, I’ve written eleven poems. I’m not even done with all my poems. There are about ten more. My topic is soccer players. The only two players I did were Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. I also wrote one poem about Iker Casillas but that is the only poem I wrote about him.

David: This week we did spelling. First we put our words on cards. Then we had to pick something to do on the Smartboard. A friend and I were partners to practice our spelling words. When you practice with a partner, you give your cards to your partner and they say the word. Then you have to say to them how to spell it.

Kate: Last week we celebrated filling up the bulletin board with paws. We went outside to do it. At the celebration we got bubbles. Some bubble cases were orange and some were black. We also had a dance party and they gave us popsicles.

Vinny: Yesterday we went to Gym and we made some posters for our teams. We had to decorate them. The posters are for field day. There is one team called The Cucumbers. There’s another team named the Tiger Survivors.

Reese: Last week in class we made colonial job signs. There are tons of jobs. One is the hatter. The hatter made hats out of beaver skins. My colonial job sign said “The Mad Hatter.” I liked making the signs. It was fun!

Alonso: In Math we did grocery shopping. We had $20 to spend and we had these grocery magazines. We used them to look at the things to buy. We had a group of four or five people and we each took turns picking something to buy. We wrote it down on a piece of paper. We put the name of the item and its price. We added all the items up at the end.

Ms. Little:  Biography projects (timelines and paragraphs) are due this Friday, June 1^st. Costumes and/or props are due Monday, June 4^th.  Our “Wax Museum” for our biography projects will be Thursday, June 7^th from 1:15 – 2:00. Please contact me if you are unable to come at this time as there are times we will be practicing for other classes that you may come to instead. Enjoy the weekend.