Wednesday. Jan. 27th

WOW!!!!  We have been fast at work.
In reading we are working on creating debates for our American Revolution topics.  Ask your child what side are they on...Patriots or Loyalists.
In writing we have been working on our chapters about a famous person.  Each child is reading, researching, skimming and scanning facts for the chapters.

In Math we are working on FRACTIONS and Probability!!!!  We have been exploring parts of a whole.  What is 2/3 of 21?  Your child should know....

All students MUST read at home!!  They do not get lots of homework from me because I want them reading and working on math practice.

Friday, Jan. 22nd

MRS. WISKE'S last day!!!

We were able to spend a fun day saying goodbye to Mrs. Wiske.  We played games and had a pizza party in her honor!!  (THANK YOU MR. BERGMAN and Pizza Hut!!!)

We will be alone with Mrs. Marek  for the remaining half of year.  Mrs. Wiske will be missed...but maybe she will be subbing for us at Eagle Point!!

On Monday we will begin unit 7 in math.  We switch students around from teacher to teacher each unit to best meet the needs of our learners.  It has been successful so far and we are pleased to see that the students have responded well to each teacher.

Thursday, January 15th

Although it was still chilly out today, the kids got to go outside and enjoy some much needed fresh air at recess!

Today, we spent a lot of time learning about how to write narrative non-fiction stories. The students have been very busy writing mini informational books.

During Social Studies we watched the movie My Brother Martin, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. day on Monday.

We sent home book orders today, the due date is January 22nd. Please remember that tonight is dough night, enjoy a night off from cooking :)

Mrs. Wiske

Wednesday, Jan. 13

What a long week.  We have been stuck inside at recess...but tomorrow we are expecting to head outside!!!

We created play dough maps of WI we will add our key elements to and bring home to share.

On Friday January 22nd we have a FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM day and a celebration for the last day of teaching for Mrs. Wiske as a student teacher!

Friday, Jan. 8

We have had a good week.  We had indoor recess today and we were able to have a few games of ping pong..... Carter was champ for the day!!!

We continued our work on the American Revolution and discussed the Boston Tea Party.  We have research teams and we are busy looking up important events that lead to the American Revolution.

We only have Mrs. Wiske for 9 more school days. :(  She will officially leave us on the 22nd.  (but we hope she will come back to sub and help us before the end of the year.)

We will be testing Unit 6 in math soon...we looked at angles today and will continue to practice our division. We need to know our multiplication facts to do division....so keep practicing.

Enjoy the weekend!!!

"Snowball" fight for writing??

We were able to have a "snowball fight" in writing class....what??

We had paper "snowballs" with words on them and when the time was called each student needed three "snowballs" and had to incorporate them into a story.  CREATIVE writing in a fun way!!!

Wednesday, Jan. 6

We have been busy!!!
We have begun our new unit in Reading.  We have learned about events in the American Revolution and how many people were Tarred and Feathered!!!

In math we are working on division....it is a process!!!
In Social Studies we looked at the geography of WI and learned about it's borders.  Do you know the name of the largest lake in WI?  Your child should...:)

*****   Since the weather is now what it should be ......please remind your children they will be outside for at least 30 minutes every day!!!!  It is cold...hats, gloves, JACKETS, should be worn....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Wow! It is 2016!!!! Where did the time go?  I hope all of you had a wonderful winter break.  We finally got some snow.

When we return we will be very busy.  We will begin new units in Math, Reading, Writing , and Social Studies.  I am excited about all the new units...we will explore the American Revolution in Reading and look at geography of WI.  We also get to work on division!!!  OH WHAT FUN IT WILL BE!!

Mrs. Wiske will be with us for three more weeks....she will be missed.