An Activity Today

We talked today about some things we do when taking a test--good and bad. This was an activity meant to help students realize there are things you can do to become a better test taker. Some of the things students wrote were flat out funny.

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A+ Spellers

James
Connor
Zach
Elisabeth
Carter
Maytal
Mykemma
Terry
Zuzu
Caleb
Anna Mo.

Congratulations to these hardworking spellers.

Good Math Practice for this Week

Practice Activity

Pop-Up Scenes

This week we read a short story about two kids that entered a contest. This was an independent activity where the students had to draw the main characters in an important and meaningful part of the story. They pasted them to the pop-up section to make them 3D like. I have a picture of some of them. They really turned out well. Some students put a lot of hard work into each project.

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Report Cards

Report Cards went home last night. Please review them and send in the back sheet.


Friday is Popcorn Day! Each bag is $0.25. Send in money if you like.

Note to Parents

We will begin working on geometric shapes this week. This is the first time this year we have started to discuss shapes. The students have a lot of background in these from previous grades. I expect most of the students will do great!

NEW CONTEST (This hasn't been widely talked about with other classes, so that is good for room 209):
I have just informed the students of the Reading Counts Quiz Contest they can join when they finish reading a book. Each library book that has a green circle on it has a test they can take at school. If your child is reading a book that is from another library it probably has a test they can take, as well. Mrs. Klugman purchased an iPod Touch to give away at the end of the year to one lucky student. Each time a child reaches their goal they put their name in the drawing. The more names in by one student the better chance they have. Good luck and happy reading!

Mystery Desk

Does anyone know who this desk belongs to? Look at the organization. I hope this student's room is just as clean.

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Some Friday Station Pictures

During our station time on Friday we had some kids finishing things they had been working on during our broken week. Enjoy.

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A+ Spellers

Cameron
Alex
Elisabeth
Tayten
Amaya
Carter
ShunTaya
Zuzu
Anna Mo.
Zach
Connor
Caleb

Congratulations to these spellers! Well done and keep up the good work.

Math Test

Since we were canceled yesterday, we will have our math test tomorrow. Today we are playing a review game of Jeopardy. Good luck to all the contestants.

Math Chapter 6 Test

Room 209 will take our chapter test over chapter 6 on Thursday. Don't forget to take the practice test. The link is on the right of this website page.

Once we finish chapter 6, we will skip ahead to chapter 9 dealing with shapes and geometry.

Hi everyone!

Hello! My name is Ms. Schumann and as Mr. Burgette mentioned in a previous blog I have been given this great opportunity to do my student teaching in his classroom! I am so excited to be here at Harrison Hill and to learn from Mr. Burgette. He is an amazing teacher and I have learned so much from him already in the short amount of time I have been here. I am also so impressed with the intelligence of your students and of how well mannered and behaved they are! This class is definitely a blessing to work with!

Just to tell you a little bit about myself, I am originally from Fort Wayne. I attended St. Charles and Snider High School before heading off to Purdue University. Dancing is a passion of mine and I am now lucky to be able to teach it to others at a local studio.

Being at Purdue was a wonderful educational experience. However, it does feel great to be back at home! I look forward to getting to know your students more and helping them further their education.

If you ever have any comments, questions, or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me as the education of your students is my highest priority!

Sincerely,
Ms. Schumann
(msschuma@purdue.edu)

A+ Spellers

Anna Mo.
Caleb
Elisabeth
Zuzu
Maytal
Zach
Cameron
Zoe

Great job to these spellers!

Today

Our class finished the math quiz today over the first four lessons in unit 6. We also worked together to learn about union workers (why they started unions) and education in the late 1800's.

In reading we worked on test taking skills/reading practice. Ms. Schumann started reading "Small Steps" to the class. Ask your child about some of the characters and the setting of the book at this point in time.

Tuesday Math Quiz

We will review on Tuesday and take a quiz over the first half of chapter 6 in Math. Students will be estimating products, finding extended facts, and multiplying on this quiz. Be sure to look at the practice test to see some examples of how it might look.

Note to Parents

Ms. Schumann will be joining our classroom for the next 15 weeks. She is coming to us from Purdue University. We welcome her to her student teaching and know she will learn a lot from our wonderful class.

Also, we are continuing our work on multiplication and division, so if you would constantly keep these fresh in your child's mind that will help them for the more advanced concepts we are working on.

Example:
4x7=28 50/10=5
3x9=27 25/5=5
8x9=72 36/6=6

Thank you,
Mr. Burgette

Today's Excitement

Today we had a visitor come into our classroom. Thanks to a few of our students we were able to catch him. Needless to say we had to take a moment to gather ourselves after this one.

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Welcome Back

We welcomed the students back yesterday. It may take us a few days to get back in our routines, but we had a great first day of the new year. We started a new chapter in math which deals with multiplying larger numbers and rounding to specific places. Keep reading room 209! Lets make this a great 2011.