Guest Readers

Here are our guest readers Marvin Foster and Shelby Ringdahl.

The Pledge on KOMU

Here is the website link to see when our class saying the pledge will air.

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http://www.komu.com/pages/dailypledge/

Please check the Daily Pledge On-Air Calendar to see when your school's classrooms are scheduled to air. Remember that these segments will air in the morning during the 6:30-7 o'clock hour of KOMU 8 News Today. Fear not, if you are unable to record your school's performance, it will be archived on the website the day after airing so that it may be shared with friends and family. 

Be sure to check the calendar frequently, as it is subject to change.

Trick or treat Thursday

Today we are just reading and having fun. Here are some kid Comments about today.   Today we  colored and Listened to Halloween music. We also had Orange Julius and Doughnuts. We also dressed up in our favorite costumes. Ms Mathes's dog, Onomatopoeia (Pia), came for the fun day. We could bring a pillow to relax and read. We had Miss Missouri (Shelby Ringdahl) and and Mizzou Defensive Lineman #94 Marvin Foster come read to us. We got autographs. Today was the best day ever. 

Math Wednesday

Today in math we were skip counting by 2's and 4's. We also wrote what we noticed about skip counting. We used marker on the hundreds chart and colored in the multiples of 2 and then the multiples of 4. We noticed that if you count by 2 and 4 their multiples are always even and we noticed that 2 is half of 4.

Read aloud

During read aloud the teacher is reading Small Steps.  Small Steps is an autobiography about a girl named Peg  Schultz who gets Polio. Peg was 12 years old when she was struck with polio.  There are 3 kinds of polio. There is spinal, respiratory, and bulbar polio. Spinal is when you are paralyzed.  Respiratory is when you can't breathe well. Bulbar is when it is hard to talk and swallow. Peg had all three kinds.  Now we are at the part where Peg is starting to get better.

Writing Monday

Today in writing we went on the computer to type our stories. We typed the story we revised and edited. Once we were finished typing the story we printed the story and made sure that it made sence and the letters were right.

Cube Friday

Today in math we snapped cubes together by 5s to 50 and and 10s to 50.  Then we compared them. 5 is half of 10. Two 5s make ten so 2x 5 =10. 

Health class

Today we went table to table and wrote on paper and answered questions about health like what causes diseases, and How can you prevent yourself from getting diseases, and Name some Diseases. We are strating Germs and diseases/ Heath class. 

multiplication Wednesday

Today in math we made a page for a class multiplication book.  We did this off of Each orange had 8 Slices. We wrote a Halloween story problem. Then We wrote on the back of the page what the answer is and we wrote different ways on how to solve the problem like we did repeated addition, an equation, and skip counting. 

Read aloud

During read aloud we were reading Alvin Ho. Alvin is a second grader and he is scared of everything and he is trying to make friends. At the end he made a friend named Flea. We learned from Alvin that if someone asks you to do bad things they are probably not a true friend. Since we finished the book yesterday today we drew pictures of the story. 

TV Monday

Today was a exciting day because we said the Pledge of Allegiance on KOMU. We had to say it twice and we had to say it loudly. 

Crazy Feet Day

Today our class had crazy feet day because we earned 100 compliments. . We could take our shoes off in class and wear crazy socks and slippers. 

puff mobiles

Today in science we did puff mobiles.  Puff mobiles are things we made only out of 5 lifesavers, 2 regular straws, 4 colorful straws, tape, and a piece paper. We tried to go as far as you could by blowing for only 5 seconds. The longest distance any puff mobile could go was 230cm. We noticed that if you had a sail, it would go longer distance.

Starting Multiplication

Today we made  charts of skip counting. We looked at a picture of a grocery store..  We had to figure out how many items there were by skip counting or adding. We wrote on big paper. We put comments on our posit notes. This will help in multiplication.

 

Read aloud Wednesday

We have been reading Alvin Ho. The problem is that Alvin Ho is trying to make friends, but it is hard for him because he is scared of everything and can't talk at school.  What we read today is where Alvin had to go to piano lessons because he broke dad's toy. We also have read Cabin Creek Mysteries:  The Secret of Robber's Cave, The Third Grade Detectives, Secrets of Droon, Stink, and Sophie the Awesome.

Fast math Tuesday

Today in school we did fast Math. Fast math is when you type math answers in under a second. First we start out in addition, then subtraction, multiplication and finally you do division. During fast math we also play math games to increase our skills in math.

Jeopardy Monday

Today in science we played jeopardy to review what we have learned about force. There were questions about magnets,simple machines, demonstrate or show, definitions and experiments. We would  answer the question with our groups.

 

Writing Friday

Today in writing we wrote to our parents about this week in school. We could write about science, math,reading, writing, and read aloud. We had to write about 5 sentences about a topic you choose. 

Writing Wednesday

Today in writing we have been working on being descriptive. We used similes,5 senses, vivid verbs and show not tell to add description to our writing.  Show not tell means that you are showing that you're mad not telling that your mad and we marked places in our stories to see if we had similes, vivid verbs, show not tell and 5  senses I our writing. 

International Walk to School Day

Just a reminder that tomorrow (Wednesday)  is "International Walk to School Day".  Meet at Boone County Bank at 7:40 if your child  would like to walk to school.

Catapult Tuesday

Today in science we made catapults. We went in different stations and There were 4 stations. One of them was to see if you could knock the cups down and we used targets to see if you could get the most points and we tried to see who can get the fuzz ball the farthest with the catapults. We learned that every lever has a  fulcrum and it's main job is to lift loads.

Pop there goes the rock

We used pop rocks for writing.  We had to come up with descriptive words for how it tastes,smells, looks,sounds and how it felt in your mouth.  We came up ideas for similes like the pop rocks were popping like mini bombs. 

Math Monday

Today in math we did 3 digit subtraction. You have to borrow when the number on the bottom is bigger than the number on top.   We used addition to check if our answer was right.   When we started subtracting last week we used place value blocks to help us. 

roller coasters

We made roller coasters in science today. Roller coasters are inclined planes. We used the forces of gravity and friction.The tools we used are marbles,foam tubes and cups.We did experiments like if you could make the marble roll down the tube to the cup.

United Way

Tomorrow, October 2nd,  is "Make a Change Through United Way" Day.  Students may bring change to donate to United Way and wear comfy clothes.

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