today

Today
me and Elizabeth broke a world record of not fighting.
I enjoyed, (but got mad),making a motor.

I like today.
We had P.E.
We had math.
And we had writing.
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from Riley M.Reed

to day at school we did crsith and p.e it wus fun bekus in p e  wey plaed hooky and pirit tage thats it good biy

A new week and homework

Well for this new week, we are kicking off a new protocol for homework.  About this time every year the homework changes and gets a bit more formal.  Students will be required to engage in homework 4 mights per week, and each night will consist of reading, writing, and math.  This layout was created and agreed to collectively.  You will see a folder traveling with students which will have: a reading log, a notebook, and some math practice.  You will also find a reminder in that folder of what the homework protocol is, and the duration that is expected each night at home.  Below is a copy of the reminder, and thanks for your continued support.

Homework:

Math:  4 practice sheets per week, 1 per night.

Reading:  4 reading log entries per week, 1 per night.  Read 15-20 minutes per night.

Writing:  4 paragraphs per week, at least 1 per night.

Riley and Mia is doing blogging.
I am Riley.
 Mia is beside me.
We had Art.
Today is so fun.
Are school ends at 3:30.
We have Homework.
It is:
Reading
Writing
Math

today me and Riley are blogging.

Welcome back!

We are back!  I hope that all of you had a relaxing and refreshing break.  As we get back into "school-mode" we are getting excited about a bunch of new things.  We will be exploring new book group books.  Students are digging into some new non-fiction books, and we are reviewing some of the features that we use to navigate these texts.  Ask your student what their favorite feature is, and ask them what the verso-page is!  The following photos were taken during our first exploratory time with our books.

Some of the subjects are; Swifts, a crooked legged horse, and "the Asian unicorn."

We have also started working on division in math.  For the few weeks before break we were working on multiplying groups of numbers together, and now we are working on figuring out how many groups of numbers are contained within others.

Finally we have continued our investigation into the mysterious world of electricity and magnetism.  We are currently working on creating mini electric motors.  Through this work students are working on design questions to make these work, as well as understanding how these motors work.  The motors we are building function on the principle that a magnetic field is created when electricity passes through a coil of copper.  Talk to your students about the frustrating problems that they had to overcome to make these motors.