And we're off....

We had our very first fire drill of 2009/2010 last Friday, and we are happy to report that we did a great job! We finally understand volume! This is a great thing combining our Math and Science units to help us really "see" what volume is (beside l x w x h)

scissors (check), tape (check), cubes (check) student made packages (check)

This is how we spend rainy day recess :-)

or building things, as Tony did right here!

Working together makes learning fun! We have accountable talk that lets our teachers know we are working together at solving problems.

We gotta work, work, work together! We gotta work together for our team!

Tony and Cameron work to determine volume in a box they made, and then added another section.

David ran to first, slipped in the mud, and tried to brush it off. There is nothing like orange baseball field clay.

Well Mrs. Underkofler... there was lots of mud and Jared seemed to bring some home to you!

It has been a busy first week of school. We are settling in and learning how to work in groups, handle science equipment, use manipulatives to solve math problems, and use the text books to find answers for our open book tests.

We did make our 100% PTA membership first! Mrs. Rowan collected a lot of donations over the summer to support our class. However, we still would like to have all of our parent join. It is $5.00 and if you have kids in more than one class it is still just $5.00 :-) It is a great organization that supports our school.

We are traveling to the Marine Science Center on Thursday, September 24. We can bring as many parents as we would like. There is no cost for this field trip, students just need to bring a bag lunch and a drink. The MSC also has chips, soda, shark's teeth, t-shirts and other items for purchase. We will pass out information at Open House this Thursday.