Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Morning Ethos

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Happy Vacation!

Writing Prompt: What kind of conversation might this panda bears be having?  Where are they going?  What is happening?

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Announcements:

We have H.E today from 9:30-10:15.  We have art, close reading, turkey planning and math today!  Make sure to tell someone how grateful you are for them today or over the break!  Do something kind for someone!


Aspirations Video:

Monday, November 24, 2014

Morning Ethos

Monday, November 24, 2014

Welcome back!

Writing Prompt: Who are those boys and what happened for them to end up like that?

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Announcements:

We have library today from 9:15-10am.  Please make sure your books are put away on the cart to go to library.  This weeks schedule will be a bit different too.  We will talk more.  Lets have a great day!

Aspirations Video:  Our focus this week is Everyday Heroes!

Friday, November 21, 2014

Morning Ethos

Friday, November 21, 2014

Happy Friday!

Happy Birthday Isabel!

Writing Prompt:  What happened?

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Announcements:
We have music from 9:45-10:15am.  We will be going to the library to accept a present today after lunch.  We have a guest coming in for Isabel's birthday today at 1:30.  Lets review what we look like and sound like while we have visitors. Lets have a great day!


Aspirations Video:    Creativity and Curiousity


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November 20, 2014

Morning Ethos

Thursday, September 20, 2014

Good Morning!

Writing Prompt:  Tell the story or a poem

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Announcements:  We have H.E. from 9:30- 10:15.  Lets have a great day!

Monday, November 23, 2015

Afternoon Ethos

Monday, November 23, 2015

Good Afternoon!

Quote of the Day:

Announcements:

We have Health Enhancement tomorrow from 9:30-10:15 am.   Writers  we will be working on writing finishing introductions, conclusions, and event paragraphs done. Writers you will share out with our writing partners at the end of the period.     In reading we will look at specific character traits tomorrow.  Have a great night!

Aspirations Video:  Creativity and Curiosity

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Morning Ethos

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Good morning!

Writing Prompt: 

Write a short story to explain the problem and solution.

Quote of the Day:

Announcements:

We have H.E. today from 9:30-10:15am.  I want to congratulate you on a job well done yesterday! You earned your first two letters for your next party!  Lets keep it up boys and girls.  We will take our math progress assessment at 11:15 today. Don't forget to take your time and be your best.  If you are finishing in 20 minutes, remember time is your friend.   In reading we will continue to write letters.  In writing we will write our introductions.  So exciting!   We have a class meeting today.

Aspirations: This week we  are working on Curiosity and Creativity!!!!  Having an active imagination and asking questions! Curiosity has us asking, "Why?" Creativity has us asking, "Why not?"

Ask those questions!!!!  Its important!

Aspirations Video:  Curiosity and Creativity

Monday, November 17, 2014

Morning Ethos

Monday, November 17, 2014

Welcome back!

Writing Prompt:  

Quote of the Day:

Announcements:
We have library today from 9:15 to 10.  We are going to progress monitor today and tomorrow in reading and math.  Remember that taking your time shows what you really know.  :)  We will continue to build inferences about characters and elements of a story in reading.  In writing we will write an introduction  and conclusion for our personal narratives.  I am excited to read them! We will revise all week too!  In math we will dive in on division again.  I want to say how proud of you I am.  You all did a spectacular job of showing what you know on the mid-module assessment!  Keep up the hard work.  You have all made so many gains this year already!  Lets have a great day.

P.S.  We can wear our pjs tomorrow for our celebration!  I love the hard work you have put in!

Aspirations Video:  What about birthday bags for the food bank?
What aspiration?

Friday, November 14, 2014

Morning Ethos

Friday, November 14, 2014

Happy Friday!

Happy Birthday Taj!

Writing Prompt:

What do you like best about your home?  Please be descriptive.  Show us.


Quote of the Day:

Announcements:

We walked today and had a great assembly.  I believe we have so many kind hearted community members in our classroom.  I am so lucky to have you all in our community!  Keep being kind to each other it really does make everything that much better for us all.  We have music today from 9:45-10:15.  Lets get our write on writers!  We will be continuing to look at inferring with our reading.  Math will consist of moving more into division!  Keep up the hard work mathematicians.  We art to day which will be led by one of our artists here in our classroom.  He is an expert with origami.  Fill someone's bucket today!  Lets have a wonderful day together!


Aspirations Video: In leu of ski season coming!  Also what Aspiration/s?

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Morning Ethos

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Good Morning Kiddos!

Writing Prompt:

Imagine you had a hundred dollars, but you couldn't keep it. You had to give it away to a person or charity. Who would you give it to? What would you want them to do with it?


Quote of the Day:

Announcements:

You earned your "S" yesterday.  Lets get the "!" today boys and girls.  Remember all the wonderful things we talked about at  conference.  Remember to "Be Your Best!"  We have H.E. today from 9:30-10:15.  We will be writing our narratives today, using details, dialogue, and transitions.  Please use your time effectively writers.  We will be learning about inferring in reading today.  In math you will get time to show me all that you have learned so far in our first math unit.  :)    Remember to fill out shout-outs for lots of students in our community today!  Lets have a fantastic day together!


Aspirations Video:  Sense of Belonging, Everyday Heroes, Sense of Accomplishment, Fun and Excitement, Curiosity and Creativity, Spirit of Adventure, Leadership and Responsibility, and Confidence to take Action 



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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Morning Ethos

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Welcome back!

Quote of the Day:

Announcements:

We have music today from 9:45-10:15.  We will have more time to write today and revise what we have written today in writing.  We will continue to analyze characters and begin our 1st letter.  It will be due next Friday, not this Friday.  :)  Math we will look at how to decompose multiplication sentences to make them easier to solve mentally.  We have a mid module assessment tomorrow.  You guys really know your stuff!  Lets have a great day!

Aspirations Video: What Aspirations?

Friday, November 7, 2014

Morning Ethos

Friday, November 7, 2014

Happy Friday!

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Announcements:
We have music today from 9:45-10:15.  We also have a Veterans Day Assembly during our normal assembly time.  Please make sure to use your best manners during this assembly. We want the veterans to know we respect and care about what they have to share.  We have math 2 times today!  Lets have a great day!

Aspirations Video:  What Aspirations does this video represent?

Lawn Boy

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Morning Ethos

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Good Morning!

Quote of the Day:

Announcements:

Welcome back.  Congratulations on beating me yesterday!  Way to work so hard on getting ready for your conference!  I really liked the time you took to really look at yourselves as learners!  We will continue to work on getting ready for conferences during reading today.  We have H.E. today from 9:30-10:15.  Remember we are working to have our other teachers super excited to have us in class this week.  I know you will keeping trying to be your best (our class Moto).  Lets have a great day!

Aspirations Video:  A Sense of Belonging

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Morning Ethos

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Good Morning!

Quote of the Day:

Announcements:

Thank you for such a great morning yesterday!  We had a great start!   I hope you starting to be less nervous about conferences next week.  I promise you will be prepared and successful.  We have a great day ahead of us.  We have music today from 9:45- 10:15 am.  We will have fun with dialog and writing more in our personal narratives.  :)  We will continue to read tomorrow, but today we are going to work on getting ready for conferences.  We will begin our new S.S. unit!

Aspirations Video:  Leadership and Responsibility 

November 4, 2014

Morning Ethos

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Good Morning!

Quote of the Day:

Announcements:
 We will begin getting ready for student-led conferences today.  We will be analyzing ourselves, assessing, and make serious goals for the rest of the trimester!  Thank you for such a wonderful morning.  Don't forget to fill a bucket today!  Make someone smile, it will make you feel good.


Aspirations Video: