Oreo Moon Phases, yum!

Busy week

Tuesday was picture day/ 2 hr delay day. It was nice sleeping in, wasn't it?

In Reading and Writing we are working on Author's purpose. Why do writers write? To entertain, persuade, or inform us. When your child is reading ask them, "Why do you think the author wrote this?"

In Math we are working on putting numbers into standard, expanded, and word form. For example if you have the number 76,891(standard form), you could write it in expanded form like this 70,000+6,000+800+90+1, or seventy six thousand, eight hundred ninety-one (word form).

This week in Science we have been learning about the Phases of the Moon. Tomorrow we will be making Oreo Moon Phases in class, which the kids are very excited about. I'm sure some eating of Oreos will be involved, so come on in and share one of them with us!

PTO meeting/ open house is tomorrow, hope to see you there!

Friday is almost here!

First week of school....COMPLETE!!!

We had a great first week at school! I am so excited to have such a great class. It is going to be a GREAT year! I absolutely loved teaching all of you about the Solar System this week and witnessing all the thinking that was going on!
My favorite questions from students this week...

• "If the Earth is spinning, then why aren't we?"
• http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=665
• "Could you go and pick Pluto up?" (After seeing model that was not to scale.)
•  No, you could not.
• "How come Mars is hotter than Earth when we are closer to the Sun?"
• http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ClimateChanging/ClimateScienceInfoZone/ExploringEarthsclimate/1point5/1point5point3.aspx
• Refering to Saturn and its rings--> "I thought you had to have water have ice?"( Because Saturn has no water)

I have some SMART students!!!!

Remember...
My            Very       Excited    Mother   Just        Served     Us              Noodles!
Mercury    Venus     Earth         Mars       Jupiter     Saturn      Uranus      Neptune

Next week be ready to really have those thinking caps on because we are going to be doing LOTS of learning! Our class newsletter went home today that includes important information about important dates, testing, and homework. Please make sure you take some time to read it. Also, if you haven't returned the registration packet, please do so! Have a great weekend!