Translate this Blog!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Thursday's News

Lina said, "We made snowflakes because winter is tomorrow."

Julia said, "We had an assembly and Mrs. LeFevre and Mr. Kronisch were so funny. Mr. Kronisch had funny glasses on and he picked fake popcorn out of the bucket and Mrs. LeFevre pretended to pour fake hot cocoa in his head!"

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Wednesday's News

Amelia said, "Today Kyleigh's mom came in and gave us cookies.  They were covered in powdered sugar and that was my favorite part. They were called Chrusciki."

Chieh- Er said, "We went to gym and played hockey and if we didn't want to play hockey we played tag in the cafeteria."


Friday, December 14, 2012

Friday's News

Riley said, "We did fact families.   6+5=11, 5+6=11, 11-5=6, 11-6=5.

Nevaeh said, "We went to art and we painted our snowmen. I also made a bead necklace."

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Thursday's News

Gwen said, "Tomorrow is Amelia's birthday but today we got the snack because her parents couldn't do it tomorrow. The snack was pretzels but on the top was chocolate and sprinkles."

Lina said, "We made St. Lucia sweet rolls.  We got to eat it at the end of the day. Some people had raisins on theirs and some did not."


Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Wednesday's News

Ben said, "Today we had P.E. and music.  In P.E. we played hockey with the red team and the blue team."

Kyleigh said, "Today we made Lucia Day crowns and hats.  We had to put candles on the crowns."

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Tuesday's News

Adonis said, "We played hockey today and it was really fun. First it was 2 on 2 then it was 3 in 3."

Jonas said, "Mrs. Tinnell came and taught us about oil. Oil is important because if a metal thing is rusty you can put some oil on it and it will make it slippery so it can move again like on a bike. "

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Friday's News

Deanna's said, "Today in the morning when we walked in we had treats in our shoes! It was St. Nicholas Day!"

Ximena said, "Today we heard about short o. Some words like octopus, opera and ostrich start with short o."

Friday, November 30, 2012

Friday's News

Jonas said, "We went to the Children's Museum. We had a class about science experiments and we made a liquid and a solid together which was a colloid."

Julia said, "We went in the whale and everyone screamed so much because they were enjoying it so much or they were afraid if the jaws because it had so many holes in it."

Kyleigh said, "I liked dressing up as a girl pharoh."

James said, "The gold in the King Tut part of the museum was cool. There was a golden statue that was a dog. We also saw a mummy."


Thursday, November 29, 2012

Thursday's News

Jamie said, "Nevaeh, Joey, Chieh-Er , me and my dad played basketball at recess."

Lina said, "We did math and we had to figure out math problems. Jamie, Riley, Kyleigh and Amelia wrote the problems."

Mrs. LeFevre said, "I am excited about our field trip tomorrow!"

Monday, November 26, 2012

Monday's News

Jamie said, "Today we did math today amd Mrs. Clark and I played Frog Jump.  We were practicing adding and subtracting."

Jonas said, "We learned the basics of endings. ED can make a t sound, ed sound or a d."

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Thursday's News

Julia said, "We did our handwriting books and worked on letter e."

Eric said, " We wrote a note to the people at Vinton School that have been helpful to us."

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Wednesday's News

Ximena said, "We did math together. Neveah and I did a game called WHO HAS MORE CENTS? PENNIES AND NICKELS and it was fun and I got to win."

James said, "Today at recess we had Mileage Club and I got my 5th toe token. I am on my 3rd card."

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Wednesday's News

Julia said, "We had music and we practiced our Thanksgiving song for the feast."

James said, "We were here in the morning and we saw how much snow got added up and the whole field is covered in snowflakes!"


Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Tuesday's News

Nevaeh said, "We went to gym and we played basketball.  We played Knock Out and Around The World. "
Kyleigh said, "We did If I Were President and we put our pictures in a paper to look like we were the President. "

Monday, November 5, 2012

Monday's News

Deanna said, "We did our handwriting and with our books we did the letter 'a'. Letter a starts like Magic 'c' and goes into an 'o' and then an 'a'."

Lina said, "We did our Poem Books. We did a poem about November."


Friday, November 2, 2012

Friday's News

Eric said, "Yesterday we carved a pumpkin. Today we put a candle in it and it looks pretty cool lit up. It looks like a vampire pig!"

Amelia said, "Today we counted 250 seeds out of our pumpkin. We counted by 10's."


Friday, October 26, 2012

Friday's News

Adonis said,  "We all went on a fall class walk and we drew pictures about it. We saw lots of leaves on the ground."
Jamie said, "We had art and we made cactuses.  Some had squiggly lines and some had points and some didn't."


Thursday, October 25, 2012

Thursday's News

Ben said, "We did our handwriting books today
and We did the letter C in our handwriting books. "
Eric said,  "With our sea stars we did a T chart and we are trying to go to 100 with it. We are counting by 5's."



Mrs. LeFevre asked, "How many sea stars do you think we would have if there were 100 legs?"

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Thursday's News

Riley said, "We did math and we learned a game called Bugs in the House Subtraction. "

Gwen said, "Today we had an assembly and Julia and Jamie became  Outstanding Owls because they are respectful."

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Wednesday's News

Jonas said, "We had PE and music today. PE was first and we started with a lap and there were new things out today."

Chieh-Er said, "We made scarecrows. We had to cut, glue a speech bubble and color the scarecrow."

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Tuesday's News

Gwen said,  "We had music and we got a Jolly Rancher and played Bingo. We got it because we were listening and filled our chart up."

Adonis said, "Today we played a frog jump game to learn about adding using the frogs on a number line."

Friday, October 12, 2012

Friday's News

James said, "We had art today.  We made little creatures out of Model Magic and fabric and things."

Amelia said, "Today Julia's mom came in and helped us in the classroom.  She got our homework ready for us."



Thursday, October 11, 2012

Thursday's News

Deanna said, "We learned about fire safety today and we also know that we are not supposed to pull the fire alarms when there is no fire."

Julia said, "We went to library and computer.  We went to a new program in computers and it was called Mathosaurus 1."

Nevaeh said,  "Today was my birthday and I am 7!"

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Wednesday's News

Kyleigh said, "We finished our sticker chart in music. When we fill our chart up we get a Jolly Rancher and we get to play bingo."

Riley said, "We did gym. We practiced exercises."

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Wednesday's News

Ximena said, "Today it was Deanna's birthday. She is 6 years old!"

Ben said, "We were learning about fall.  We wrote about things you hear, smell, and see when it is fall. "

Monday, October 1, 2012

Monday's News

Jonas said, "Today we wrote our Weekend News. We were telling about what we did this Saturday and Sunday. Mine was about me and dad inventing and I went bowling."

Lina said, "Today we glued in our poem books.  We put in a poem about leaves and we highlighted all of the describing words."

Friday, September 28, 2012

Friday's News

Jamie said, "We did our handwriting book.  We wrote the numbers and words for 6,7,8,9 and 10."

Eric said, "We had indoor recess today and I went to the art room. I played with Play Dough there."

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Wednesday's News

Chieh-Er said, "We made applesauce.  We peeled the apples and we put them in the pot with water and we cooked it.  It tasted like regular apple and it was a little bit tastey."

Jamie said, "We wrote about Johnny Appleseed today.  He was a friend to animals."

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Tuesday's News

Kyleigh said, "We learned how to write number 9 and 10 in our handwriting book.  It was the last number."

Riley said, "Today we did math.  First we sorted frogs by dots, no dots and stripes and no dots. Then we drew a graph if it."

Friday, September 21, 2012

Friday's News

Amelia said, "We played with new math materials. They were buttons. I sorted them by pretty and not pretty with Deanna."

Ximena said, "We were learning about vowels. It was so fun and we read a book called It Begins With An A."

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Thursday's News

Chieh-Er said, " We learned how to sort bugs by number of legs,  stripes and no stripes."

James said, "We did Cast a Spell today. It was fun making -at words like cat."

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Wednesday's News

Jonas said, "We we did a bug math problem.  It was about ladybugs flying away and some staying on the ground."

Deanna said, "We learned about Easter from an informational book.  We listened to Max's Chocolate Chicken book first."

Mrs. LeFevre said, "Miss Brooks came from UConn to work with us today!  We are going to see her every Wednesday!"

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Tuesday's News

Ben said, "We did Cast-A-Spell.  It is something where you write words."

Lina said, "Mrs. Tinnel came and left us lots of books from Rosemary Wells.  She read us a book called, The First Tomato: A Voyage to Bunny Planet."

Mrs. LeFevre said, "Mrs. Tinnel also gave us a link to Rosemary Wells author site! "
www.rosemarywells.com

Monday, September 17, 2012

More Monday News

Mrs. LeFevre said, "Today is Constitution Day!  The Constitution was written so our country could have rules."

Monday's News

Adonis said, "We practiced learning about our class rules by tossing a beanbag and answering the questions."

Gwen said, "We wrote a poem about fall."


Friday, September 14, 2012

Friday, September 14, 2012

Julia said, "Amelia and I were trying to find the black papers and I asked Mrs
LeFevre. They were for the pattern block work place."

Eric said, "We did our class journal!"


Thursday, September 13, 2012

We are ready to start our blog!

Monday, June 18, 2012

Monday's News

Evan stated, "We had a Plant Tasting and my favorite was the blueberries because they tasted juicy."

Jeremy said, "At recess Gabe, Alizabeth, Max, Alexander and I made a basketball team and started playing basketball.  Alexander accidentally threw the ball to me and I fell on the ground and my nose hurt because I landed on my face."

Friday, June 8, 2012

Friday's News

Martial Arts Fun Fest @ Vinton School!






Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Tuesday's News

Clara stated, "Today at Must-Do's and Centers, I finished my Must-Do's so I could go to Centers.  We got some new Centers and I didn't go to one of the new ones, I went to art.  The new centers are: science, math, games, creative drama and blocks are back.  At the art center I made a little folder that had a chain on it and I am going to put all my Winx stuff in it but not my doll."

Rosie said, "At lunch and recess Clara and I walked around the playscape looking for a four-leaf clover but we didn't find one so we gave up for that recess.  We will try again!"

Friday, June 1, 2012

Friday's News

Gabe announced, "Today we had a beach party and I brought my water balls.  Most people were using them to squeeze water on people's heads."

Esme stated, "Today we had a beach party and most people got soaked, including me!  We also had ice pops."

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Thursday's News

Scout said, "Today at Number Corner we played Race You to 400. My group won."

Emma stated, "Today at the computer lab we did end of the year things we liked about first grade and I said 'One great thing about first grade was my lovely art teacher Mrs. Gilmore.'  I didn't say this but I wanted to, she teaches us art in first grade and in second grade she teaches us to draw a snake and put dots around it."

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Tuesday's News

Evan said, "Today we shared our published books.  I shared it with Will in Ms. Sparks's class.  Will's book was all about 4 new friends."

Kenney stated, "At P.E.  we did a frisbee game.  We tried to do the least amount of throwing to hit a cone or a hoop.  I won the most games in my group."

Friday, May 25, 2012

Friday's News

Matthew said, "For art we did a self portrait last time but this art we added details to our portrait by drawing them and cutting them out and then gluing them on another piece of paper that was colored."

Kenney said, "Today we had a big clean up.  Everyone had a job to do and after that we did our blog."

Friday, May 18, 2012

Friday's News

Abby stated, "Today we had art and we got our papers from the Creative Galaxy.  One of them was called The Moon of Lines and we made ourselves on a paper and we went on to the rug to tell people our favorite planet."

Gabe said, "Today we did our seed journal and mine didn't grow the last time we looked but then when I looked at my seed today it grew a lot.  I saw that my seed cracked open."

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Thursday's News

Rosie announced, "At recess Clara and I played with Clara's doll McKenna.  We made rings for us out of flowers and we were walking around putting more and more flowers on us."

Scout stated, "Today at the assembly we watched a video of 95210 and  one of the boys made up a story and he saw 2 puppies drinking tea with way too much sugar and they asked him if he wanted tea and he said, 'No way, I want my water.' Then the Tooth Fairy came and she was exhausted from getting all the dirty teeth and she told the dogs that too much sugar makes you have cavities.  There was also Outstanding Owls at the assembly and there were 3 people in our class that were owls."

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Wednesday's News

Alexander stated, "At P.E. we got to play outside and  our choices were
lacrosse or frisbees.  Jeremy, Gabe, Alizabeth and I played lacrosse but we changed it kind of and we played Battleship and if we got hit with a ball we would be on the other person's team. I was  on Jeremy's team and Gabe was on Alizabeth's team."

Jeremy announced, "Today at Math Workplaces Mathew, Evan, Gabe and I played Zani Lingo and we all had privacy shields so at the end of the game everyone would show thier boards and they would see.  Everybody most times shouted out Zani Lingo and at the end everyone jumped up and did a funky dance and shouted Zani Lingo."

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Tuesday's News

Alizabeth said, "For Must Do's we had two papers we had to do.  The first one was our Word Boxes and sentences the second one was a math paper.  After that we had to read one book and then go to centers.  Alix and I went to the Writing Center.  We wrote a book about animals."

Joey announced, "Today at math we did a game that our friends sent to us and Mrs. LeFevre told us to do it.  It was fun and on the back of it and on the back of it we had to write ideas about  the game."

Monday, May 14, 2012

Monday's News

Clara stated, "At Writer's Workshop I published another book about when my mom went to Belguim.  It talked about how when she was gone I played Sorry! and I played with sme friends."

Alizabeth said, "On our Weekend News I wrote about Mother's Day.  I said that my dad,  my brother Josh and I went out for ice cream and we were close to the dinousaur place."

Friday, May 11, 2012

Friday's News

Emma said, "I got ready for Mother's Day today.  I also did a drill in the afternoon and the drill was about if there was gas leak in the cafeteria and what we did was went outside and we sat down and were quiet for a little bit.  We also did other drills in the past."

Esme stated, "At Writer's Workshop I am really close to getting a book published, I just have to work on my ending and adding some more details."

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Thursday's News

Evan stated, "We went the greenhouse.  We put soil in 3 containers and then we put lima bean seeds in the cups to plant them.  We also weighed potatoes and mine was 59 teddy bears.  Potatoes are also called tubers."

Matthew announced, "At Number Corner we played Race You to 400.  Mrs. LeFevre won.  We were so close, we were only 5 away from winning."

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Wednesday's News

Kenney stated, "Today we had Writer's Workshop.  I wrote an informational book about vehicles and I read it to the class and Esme read one too."

Alix said, "During P.E. we did soccer.  We couldn't pass the line to the other line, we had to get goals in the other teams goal."

Friday, May 4, 2012

Friday's News

Gabe announced, "We had Sharing and I shared about having a birthday with Jeremy.  I said only Jeremy could come to my birthday and people were disappointed.  I wanted more people to come but my mom said I could only invite one person."

Joey stated, "In math today we did folding papers for our math friends, Imi and Zani.  We helped them make shape cards for a game."

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Wednesday's News

Abby stated, "We went to the gym and I played volleyball and we had a big huge ball and it was boys vs. girls.  We had to do it all together to get it on the other side of the net.  We all made a big huge tower out of different types of cones  but the boys knocked it over but not with the frisbees."

Alizabeth announced, "For math we did a game called Lingo.  It's not like Number Bingo, it's Shape Bingo and it is when you have to get 4 in a line even though it shows 5."

Monday, April 30, 2012

Monday's News

Alexander announced, "Today we went to physical education and we didn't have scooters and bowling, we practiced throwing frisbees and volleyball instead.  One time when I threw a frisbee I knocked down all of the things that I was supposed to knock down."

Jeremy stated, "At Must Do's I had to make a story about Jack and the Beanstalk.  I wrote about me and and an old man giving me a bean and the old man only said 3 sentences but it was his last words...and you all know what that means."

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Thursday's News

Scout stated, "Today at the assmebly I got to sit in front of my sister.  We watched a lot of videos.  One was about 9-5-2-1-0 and another was about saving energy."

Rosie said, "We had library and instead of computer we went to the greenhouse and we got to plant a few things.  We saw a lot of plants  that we are going to give to the soup kitchen."

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Wednesday's News

Clara said, "Today at Writer's Workshop I got one of my books back from the publishing center and it was called Family Vacation.  I got all the way to page 4 illustrating it."

Esme announced, "At recess Clara and I were talking about how we could get money so that I could get the 2012 American Girl Doll."

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Tuesday's News

Max stated, "We shared our pieces of the earth.  I brought in 3 acorns and they are special because they feed squirrels and they help plant trees."

Matthew announced, "Today we did The Pom Pom Toss that Imi and Zani faxed us.  The fax told us how to play it.  You had to have a line and and a target 2 feet away from the line and you tried to get your pom pom on the target.  I got a foot away and the other one I got on it."

Monday, April 23, 2012

Monday's News

Evan said, "At physical education there was new scooters and we were connecting almost all of them together and at bowling there were new bowling balls and we could do score sheets."

Emma stated, "Today at Sharing I said that I went to the beach and I went fishing.  After I went fishing I went to the Chinese Buffet.  I also went to Alix's birthday and I got a picuture of me riding a unicorn.  It was really just a pony dressed up as a unicorn and it's name was Salty."

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Wednesday's News

Esme announced, "At P.E. I  played on the scooters and it was fun because we went around and around and around. We took turns pulling each other."

Kenney stated, "We did measuring and my problem was only one problem and it was the inches were rolling away.  We tried to use them to measure."

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Tuesday's News

Matthew said, "Today we did animal studies.  I did the meerkat and it is able to eat scorpions without getting harmed by its poison."

Alix stated, "At recess I played with Scout.  She brang her cute doggie and the dog's blanket."

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Thursday's News

Gabe stated, "Today we had computer and library.  At computers we did www.raz-kids.com and I read a lot of books."

Abby said, "Today we did our bunnies and my color bunny was brown.  I put a funny smile on it."

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Wednesday's News

Scout yelled, "Today at P.E. we played on the scooters and it was a lot of fun!  I got a ride from Emma and Alix.  Emma went so fast that I fell off!"

Esme announced, "Today at Writer's Workshop I got my book published and it was really funny because Mrs. LeFevre told me not to rush and I only got the cover done!  We had to have a meeting where I got a chart to list the number of books I have published.  This was book #1."

Monday, April 2, 2012

Monday's News

Alexander announced, "Today in gym we went on scooters.  You could not stand on them but you could sit on your bottom or lay on your belly.  Mr. Kronisch got new scooters but there were only 4."

Clara stated, "We wrote our Weekend News and I wrote about Rosie coming over.  We made fairies on the computer and mine were Fidgit and Melody and Rosie made one named Alex.  I wrote that we played with our American Girl Dolls and they had a make-over."

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Thursday's News

Evan stated, "Today we had computer and library.  At computer we went to www.seussville.com .  I went to Green Eggs and Ham."


Jeremy explained, "Today I thought we would have indoor recess but I was wrong.  We had outdoor recess and for some reason I saw that everything was wet from yesterday.  I went on the spider web and slipped upside down with no hands and it was the greatest thing I did."

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Tuesday's News

Emma announced, "Today we had Crazy Shoe Day and I wore 2 different shoes.  They were both Nike but different.  We read The Foot Book while wearing our crazy shoes."

Rosie screamed, "Today at P.E. and music we danced with Ms. Sparks's class and we had a few minutes of free choice time after they left."

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Thursday's News

Alix yelled, "At the assembly my brother played the recorder.  They sang and did the recorder for one of the songs!"

Evan whined, "At the computer lab we went to www.seussville.com. I went to The Lorax Quest and I had to get everything I need to plant trees."

Mrs. LeFevre announced, "Yesterday we came up with new ways of saying 'said'.  Can you spot them above?"

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Wednesday's News

Max announced, "We danced with Mrs. Prince-Warinsky's class.  We did square dancing and we did some little games. "

Joey exclaimed, "Today we had Poem Time and we put in our poem and got to draw a picture of a vase with pussy willows in it."

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Tuesday's News

Rosie said, "At the end of the day we went outside and a few of the kindergarteners wanted to play with us.  We went on the slide and some of our bottoms started to burn from the slide because of the sun and the slide was really hot.  We got to go outside because we finished our work."

Alix said, "At gym we danced with Ms. Sparks's class and Mr. Toomey's class."

Mrs. LeFevre said, "It was bright and sunny for the first day of spring and we had a lot of sunshine in the school because everyone was wearing yellow for Sneetch Day."

Monday, March 19, 2012

Monday's News

Kenney said, "We did our Weekend News.  Everyone wrote about thier weekend.  Mine was about playing tennis.  I said that I could hit a ball over people's heads.  Andrew was there playing basketball and he could throw a ball over people's heads and have a score."

Jeremy said, "At Writer's Workshop  I looked at my folder and I saw that one of my books was about to be published and I looked to see if there were any fixes or finishes in it and I did them.  Now I am going to have a conference."

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Thursday's News

Gabrial said, "We did measuring.  We had to pick out 50 things in 3 bags and we had to figure out which one was the heaviest.  The heaviest bag was the colored pencils."

Alizabeth said, "For handwriting we did 4 letters.  They were the upper case and lower case X's and Z's."

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Wednesday's News

Alizabeth said, "For math we did 2 papers and one of them was from Imi and Zani.  It was easy for me because I know that when a balance is tilting up it's lighter and when it is tilted down it means it is heavier."

Matthew said, "For gym we did square dancing and regular dancing just like last time except Mrs. Prince-Warinsky's class was there instead of Ms. Sparks's."

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Tuesday's News

Esme said, "We had P.E. and music but it was mostly in the gym and we danced with Ms. Sparks's class and Mr. Toomey's class.  For Ms. Sparks's class we did a little square dancing and with Mr. Toomey's class we did a little game dancing."

Alizabeth said, "For poem time we put in 2 poems but not at once.  The first one we put in was the spring poem and then the March poem.  We had to draw for the March poem and we had to have a green paper and white paper with all the words mixed up.  For the spring poem we didn't have to draw anything we had to write the poem."

Monday, March 12, 2012

Monday's News

Clara said, "We had Writer's Workshop and I had one book in 'Editing', one book in 'Tools' and one book in 'Drafting' and I added on to each of them."

Abby said, "We went outside to look for 'living things' and 'non-living things'.  I saw a tree, a bird, an insect and a flower and they are living things.  The non-living things I  found were a rock, leaf, trash and water."

Friday, March 9, 2012

Friday's News

Jeremy said, "Today we had extra computer time.  Gabe, Emma and I were racing on a car game and mine went really fast."

Scout said, "I liked when Ms. Barrow came and told us about inventions.  Now I want to do the Science Fair or the Invention Convention."

http://www.inventionatplay.org/

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Thursday's News

Emma said, "Today was Alizabeth's birthday and Alizabeth's birthday snack was cupcakes.  The cupcakes had not sprinkles but they had little chewy candies in them and on the frosting.  We did the Birthday Cheer and that is when you put your name on in and chant it and is says how old you are, like Alizabeth is 7 years old today."

Joey said, "Today we went to computer and library and in the library I got the Aliens Are Coming book.  In the computer lab I made a robot on www.abcya.com."

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Wednesday's News

Matthew said, "For physical education we did a ball game where you pass the ball to the person that is in back of you.  You were trying to make it so that nobody has the ball going flying out of their end."

Alizabeth said, "For Writer's Workshop I wrote about my hamster and I did my title.  The title is I Got A Hamster.  I wrote about how I really love her even if she got lost."

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Tuesday's News

Evan said, "We had P.E. and we danced with the kindergarteners and Ms. Sparks's class.  We got to teach them dancing moves."

Max said, "We did a little play about bullying.  I was part of the Bully Crew and I also played the part of Emma.  We learned that people can be mean and we want them to be nice."

Monday, March 5, 2012

Monday's News

Joey said, "Today we had gym.  We played basketball after we did dancing."

Kenney said, "We wrote our Weekend News.  Everyone wrote about their weekend.  Mine was that my mom bought me a Marvel Hero backpack."

Friday, March 2, 2012

Friday's News

Esme said, "We had 'Sharing' today.  Jeremy shared an African penguin and it was pregnant."
Gabe said, "We had art.  We made a mitten and then we had to draw animals on it."

Alexander said, "Today was Dr. Seuss's birthday!  We made a hat like the Cat in the Hat's and we had to draw green eggs, a strange cat and a Who.  We also wore red or yellow or both today like the Birthday Bird in Happy Birthday to You! by Dr. Seuss."

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Thursday's News

Matthew said, "At snack we watched the book called, Oh The Thinks You Can Think, by Dr. Seuss.  It was cool because she didn't even turn the book around when it was the circle words."

Scout said, "I liked when we got to do math on penguins. We got to sort penguins.  We sorted them by feet colors.  I found out that all penguins have different colors of feet and there are lots of black footed penguins."
+

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Wednesday's News

Alix said, "At activities I went on the computer.  I drew some grass, a sky and a flower.  I printed it out."

Jeremy said "Today we had a half day and we  had free choice. I played spies with my friends and we made spy watches."

Alexander said, "Today was a Leap Day.  It was four years ago and now we have to wait another four years to get another February 29.  I will be in 5th grade and I will be 10 years old."

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Tuesday's News

Abby said, "I did the penguin riddles.  I had to write facts about penguins and I did the king penguin."

Alizabeth said, "We went to gym and we did basketball and we had teams, yellow and red.  I was on the red team and the other people were Jeremy, Esme and Alix.  We tried to get the ball into our hoop and we won because we got the most points even though we had the least players."

Friday, February 24, 2012

Friday's News/

Evan said, "We went on a winter walk.  There were big piles of snow at the playscape.  When we came in it we wrote what we saw on a piece of paper and turned it into a book.''
Max said, "Joey's mom came in to teach us about teeth.  She said to brush our teeth in the morning, afternoon and night.  We also need to floss."

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Wednesday's News

Emma said, "We did math.  I sketched an emperor penguin.  It was so big!  It has such a small beak for a penguin like mine.  Then I got to paint it.  After I got to play a subtraction game called Old Orca Subtraction."

Rosie said, "In Writer's Workshop I made my 3rd story.  It's about my dog."

Friday, February 17, 2012

Friday's News

Joey said, "Today we did Jeremy's Birthday Book.  I wrote about him getting a leopard seal for his birthday."

Scout said, "I liked when we drew the penguins because some were large and some were some small.  We got to see what sizes they were."

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Tuesday's News

Scout said, "I liked when we studied Antartica because I learned that killer whales hunt things for a very long time.  We got to see pictures of Antartica and penguins."

Rosie said, "At read aloud my  mom read How Spider Saved Valentine's Day."

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Tuesday's News

Matthew said, "At gym I found out some new games about basketball.  To some other people they weren't new because I was absent and they weren't.  In Hot Shot you had to get as many scores as you could in a minute."

Scout said, "I liked math because we had to do it with heart candies and we got to eat them at the end.  We got to color them if you had time to at the end but lots of people didn't.  I liked pink the most.  I had 8 of them."

Monday, February 13, 2012

Monday's News


Kenney said, "Today we learned about the emperor penguin which is the last penguin.  It is very heavy.  Some people think that 100 pounds is too much for 1 bird!  The emperor penguin is the tallest and heaviest penguin."


Rosie said, "We did Writer's Workshop and I wrote about my trip to Pennsylvania.  I had a conference with Mrs. LeFevre."

Friday, February 10, 2012

Friday's News

Alix said, "Today was the 100th day of school.  I went to Ms. Sparks' class and we did a riddle and it had a 100th day puzzle."

Clara said, "Today at art we made a ginormus valentine.  We had to trace our hands on each side of the valentine paper and I gave mine to my mom."

Monday, February 6, 2012

Monday's News

Gabe said, "We had gym.  We played basketball and there were 4 different things that you could do.  I liked the 'Moving Around the Space' one."

Abby said, "We went outside.  I went on the tire swing.  It was going very, very fast!  It was fun!"

Alizabeth said, "We have a new student today.  Her name is Scout.  She is really nice and we are glad she is here."


gentoo penguins


Friday, February 3, 2012

Friday's News

Jeremy said, "Today for penguins, we were studying the little blue.  They are very small, they are only 16 inches.  When I measured them, they were very small to me."


Rosie said, "Clara, Alix and I made a book called 'Santa's Cupcake Bakery'.  It was a funny book because a special elf ate a cupcake that was a magic cupcake and his teeth were blue for a day!"
little blue or fairy penguin

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Wednesday's News

king penguin

rockhopper penguins
Mrs. LeFevre said, "We have been traveling to Antarctica!  We have learned about the king and rockhopper penguins!"

Friday, January 27, 2012

Max said, "We went to an assembly and we saw a storyteller.  The storyteller told some stories and one story was about Martin Luther King, Jr."

Alexander said, "We did a Happy Birthday paper for our school.  I gave our school lots of money and a phone.  The school is 60 years old."

Emma said, "We did an experiment about he polar seas.  We found out that if you put 5 ice cubes in it makes the water freezing.  We got it to about 30 degrees F.  It was soooo freezing!"

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Thursday's News

Joey said, "We pretended we went to Antartica and we played an Antartica game."

Evan said, "We had computer.  It was our first time to go on a money game.  I got 58 cents."











Esme said, "We had crazy hat day today because yesterday we got a reward for having 100 stars.  I didn't bring a hat because I kind of didn't want to wear one.  This morning I borrowed a hat from Mrs. LeFevre and took it off and on."

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Thursday's News

 Rosie  said, "We made Clara's Birthday Book.  I made Clara her own fairy garden.  Her mom brought in a rose cake."

Joey said, "Today in music we watched a video.  It was funny because the alligator came out of the water and they put the ballerina music on."

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Tuesday's News

Alix said, "We learned about Antartica.  We had to put our first name and last name, our height, our weight, our birthdate, and our state and country on our passports.  We also had to add the picture."

Gabe said, "We went to gym.  The boys were on one side and the girls were on one side and we played hockey.  I took the puck and tried to hit in the goal but Joey was really fast and he hit it right in our crease.  We scored."

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Thursday's News

Kenney said, "My dad came in to teach us about the Chinese New Year.  My dad and I taught everyone about Chinese New Year.   I was very, very, very excited."

Jeremy said, "In computer lab I read a story on the computer and then Mrs. LeFevre can listen to the story I read."

Emma said, "My mom came in to read us a story today, it was called Here Comes Darrel.  The dog, Buster is my favorite character.  The story was about Darrel fixing a roof so it wouldn't blow off and in the book it kept on changing seasons."



Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wednesday's News

Rosie said, "We went to music and got all of our stickers on our little chart so we got to play Bingo.  I got 2 sets of stickers."

Esme said, "We study about whales today and people had a lot to say.  We learned that the tail has 2 flippers basically that are called flukes.  I wrote about humpback whales."

Friday, January 13, 2012

Friday's News

Alizabeth said, "We did Writer's Workshop but I couldn't write that much because I had to go somewhere.  I was going to write about my vacation."

Abby said, "We learned about Martin Luther King, Jr.  He had a dream that things would be fair."

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Wednesday's News

Gabe said, "We went to gym and we played hockey.  We had to hit the puck into the goal.  There were 2 goals, one is red and one is blue."


Evan said, "We did Penguin Probibility.  The orange table and the green table were the red trapezoids and the blue and orange table were the blue rhobuses.  The rhombuses won."

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Tuesday's News

Alix said, "Today we did a paper about Three Kings Day.  We wrote some ideas down about what happens on Three Kings Day."

Alizabeth said, "We went to gym and we played hockey.  I got 2 partners each game.  In the first game it was Joey and then Max.  We won each game because we each took turns and we won because we got 4 points and the other team got 3."

Monday, January 9, 2012

Monday's News

Alexander said, "Today my grandma came in to school to teach us about Three Kings Day.  We got a Three Kings coloring paper."


Joey said, "We did our Weekend News.  I wrote about the toy I got.  It was an action figure."

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Thursday's News

Jeremy said, "Today we did lobster problems.  We had to figure out how much half of the lobsters was and how much in all."

Clara said, "We had computer and library this afternoon.  In library I got a fairy book.  It was called Scarlet the Garden Fairy."

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Wednesday's News

Max said, "We went to gym and we played hockey.  I was partners with Alexander and we were on the red team."

Alexander said, "For Must-Do's we did a Kwanzaa paper and we had to make a list of what we came up with about Kwanzaa.  One of the things we learned is that it is an African-American holiday and it is kind of like Hanukkah because they both have a candle holder."

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Tuesday's News

Matthew said, "At gym we played hockey.  We used balls or pucks to hit them in between the cones because those were the goals."

Joey said, "We did Vacation News and I wrote about when I went to my grandma and grandpa's.  I had fun because we went to watch a movie on the couch."
Mrs. LeFevre said, "We celebrated Matthew's birthday today!  His real birthday was on December 29th and we were not in school."