Pollinators

Insect Habitat

Highlights from our Newsletter

	Ask Me About 1.     Our insect habitat 2.     Our pumpkin experiment 3.     Our group “How to Books” 4.     Measuring beans 5.     Measuring garden beds 6.     Halloween Crafts Notes from the teacher: Ö  Check out our blog at www.funatdavis.blogspot.com I have added some new math games that the students are excited about! Ö  Remember that homework is due     on Fridays and that your child needs to read every night and record it on their log. Trick Words both, because, done, goes, pretty, again, please, sure, use, knew, know, always, often, once, only, right, place, move, house, together What we are learning this month:

Reading	Writing	Open Circle	Math	Science	Social studies
o    Making connections o   Identifying story elements	o   Including “bold beginnings,  mighty middles, and excellent endings in our books	o    cooperation o    Including one another o   Dealing with annoying          behaviors	o    Measuring o    Place Value o   Using an open number line for addition and subtraction	o   Presenting our insect habitats	o   Exploring customs and traditions celebrated by students

                                                                                                        

                                                                                                        

 

 

                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                          

 

Check out some of these new math games we have been looking at!
http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html

Happy Halloween from Room 235

Which Pumpkin has the Most Seeds?

Last week we read a wonderful book titled, Which Pumpkin has the Most Seeds?  The lesson that the students in the book learn is to not judge something or someone by its size or what it looks like on the outside.  It's what is on the inside that matters.  In the story, the smallest pumpkin, which also was darkest in color and had the most lines on it, ended up with the most seeds inside.  Here in room 235, we decided to try this experiment ourselves.  We made observations about three differently sized pumpkins and then made predictions as to which one had the most seeds in it based on our observations.  The next day, it was time to count! After looking at the dried seeds students had an opportunity to make new predictions as to which pumpkin had the most seeds.  You can see by our second graph that a lot of children changed their minds. The class all chose to count the seeds by making groups of ten and then they would count up the totals.  Check out the results! 

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Measuring Beans!

First Assembly

Bee Talk