Mrs. Saccoccio’s Class Blog!

Today we had an exciting day. Mrs. Belcher’s class led our CHAMPS assembly. Then we got to watch the first grade put on their Texas play for us. They did a really good job. Then we videoed our reader’s theater that we have been practicing this week. It will be posted on our blog soon. We also turned in our Leprechaun traps and they were amazing. The principal chose the winners. The trap chosen as most likely to catch a leprechaun went to Lexi. The trap voted most creative was given to Dayne. The trap voted most original went to Tia. Please watch our Animoto video to see all of our traps! We hope everyone has an awesome spring break and stay safe!!

We had an awesome turnout for our Leprechaun traps. Check out the video of the submitted traps. Our winners will be announced soon.

Today we worked on homophones during spelling by playing homophone bingo.  In writing, we read Patrick – Patron Saint of Ireland and then continued working on our leprechaun stories.  In math we took our mid-chapter check on chapter 8 about time and temperature.  In reading, we practiced performing our reader’s theater The Silly Wishes. In social studies we worked on prepositions by making a book about where our pot of gold is located.  Don’t forget that your leprechaun traps are due tomorrow.

Today in writing we read Clever Tom and the Leprechaun and then wrote a story together about a Leprechaun.  In math, we reviewed how to tell time to the hour and half hour using our problem solving skills.  In reading we practiced our Three Wishes reader’s theater so that we are ready to be filmed on Friday.  In music, we learned  our  part  in  the  Bugs  play.  Don’t forget to keep working on your Leprechaun traps!

Courtney

Check out our Glogsters on our student work page. Our requirements were that we chose a wall, a graphic, and practiced adding text by writing the definition of a globe and a map. We had a lot of fun and are hoping to add pictures and videos next time! My students will be bringing home their usernames and passwords so they can make these on their own.  I was glad to see that some of you already have!!

Make your own at: http://edu.glogster.com

In writing, we read The Leprechaun’s Gold and we made a leprechaun to write a story about.  In math, we reviewed adding with regrouping with leprechaun math.  In reading, we began a new reader’s theater called The Three Wishes.  We talked about each of the characters and we assigned roles.  We will start practicing tomorrow and will be filmed on Friday.  In science, we read a Scholastic News on Ireland.  Needless to say, we did a lot of Leprechaun activities.  We had fun!  Don’t forget to work on your Leprechaun Traps at home.  They are due on Friday.

Courtney

Our classroom is trying to raise money to put iPod Touches in our centers so that we can continue to learn in new ways. If you would be interested in donating, please visit the link below:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=371725&sharebar=true

Thanks for your continued support,
Mrs. Saccoccio

Today we finished our Flat Stanley letters and addressed the envelopes to send our Flat Friends on their adventures.  In math we began talking about minutes, seconds, and hours.  We had to estimate whether certain things took a second, a minutes, or an hour.  In reading, we did a comprehension check over a story about maps.  This afternoon we went to the intermediate school to see their wax museum that they created.  The students dressed up like people from history and stood like statues.  There were computers nearby so that we could listen to an explanation of each statue.  It was really neat and they did an awesome job.  Pictures will be posted soon!

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Today we worked on words spelled with silent letters like knit or wrap. We also read Flat Stanley.  After we read the book with finished making our Flat Friends and writing our letters to the people that are going to host our Flat Friends.  In math, we began talking about temperature and reading thermometers.  In reading, we read What A Wonderful World and looked for contractions in the story.  In social studies, we continued working on our maps.  We finished our mosaics of the regions of the United States.  They look awesome.  Be sure to check out our slideshow of the online project that we completed yesterday.  There are some really cute pictures!

Today we learned this week’s No Excuse words (good, new, me, write, our).  We chanted them karate style.  We also explored Glogster which is a really cool site that allows you to make interactive posters.  We finished our stories about a time we traveled somewhere.  In math, we reviewed counting, comparing, adding, and subtracting money.  We also talked about maps and globes and looked at many examples of maps.  We even started our own maps that we will continue throughout the week.