Guest Blogger Kayla

Hi,I am Kayla I am going to tell you about my school's anti bullying rules. This is one of the posters that some kids made.

Here are some more informational posters.

 I agree that bullying is hurtful.  Never bully!

Some people think bullying is if someone calls you a name, that is not bullying. 

There are three ways to know if someone is really bullying. 

1.Repeated 

2. intentional

3. Power imbalance 

 If your not sure if it is bullying then ask yourself if they are doing it more than once, if some has more power than you, and if it is on purpose. If the answer is no to any of those questions, then it is not bullying behavior.

Never call someone a bully because behaviors can change just like people.

 

You should listen to the message of these poster because they give very good advice .

Guest blogger Kevin

Guess what, Since I know a lot about the Pilgrims Mrs. Jordan let me teach social studies! In the picture on the top I am teaching the life of a Pilgrim on the Mayflower. In the picture below is the poster I made to teach are class about the Pilgrims.  In the first picture  people are calling me professor P and I am reading the story of the Pilgrims by Kevin/ me. When I read the poster to the class I was dumbstruck I didn't know what to say I know that is crazy me not knowing what to say! Weird am I right. Being a teacher isn't as easy as it looks.

Guest Blogger Ella

The Chinese Arcobats were amazing. The youngest girl was fourteen. She did the most dangerous things. One scary thing that she did was she balance on two bars that were about 10 feet above us.       

Here she is balanced on one hand she said do not try this at home so I am not going to try it at home! I learned to never give up.  These acrobats have been practicing for the 10 years. The youngest girl has been practicing since she was 4 years old. 

Last week, we went to the computer lab for Hour of Code.  Mrs. Klipfel showed us how go code.  At first it was hard to figure out what to do, but I didn't give up and ended up on the 11th level.  It was fun to help the Angry bird get to the pig. Coding is important because you have to figure out which way to send the Angry bird and you have to give directions. 

~Ella

Thankful for time to tinker!

Happy thanksgiving! I'm thankful for team Jordan.
Take a peak at us exploring, creating, thinking, and relating it all to multiplication!

A Fun Week By Emily

This week we did a lot of fun things starting of with acting out the fable, The Sun and the Wind. Than we made a summary of The Sun and the Wind   Yesterday, Len Cabral came and told us stories. Then we read How the Chipmunk Got its Stripes .  I noticed that Mr. Cabral's stories and the fable we read in class this week were similar.  They both taught lessons about how to treat others. 

Story Teller Len Cabral

Acting Out the Fable

Reading a version of the story told by Mr. Cabral

Writing a summary of the fable



More Acting

Guest Blogger Teresa

We are thankful for yummy lunches.  Thank you to the Cafeteria Staff!

Did you know Mrs.Shepard makes homemade biscuits and cookies for us?   Mrs.Tucker always takes good care of us when we go through the lunch line.

Here we see Mrs.Scott cleaning after our feast.

(This is my lunch.  I got way too much turkey.)
On Wednesday, the cafeteria served a delicious Thanksgiving feast with turkey, the yummyest mashed potatoes, peas, cranberry sauce, biscuits and apple crisp. They probably cooked like a ten pound turkey.  That day Mrs. Jordan had lunch with us.  We talked about what we were thankful for.  It was the best lunch of the year. 

(Here is Mrs. Jordan's lunch.  She was still eating.)

I hope my Thanksgiving dinner is just as good as this one.

~Teresa

Guest Blogger Evan

The Thanksgiving Rehearsal 
Today we got to see the 1st graders Thanksgiving Concert rehearsal.  My favorite part was when they sang It's Thanksgiving! The kids dressed up as different family members.  It was awesome!
~ Evan

To Do List

Teachers often joke about how much they love Post It notes.  I'm passing that love onto my students so they can take more responsibility of their work.

We are learning to prioritize.  What work do I need to finish right away? 

On finish it up Fridays, students have time to self assess. 

These are the questions we ask ourselves. 

Did I finish all essential assignments?

Did I use my time wisely? 

Did I try my best? 

It feels really good to cross things off as we get them done.

Students enjoy deciding what to do first.

We use effective effort so that we can reach our personal goals!

Publishing

Publishing is the final step in the writing process. We feel so proud of our typed pieces.  As we publish we are learning to type. Practice is the only way to improve this important life skill!  We are also learning about how to change fonts, bold and italic, how to save, and how to print. 

Guest Blogger Owen

On Friday our class had a Halloween party. We had activates like scratch art and toss a pumpkin and   spooky hands. We also had some snacks.  At lunch we ate cob web funnel cakes. It was a very fun Halloween!

-Owen

Guest Blogger Ben

We want to thank the room mothers and all the parents for a fun party.

Here we are playing pumpkin toss.

In this picture someone is wrapped up like a mummy.  I wonder who it is.

-Ben

Guest Blogger Taylor

November Enrichment Work

A lot of people already did lots of enrichment work. This is the November enrichment and it has a lot of Halloween and Thanksgiving choices. This is one of the enrichment choices that someone did in my class. She loves bigger and she did a candy graph on a poster board. I think that she did a good job with the enrichment work.

This is another enrichment work and it is the same one as above. It is the candy graph but smaller. They both wrote the names of the candy and used bar graphs. But Kayla made hers horizontal and Tessa's is vertical.

This enrichment choice was a collage. She did two collages. One with recycled cups and one with leaves. I think she did a creative project.

-Taylor

To see the enrichment menu look at our homework page.

Team Jordan Update

Reading

Students searched for details to determine the main idea. Students worked in pairs and independently to improve their comprehension skills.  We loved this weekly reader about how spiders are helpful to humans. Ask your child if this article changed their opinion of these eight legged creatures.

Today, I was excited to introduce Raz-Kids.  Everyone seemed happy to give it a try, knowing it would improve their reading skills.  Also, the boys and girls seemed enthusiastic about the book choices.  I look forward feedback about this wonderful resource.  For homework this week, children will listen, read, and take a comprehension quiz on Raz-Kids.   Your child should spend 20-30 minutes nightly working on this assignment. 

Writing

In writing, children are polishing up their personal narratives.  We have worked on leads, word choice, organization, sensory details, and the writing process.  Children have made several revisions to enhance their work.  We have also reviewed editing.  During the editing phase of writing we focus on spelling, capitals, and punctuation.  We are becoming very familiar with dictionaries, thesauruses and word lists.

Math

We wrapped up subtraction with a test today.  Our next chapter will be  about solving real world problems using addition and subtraction.  We will use bar models.  Bar models can be tricky for students and parents alike.  I like to think of them as comparison models.  Bar models help us figure out how to solve difficult problems.  In third grade we move away from drawing a picture to illustrate the situation instead we create a model.  We will ask, what do we know?  What does this problem want us to determine?  How can we figure it out?  Did we complete all the steps needed? 

Science

The children all did a wonderful job on their first test.  It is obvious that they learned a lot about plant growth and development.  They also know why plants are important to human survival.  Many children also mentioned that plants just make the world prettier.  I have to agree with them.

Social Studies

Now that we are finished studying plants we will be diving into our social studies unit about the first people in Massachusetts, the Wampanoag.

Homework

I have added the November Enrichment Menu to our Homework page.  Homework this week is reading on raz-kids. I may add to the assignments based on what I see happening on raz-kids. 

Our Halloween Party is Friday. Thank you to Mrs. Billing, Mrs. Kelter, and Mrs. Riley for planning this upcoming event.  We are all looking forward to it!

Thank you for your continued support!

Mrs. Jordan

Guest Blogger Sophia

First Grade Buddies

Today we met our first grade buddies!  Together we drew a picture of how a respectful and responsible class behaves.  We had so much fun getting to know each other!  I'm pretty sure that everyone got along, even if they did not get who they wanted. We are looking forward to seeing them again.

-Sophia

Guest Blogger Natalya

Venus Fly Trap

Today we saw a Venus fly trap plant. I was scared at first I thought it might bite me. I learned that it eats flies and does not bite people.

-Natalya

Guest Blogger Emily

We saw Mr. Harris.  He biked 4000 miles around the world. he showed us some pictures of  oceans and mountains. He said he saw some sad things and happy things. Mr. Harris also saw bulls. They where so  close he could touch them . 11000 feet up is the highest gift shop he went to. He went to Plum island.  Then met a little girl  and she just turned 11 and that is a special age in her tribe . When Mr. Harris was biking he had many adventures.       It was fun to hear about all the places he went.
~Emily

Guest Blogger Marco

We're working on how a plant makes food also known as photosynthesis. A plant makes food with 3 different ingredients sun, water and (CO2). The plant uses those to make sugar. After the plant makes sugar it lets out some oxygen. 

By,

Marco

Guest Blogger Kayla

This is team Jordan watching Johnny the K. 

I think that you are wondering who Johnny the K is well I can tell you . Johnny the K is a person who brings hats in and shows people that it doesn't matter about if your fat or skinny tall or short or if you have brown skin. Be nice to everyone, no matter what they look like. I liked the songs he sang.  My favorite hat was shaped like a pepper.  I also liked that he told jokes ever time he got out a new hat!
By,
Kayla

What can we learn from Johnny the K?

Please ask your child about the amazing visit we had from Johnny the K.  Thank you TESPTO for  bringing Johnny the K to Steward School.  The performance was engaging and relevant to our character studies.  We had a great conversation after the show. 

Global Read Aloud

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

By,

Kate DiCamillo

To begin our journey Team Jordan made predictions based solely on the cover of the book.  Predictions help us to start to think about what we are about to read.  We think about what we see and what we already know to help make good predictions. 

This week, we are going to blog our predictions on Kidblog.  We are also going to use other comprehension strategies such as checking our predictions, questioning, visualizing, and making connections.  We are excited to talk to a global audience and share our thinking about Edward Tulane's adventures.