News from our first full week!! by Greta P

Reading and Writing

    In reading this week we have really been trying to reflect on our reading either for the week, the day or making goals for the entire school year. Including reflecting and making goals we talked about how we can increase our reading endurance and stamina.

We additionally took a reading test called DRP to find out how well we can read.

    In writing this week we have been generating ways to get an idea for a narrative and after that planting seeds of narratives. After we have planted many seeds we are going to pick the best one to work through the writing process with.

Math, Science and Number Corner

   

This week in math we logged on to Fastt Math for the first time this year and  we heard from Mr. Madden about the importance of knowing our facts (we want to put facts in long term memory). We also made generalizations about the patterns we saw in cube sequences.  Our hard work paid off with the creation of an algebraic expression!!! Also, we are moving into multiplication arrays and observations. Ask your child about the commutative properties of multiplication (challenge them  to say commutative 10 times fast :-} ).

No science yet!!!

In number corner this week we made a graph to represent the penny toss data we have. We also have been problem solving.

Other Important News and Events

-Many kids have tried to log into their school email and can’t.  That’s because the school has reset everyone’s gmail password to shelburne.  Please pass this on to your child if you hear them say they can’t log in.  We haven’t done it in school yet this year.  

-Permission Slip came home today for the Shelburne Farms field trip which will take place next Friday.  We still need 3 more chaperones if you’re available!

-Endeavor is participating in the annual Hike for Hunger on September 28th! Students can participate by walking with us, donating to a walker, or sending in perishable food items for the Shelburne Food Shelf!  Please help out this great cause!  http://www.razoo.com/team/Hikeforhunger2013

News according to Greta! 9/6/13

Reading and Writing

In reading this week we got many new and exciting things. Mrs. Crowther handed out fancy reading journals with built in page dividers and tons of lined paper to write our ideas in. We also got new reading logs similar to last year’s. If you don’t remember what these are, they are where we record every time we read. They always stay with our book, and us when we are reading. Once we got these the class started to talk about what will make reading the best it can be this year (calm environment, good book suggestions etc.). Overall it is a good start to a year full of reading!

In writing this week Mrs. Crowther said she needed more info about our writing skills. So we were assigned to write a narrative and go through a mini version of the writing process in one day (one day=around an hour). We had to put all of our writing skills into this and do as much as possible in the time given. Also, we got new reading notebooks and decorated them!

Math, Science and Number Corner

In math this week we worked on a way to show data of the heights of kids in our class. Also, each of us filled out a biography of how we feel about math (it was called mathography). Additionally, we took a pre-assessment and observed cube arrangements.

We haven’t been doing science yet this year but the class is excited to start doing fun experiments and learning new things!

In number corner this week we have been starting to observe our calendar. After some group observations we figured out the calendar is showing us quadrants (Geometry, Astronomy . one of the four parts into which a plane, as the face of a heavenly body, is divided by two perpendicular lines, numbered counterclockwise from upper right) with a right triangle in it. Every day the right triangle moved to a different quadrant by either reflecting, transitioning, or rotating. Furthermore, we did mental math and a penny toss.

Other Important News and Events

-Endeavor Curriculum Night - Tuesday 9/17 6:30pm

- Field Trip to Shelburne Farms - 9/20

-PTO Gift Wrap sales starts 9/10 and due 9/24

- Hike for Hunger food drive 9/9- 9/27! Help us collect 100 cans of food for the Shelburne Food Shelf.

- Ask your child about Pete the Cat!