Growing Together

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How have we grown so far?
The children are becoming familiar with the day to day procedures and they are developing good habits. 
We are rounding, using mental math strategies and working to increase our understanding of numbers and how we can take them apart to make adding and subtracting mentally easier.
Our reading stamina is increasing. We can read independently and to a partner for more than 15 minutes without getting distracted. We are working on leaving, "thinking tracks" in our books. We can use sticky notes, mark up passages and fill out organizers like the one that is for homework this week.  The more children write and share their thinking about the stories they read the more they gain from the reading. In class we are using the phrase, "Reading is breathing in and writing is breathing out."  We are working on writing things that are close to our hearts. We will continue to work on personal narratives for the month of October. We love sharing our stories because sharing brings us closer together as a team.
In science we are "growing" pinto beans and using variables to see what helps them to grow best. We are also learning about classifying plants. We will be learning about photosynthesis, plant reproduction, the importance of each part of the plant and more.
We have been 

Week Two is Through

What did Team Jordan do in week two?
ELA-We continue to work on building stamina in reading and writing. We reviewed the writing process.
We used the laptops and set up google accounts. We will be using google to publish our writing this year.
We are studying sentences to learn about grammar and the power of word choice.
Math- We are wrapping up the first chapter which is all about number sense and place value. The test will take place on Tuesday.
Science- We are learning about plants. We are piloting a new Science program- a letter went home this week about with important vocabulary.


I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday evening for Parent Seminar at 6pm in room 214. Have a wonderful weekend!

 

First Week Findings

We learned...
the cursive letter l
how to pick a just right book
how to work as a team
stems, leaves, roots are all important parts of plants
thousand, hundreds, tens, ones-Place Value
Standard form, word form
Express means write or show
Comprehension means to understand what you are reading.
the teachers are nice
Kindness Pledge
About Bio poems
We have a sports and team theme
about mentor sentences
EEKK -Partner Reading
we have important jobs
 how turn and talk
patterns
we earn baseballs for compliments
building stamina is important
We made our class rules and we all signed a contract.
1. We will not stop teachers from teaching. 2. We will not stop students from learning. 3.We will have fun!
This week we all followed the rules!
Thank you families for sending in all important forms and for sharing your amazing children with us!

We Learn From Each Other

I'm so proud of my team. We have learned so much about each other and from each other. I can't believe that at the beginning of the year some of us were afraid to speak in front of the class. Please enjoy one last video of Team Jordan 2015-2016.

Please click on the link below to see one last special video!

Video

6th Grade Worker Day

Reading with us.

It was great to have Tea work in my class. She helped coach the kids while they practice their readers theatre. I know Tea will be successful at Masco next year!

Paul Revere's Midnight Ride- Reader's Theatre

Poetry Celebration

I'm so proud of my team. Students, parents, and teachers came together to celebrate. The children were so excited to share the work that they published via google slides. It is amazing to think about all the things that we learned about poetry and technology while we created our poetry presentations. 

Please check out our kidblog link to see the final products. Feel free to leave comments to the children.

As promised I've created a video of our celebration. Thank you Mrs. Zargaj for filming. Thank you to the families for your continued support!

Click on the picture below to see our video.

Below is the poem that we wrote together as a class.

The Most Important Thing

The most important thing about Team Jordan is that we are a Team.

The most important thing about me is that I am funny. (Julia)

The about important thing about me is I am a good friend. (Alex)

The most important thing about me is I always include people and make them feel welcome. (Payton)

The most important thing about me is that I like to help others. (Margo)

The most important thing about me is that I reached my goal to be more confident. (Matthew)

The most important thing about me is I always work my hardest to accomplish my goals. (Victor)

The most important thing about me is that I am always helpful to others.(Jameson)

The most important thing about me is I am good at making people laugh. (Mia J.)

The most important thing about me is I’m a good friend.(Jake)

The most important thing about me is that I work as hard as I can to get my work done.(Lincoln)

The most important thing about me is that I really care about people. (Gabby)

The most important thing about me is I work my hardest to achieve my goals. (Devin)

The most important thing about me is that I am nice to my friends and teacher. (Mia R.)

The most important thing about me is that I like to challenge myself in math.(Kole)

The most important thing about me I’m hard working. (John)

The most important thing about me is I make people laugh. (Isabelle)

The most important thing about me is I like to challenge myself in math. (Connor)

The most important thing about me is I try my best. (Bob)

But, the most important thing about us is we are a TEAM!

Inquiry Based Research

We are working on becoming experts on a topic in which we are interested. Children were given time to explore the internet through our safe search engine to find topics that excited them.  Once topics were chosen we practiced asking questions and follow up questions based on the information that we discovered. This is only the beginning. In June we will go public and share our knowledge with the world.  It is a very engaging and busy time! Click on embedded video below