Saturday, March 27, 2010

Pruzin's Cubs News for the Week of March 22nd

Meikelo:  We had Reptile Rally.  We saw an alligator skull and we touched a snake. 
Jumana:  Reptile Rally came to our classroom.  We got to touch a snake and a box turtle.  It was fun!
Phoebe:  We had Reptile Rally  We learned about reptiles.  We saw a bunch of things.
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Shareya:  We read a book. 
Alexis:  Mrs. Schwartz helped me find a book in the library.  She helped me read my book.  I took a test.
Megan:  22 people got their trophy in A.R. I have 120.5 points.  You read books and you have to remember what they said.

Hayden:  I'm student of the week.  When you are student of the week you read your favorite book.  The class writes about you.  You share your life.

Chloe:  After we came back from P.E. we got to have otter pops.  I got to have a green one.  It was good.  I have lots of otter pops at my house.

Mikayla:  We read in our Basal Reader.  It was about Dogs.  We read about working dogs.

Noah:  We got a 4 in P.E. In P.E. we played this baseball game.  Mrs. Manglesdorf said to line up in a circle.  It was fun.

Colton:  At recess I play football.  At recess I play tetherball.  At recess I eat my snack.

Reis:  We play at recess.  We read at recess.  We sit out at recess.

Jonathan:  We chose desert animals.  We chose three desert animals.

Zach:  We are learning about the six main animal groups.  The group we are in is mammals.  One of the things you have to have is hair.

Ben:  We make books and they get published.  I made one of them.  (You can read all the children's published books, poems, etc. on my website on The Writing Den link.)

Tiffany:  We did a word sort.  We sorted the words.  They were long I words.  We have fun in this class.

Caleb:  Every day we have a mystery word.  We have to read it.  Then we feed it to the word muncher.

Alex:  In math wer are learning about shapes.  We describe shapes.  We do lots of math.

Katarina:  18 people got to the 1,000 Club.  I was the 18th person on the list.  We get certificates.

Alicia:  In music we used chalk boards.  We used the chalk boards for patterns.  It was fun.

Zachary:  We did a word sort.  It was a long I one.  Some people didn't get done.

Lauren:  In A.R. once you get to the first level we get an A.R. buddy.  Once you get to honors you get a trophy.  Once you get to 70 points you get to dance on the table.  (Actually the children dance on the table when they become an Honors reader and when they get to 70 points and 100 points.)

Ethan:  I got a new baby brother last week.  We made cards for him.  His name is Gregory.

Madeleine:  Math was awesome.  We do subtracting numbers.  We do adding numbers like 1+9=10.  It is good.

Branden:  In math we had a place value test.  The place value was easy.  I like math.

Madison:  In math we learned about shapes like a hexagon, pyramid, circle,  and a polygon.  I am in regrouping.

Breydan:  We made a book about reptiles---like a snake.  A turtle is another reptile. 

Friday, March 19, 2010

The Luckiest Things in Our Lives

Here is a list of the luckiest things that ever happened to the cubs in Bear Country:
  • We went to the zoo.
  • I asked if I could go to play at McDonald's in my pajamas and the answer was yes!
  • I found a four leaf clover.
  • I got to play in the snow.
  • I got step-parents and step-brothers and a step-sister.
  • I found a four leaf clover.
  • I saw a four leaf clover at school.
  • On Christmas I got an X-box.
  • To have sisters
  • I made a golf shot on my first shot.
  • Nothing
  • My mommy is having another baby.
  • I went to Disneyland.
  • I got to ride in a fire truck.
  • Being born
  • The tooth fairy gave me two dollar coins.
  • Riding on a speed boat
  • My birthday
  • I got a hawk feather.
  • I got roses from Nana.
  • I got a big dinosaur tooth.
  • My family
  • I got a baby brother.
  • Being a twin.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Our A.R. Celebration

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A Week of Celebrating

The cubs reached their 2 A.R. goals and three more cubs became Honors Readers.  One cub earned double the amount of points to get the trophy (70)We celebrated with them as they danced on the table.  We are encouraging the cubs who haven't become Honors Readers yet to keep reading and earn the special trophy. 

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Pruzin's Cubs News for the Week of March 8th

The cubs LOVE to dance on the table. They do this when they reach certain A.R. levels as a celebration.












Jumana
wrote: "We saw Chloe's Aunt. She was in Afghanistan. I think she likes it. We went to the spirit celebration." (The children have been writing letters and sending her cards since November.
They will continue to do this for the rest of the school year.
She was home on furlough and will be going back soon.
We hope she stays safe and thank her for serving our country.)

Breydan
wrote: "Today we are going to make oobleck.
I got 30 A.R. points.

Zachary wrote: " I got 200 A.R. points. I have the 2nd most
points of all the first grade. I love A.R.!"

Alexis
wrote: "We are making oobleck. We were at Art. We painted."

Madison wrote: "In Art we made a design on the painting. "

Noah wrote: "Today was the spirit celebration. Madison, Noah, Katarina, Colton and Tiffany got a trophy."

Meikelo wrote: "Today we are making oobleck. We are also working on our Dr. Seuss book."

Ethan wrote: "Yippeeee! We got a 4 in Art because we were big fat chit chatters!" (Next week they are going to try to get a 5 by cutting down on the chit-chat!)

Alicia wrote: "We made oobleck from one of the Dr. Seuss books. I liked the library because we got to hear the story about the Sneeches. It was funny."

Jonathan
wrote: "We are going to make oobleck. We are learning about Dr. Seuss."

Reis wrote: "Today we are making oobleck. It will be green."

Mikayla wrote: "We are making oobleck. We went to the spirit celebration."

Katarina wrote: "We are doing oobleck today. I got my trophy today."

Phoebe wrote: "In Music we watched a movie. The movie was called Peter and the Wolf."

Chloe wrote: "In Art we had a paper and we had a Sharpie. We used it because my table had to do warm colors. I made a sun."

Branden wrote: "Today we're going to make oobleck. Yesterday we went to Art."

Tiffany wrote: "We are making oobleck. I got my trophy." (She danced the Irish Jig as she went out to get her trophy! :))

Ben wrote: "In Art we made lines over our paintings."

Zach wrote: "We are making oobleck. We did not have P.E."

Alex wrote: "In Art we made two things. In Art we painted."

Lauren wrote: "Today my mom came to help out. We just did a Math test."

Megan wrote: "Today we did the spirit celebration. Then we did our math test."

Madeleine wrote: "I love to write because it is awesome. P.E. is fun---even good."

Colton wrote: "At Music we had a substitute. At Music we got a 5."

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Celebrating Dr. Seuss!

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