Huge Thanks!

Our PTA raised over $900 during the fundraiser at Brucci's Pizza.
photo © 2010 woodleywonderworks more info (via: Wylio)

Thank you for your continued support!

Reviewing Bossy R in AR

Pirates love to make the /ar/ sound and so do we. Click here to sing along...

Can you list any other words with the /ar/ sound?

PTA Fundraiser at Bruccis' Tomorrow

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

5PM - 8PM

100% of gratuity helps support your child at Chets Creek.

Please come join us for dinner.

Work Over Time

The latest Standards-Based Bulletin Board is complete!

How is your child's phonemic awareness when writing?

Author Visit: Douglas Wood

Today, Mr. Douglas Wood came to visit our school. He told us a little bit more about himself...

Then, he told a story of rabbit having a dream...

Then he shared with us the covers of some of his books. We even got a sneak peek at his newest book which hasn't even been released yet! It will be available in stores next week.
Mr. Wood then invited us to sing a song with him...





We also sang a song about our very own spaceship...





The most important thing he wanted us to remember was:

1. Hold on to your dreams.

2. Do not give up.

3. Ask for help.

Thank you, Mr. Douglas Wood!

Observing Next Stage

Observing our pupas that have changed to adult ladybugs...

How many spots can you count?

Playing Math Games

Playing Ten Turns with a partner.

What strategy did you use to help you keep track of your new total?

Every Day Counts

Reviewing how to tell time during Calendar Math/Every Day Counts (EDC)

Observing Ladybugs

Observing the new stage of some of our former larva ladybugs. They're changing into pupas.

Can you name the stages of the life cycle of a ladybug?

For Our Children's Sake...

We need your help! Please help save our schools for our children's sake and take a moment to read a blog post by our school principal: It's Budget Time - We Need Help!

Last Day of Cultural Arts...

Using our mental images with today’s storyteller…

Listening to the story of the old lady who swallowed a fly...

What else did she swallow?

Do you think she cried?

Art Extravaganza Continues...

Morning Rock!

Observing Lima Beans

Observing last week's lima beans...What observations did you record in your science journal?

Art Extravaganza Begins!

Today, we were entertained by the Fletcher Middle School Band.

Recycled Superheroes

Today was a busy day! We had our student recognition ceremony and we celebrated Earth Day. We had the opportunity to dress up as "Recycled Superheroes" ...
... and our read aloud during Readers Workshop was Why Should I Recycle?, written by Jen Green and illustrated by Mike Gordon. We also made cool little bracelets out of can tabs and ribbon.

Then we reused plastic gallon bottles as our bunny baskets for our afternoon math egg hunt.How do you conserve, reduce, reuse, or recycle?

Thinking of proper prefix to use...




Do you know what it means when 'un' is at the beginning of a word? (i.e. undo)
Do you know what it means when 're' is at the beginning of a word? (i.e. redo)

Morning Message Edits

Peer Assistance

Reviewing patterns with numbers on hundred chart...

Still having trouble understanding out what to do?

Peer Assistance to the rescue!

What do you do when you need assistance?

Performance Rehearsal

Invited for another rehearsal of a Goldilocks & The Three Bears performance by a Kindergarten class...

Bravo!!! Thank you for a lovely performance. This garden is truly blossoming.

Resource: Art 2

Student completing their original artwork in Seurat's Pointillist Style...

Inside a Seed

Observing lima beans...

Searching for embryo (baby plant)...

Why do you think there is so much food inside a seed for such a tiny plant?

Hundred Chart Patterns

Discovering patterns found in the hundred chart with even and odd numbers.

If you skip count by 2 and start with an odd number, will all the numbers counted be odd numbers or even numbers?

Mystery Beads

FCAT? No Sweat!

Persuading our adopted fourth grade class that we love and support them!

Revisiting the Sun

Today, we revisited the benefits and harmful effects of the Sun.

Do you agree with this chart? What would you change?

Making Ten

Playing a game of concentration... with a twist. For a match, make a combination of 10 using two cards.

Playing Go Fish 10 - ask other players for the card you need to complete a combination of ten.

Can you list all the addition combinations of ten using two numbers?

Morning Warm Up - Already?

Completing our morning warm-up with this week's weekly words:

though, above, break, already, caught, off, garden.

Can you write a 5-7 word sentence for each weekly word?

SuperSTARS Rally

Showing our love and support to our third, fourth and fifth graders getting ready for the FCAT.

We believe in you! Don't Sweat the FCAT!