Monday, November 26, 2012

Happy last week of November! We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. Today we got right back into the swing of things. We switched classrooms for I Time, math, and spelling. during I Time, we are working on identifying the main idea and supporting details in our reading, in math we are continuing to work on place value, and we got our new spelling sorts for the week. This afternoon, we did some reading and Daily 5. We worked on ScootPad and Achieve. We worked on writing "super sentences" using nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. It was a busy day!

First Quarter Award Winners

 

Congratulations to our 1st Quarter Award winners!

 

 

Our BEAR award winners.

 

 

 

Our STAR award winners.

Vote for Jefferson - Clorox Grant

Jefferson is currently in the running for a grant through Clorox. The grant would allow us to expand our playground area to increase safety and physical fitness.

With these easy steps, you’ll help Jefferson get one step closer to winning this grant.  You can vote once a day online and once a day via texts.

1.      Text to vote (Message and Data Rates May Apply)

• To vote for Jefferson, text 1220pbf to 95248.
• Vote one time every day! 
• Spread the word!

2.      Vote online

• Log on to https://powerabrightfuture.clorox.com/nominees/detail/?nid=1220
• Vote one time every day!
• Spread the word!

 

You can also help with simple acts like:

• Posting on Facebook to encourage your friends and family to vote.
• Tweeting the link to our voting page so your followers can vote.
• Sending an email to your family and friends, letting them know the great news and telling them how to vote!

Please spread the word.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

We continue to stay busy! Although we haven't had I Time this week, we have been using the time to work on parts of speech, which is a skill we need to know for ScootPad. Yesterday and Monday we learned about nouns and verbs. Today, we reviewed verbs and wrote sentences on Angry Birds. In our sentences we had to underline the verbs. In math, we are all mixed up with Mr. Bagurdes' and Mrs. Bahl's classes. Most of us do not stay in Mrs. Benedict's classroom. We are all working on Numbers and Base Ten. In particular, we are working on place value and rounding. This afternoon, we did Daily 5, Achieve3000, ScootPad, and read more about veterans and Veteran's Day. This afternoon we celebrated Seeraj's birthday. We worked on writing letters to veterans. Tomorrow, we are excited to go see "Beauty and the Beast" at Central High School. Everyone should remember to dress warm and wear walking shoes.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

We have been extremely busy in room 310!! In math we have been working on place value, writing numbers in different ways (standard form, written form, expanded form, etc.). We have also been learning about different parts of speech. We read about and discussed Veteran's Day and what Veterans are. We learned about parts of a friendly letter and are now writing letters that we can send to people serving in the Armed Forces right now. We are looking forward to our field trip to Central High School to see "Beauty and the Beast" on Thursday. It is getting really cold outside!! Students must wear winter jackets or they will not be allowed to go outside for recess.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Today was hopefully our final mixed-up day. Except for a few circumstances, we finished our testing this morning! After testing, we continued to work on our inquiry projects, ScootPad, Achieve3000, and Daily 5. We had another special activity in the gym. This afternoon we also go to exchange library books. We also worked on our final writing piece about why we have rules at school. Tomorrow things will go back to normal.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Today was a mixed-up day! This morning we had more WKCE testing for our third graders and second graders again participated in activities in the Multipurpose Room. This afternoon we worked on our inquiry projects, Achieve3000, ScootPad, and Daily 5. Then we had a special activity with the specialist teachers in the gym. We did more "Just Dance Kids 3" dance activities. Afterwards, we held a mock election with the rest of Team Brilliance. First we had to register to vote and then we got to vote. After we tallied the popular vote, we looked at each class as a state and determined where the electoral votes for that state would go. After the election, we watched a video with the entire team about how a president is elected. Finally, we watched a Charlie Brown video about the constitution and how voting and the electoral college were decided.

Room 310's registered voters waiting at the polls.

Results of Team Brilliance's mock election:
For President:
Barack Obama -36 votes
Mitt Romney- 15 votes

For Senator:
Tammy Baldwin - 20 votes
Tommy Thompson - 31 votes

School wide mock election results:
Barack Obama - 69%
Mitt Romney - 31%

Monday, November 5, 2012

Today was a busy day and different from most because we began our WKCE testing. This morning, the third graders took two reading tests. The second graders did activities in the Multipurpose Room (MPR). After lunch, we all got back together because it was an indoor recess. We did an activity on AdventuretoFitness.com. After recess, we read a bit of Ramona Quimby, Age 8,  and we glued our word sorts from last week into our spelling notebooks. Then we had "specials" in the gym. We did dance videos with all of the specialist teachers. Then we did literacy. We worked with our inquiry groups to research our government topics. Then we had birthday treats from Tatym and watched two books online. Finally, we had some Daily 5 time and worked on Achieve3000 and ScootPad. This week we have to do five reading practice activities on ScootPad for "homework." Even though it's "homework" we don't have to do it at home. We could do it during Daily 5 or at recess time if we ask Mrs. Benedict, but it must be done by Friday.

Tomorrow is ELECTION day! Wear RED, WHITE, or BLUE to show your American Spirit!

Thursday, November 1, 2012

We cannot believe it is November already! Time just keeps flying by. This morning we took our geometry post-test. Third graders did a practice math test to prepare for the WKCE. We have been finishing up our session of I Time. Tomorrow is the last day of this session! In art we made animals out of leaves. In physical education we played "Clean out Your Backyard." In literacy we read more about electoral votes, read an article about animal shelters on Achieve3000,  did activities on ScootPad, and did Daily 5.

Reminders:

• Tomorrow we have our spelling tests
• SPARC (for students that participated) is over today
• Next week 3rd graders will take the WKCE test
• November Homework calendars are coming home today - remember to record your nightly activities