Pruzin's Cubs News for Oct. 19, 2009

Ethan wrote: At Buckelew Farm I picked a big pumpkin. It was so big! It was bigger than my body!

Shareya wrote: I found a pumpkin on the ground.

Ben wrote: We went to Buckelew Farm. We picked pumpkins. I picked a gourd.

Unknown wrote: We went to the pumpkin patch. We picked pumpkins

Zachary wrote: We had a hawk walk. I got to get the principal messy.
Alicia wrote: We had a Hawk Walk and there was music. Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Skillman got dirty with mustard and pies and silly string and other stuff.
Chloe wrote: The Hawk Walk had music and they had a place where you get Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Skillman messy. A boy in our class got to get them messy. They had pie and chocolate syrup and strawberry syrup, and silly string. We got to have otter pops. It was fun.

Jumana wrote: We went to the Hawk Walk. It was fun. The hawk high-fived us. They sprayed us with silly string. We had to walk.

Mikayla wrote: We are having our buddies come to the classroom to measure our pumpkins. Our buddies are going to do something with us. They might ask us to come to their classroom. I think we will have fun.

Branden wrote: Today our 4th grade buddies are coming to our class because we are measuring and weighing our pumpkins today.
Unknown wrote: We got our report cards. She gave out surprises. (Mrs Pruzin wrote: I gave each child 2 awards.)

Katarina wrote: We did cheers in P.E. Then we did tug-of-war. We did exercises.
Madeleine wrote: We did the graph. It was cool. I liked it. It was awesome!
Unknown wrote: We made a glyph of pumpkins. It was fun. I liked it.
Lauren wrote: We watched a movie about pumpkins. We learned a lot.
Alex wrote: We watched a movie that was from a book. It was not all from a book.
Phoebe wrote: We worked in our plant log this week. We used our magnifying glass.
Alexis wrote: We wrote in the plant log. The plant log was fun.
Caleb wrote: We get pizza because we are celebrating Megan's birthday. We get ice cream because we had the most box tops.
Megan wrote: We get ice cream. We don't know which kind it is. We get pizza.

Madison wrote: We will have a pizza party and a ice cream party, too! Megan put a party. She's celebrating her birthday for a pizza party. The ice cream party is for the box tops. Our class won the box tops because Mrs. Dickert gave all her old box tops to us.
Zach wrote: We got ice cream with pizza. It was yummy. Before we got it, I died for it!
Noah wrote: I am so glad that Mrs. Ellerd got pizza for the classroom. We have ice cream.
Colton wrote: We get to have pizza and ice cream. We got to have pizza and ice cream because we wont the box tops party.
Reis wrote: We got ice cream because we had the most box tops. We got pizza for Megan's birthday.

Pruzin's Cubs News for the Week of October 5

Reis wrote: I danced on the table with Branden because I became an Honors Reader and Mrs. Pruzin danced on the table.

Jonathan wrote: We are trying to get a class pet. We do not know what the class pet is. Do you? We have to start to get 4's and 5's in our Special Classes. I wonder what it is. I wonder if it is a rabbit. I do not care. I wonder if who's job it will be to feed the pet.
Breydan wrote: I read with my teacher. .

Noah wrote: We went on the Smartboard. We went to Spelling City.

Zach wrote: I got 40 points in A.R. and got a bead! I liked it!

Zachary wrote: I danced on the table with Mrs. Pruzin.

Tiffany wrote: We read a big book about pumpkins. In the big book it said you can make pumpkin pie.

Shareya wrote: I took an A.R. test.

Lauren wrote: I became a Super Reader. Now I have 3 beads on my A.R. buddy.

Ethan wrote: In the library I took an A.R. test on "Biscuit Visits the City: and I got 100%. Do you like A.R. ?

Megan wrote: At art we had a test of the primary colors, then secondary colors. It was fun doing it.

Madison wrote: In art we took a test to see how we did to see the primary colors and the secondary colors.

Hayden wrote: In P.E. we played tug of war. We played rings. We practiced for field day.

Katarina wrote: We did instruments in Music. It was fun.

Ben wrote: In math sometimes we worked on patterns. Sometimes we worked on math packets.

Phoebe wrote: I turned into a Ready Reader and it was fun.

Alicia wrote: In P.E. we practiced for field day. What we did was we practiced tug of war. Then we practiced all of the relay races.

Jumana wrote: I became an Independent Reader. When you are an Independent Reader you get a bead on your A.R. buddy.

Caleb wrote: We planted seeds. They were pumpkin seeds. We put them in the sun. Then we wrote in a plant log.

Branden wrote: Me and Reis danced on the table to the chicken dance. Why---because Reis and I got 35 points in A.R. and we got to dance on the table!

Alex wrote: We planted a seed. It was a pumpkin seed. We wrote in a book. In the morning we do the pledge. We have a silence time.

Mrs. Pruzin wrote: You can see how successful these children are in our school's A.R. club by clicking on the title of this post. It will take you to the A.R. link of my website. Every child in the class is participating in the program. Our goal is for the entire class to earn an honors trophy.

Pruzin's Cubs News for the Week of Sept. 28th

Zach wrote: In Music we played a game. It was fun.

Reis wrote: We did an experiment about two seeds. One of the seeds turned brown and split. The other one just split.

Madeleine wrote: The Hawk Walk is fun. It is fun to do the Hawk Walk.

Mikayla wrote: When we go to Music we listen to the music and then we give our name cards to a student. We listen to the teacher so we know all the instructions and most people listened. Everyone did good.

Lauren wrote: In Art we drew either a cat, a dog, or a bear. I drew a bear. We had to color it. We can't leave any white. Then she sends them to a company.

Noah wrote: I had to do my homework outside. I also had to read a seed book.

Alicia wrote: At the spirit celebration Wilbur came and we screamed, "U of A". Also, the boy cheerleaders and one of the girl cheerleaders came. Wilbur and one of the boy cheerleaders sprayed Mrs. Walker with sticky strings.

Jonathan wrote: We are going to be planting a seed. I want to plant the Baby's Breath.

Chloe wrote: At recess there was a puddle and lots of bees were in it. There were some in the trash can and in the other one, too. The bees were following me.

Megan wrote: I got Little Bear. I got to bring Little Bear home.

Zachary wrote: I am an Honors Reader. At the next spirit celebration I will get my trophy.

Alex wrote: In P.E. we got a 4, which is better than a 3! We usually get a 3+.

Colton wrote: I'm almost and Independent Reader.

Katarina wrote: I broke my arm when I was at PAL. I was in the grass.

Caleb wrote: Today I got a trophy. It is cool. Oh Yeah!

Breydan wrote: I got two points in A.R.

Tiffany wrote: We made pictures out of seeds.

Ethan wrote: I became a Ready Reader and stuffed animal I got was a cheetah.

Jumana wrote: I need four more points to be an Independent Reader.

Branden wrote: We had a scorpion in the library today!

Hayden wrote: In guided reading we read "The Carrot Seed" and "The Seed".

Alexis wrote: I read the book called "Biscuit".

Madison wrote: In P.E. we went around the tree and other stuff. We followed the white line and we did different stuff. We ran across to the other cone. We skip, run and walk.

PRUZIN'S CUBS NEWS FOR SEPT. 21-25

Madeleine wrote: I liked the apple contest. I was the judge.

Noah wrote: At the apple eating contest, Jonathon won. Mikayla won. Jonathan was so happy. Mikayla was excited!

Katarina wrote: I was judge. I didn't bring an apple.

Lauren wrote: In the apple eating contest Ethan lost his tooth. In music weplayed grizzly bear.

Ethan wrote: We had an apple eating contest and I lost my tooth. I got a certificate.

Ben wrote: We had an apple eating contest. In Art we made pictures. to put on magnets. contest. I won a certificate.

Jonathan wrote: I won the apple eating contest. I won a certificate.

Alex wrote: In A.R. I have a lot of points because I have been going to the library a lot.
In the apple eating contest I was cheering Reis on.

Mikayla wrote: I won the apple eating contest and I got a certificate. We lost a lot of recess time.

Chloe wrote: When Ethan did the contest his tooth was wiggly. He wiggled and his tooth came out. It was bleeding. In Art we made a picture. We couldn't have white showing. I made a cat and I colored it. Then the company is going to take a picture and make it into something. You can make it on a mug. That's what I was going to do.


Tiffany wrote: We had fun at the apple eating contest. We read library books at the Library. We drew animals at Art. We went to P.E. We did subtraction.

Branden wrote: In the apple eating contest I was in second place. Yesterday in Art I had a bloody nose.

Caleb wrote: We had an apple eating contest. I am getting a trophy. In Art we wrote a picture. The art teacher is going to send them to a special company.

Reis wrote: We had an apple eating contest. One person lost their tooth. In Art we made pictures. I made a bear.

Colton wrote: After the apple eating contest my tooth started to bleed. I had fun at the apple eating contest.

Phoebe wrote: We made a book. It was fun!

Jumana wrote: We read a Scholastic News. It taught us about apples.

Alicia wrote: In Art we colored a white piece of paper. Next week our art teacher said she was going to mail it to a company and they would make them into magnets.

Breydan wrote: In P.E. we stretched and ran around the quarter mile.

Megan wrote: Art is fun. We made animals and Mrs. Meyers is going to send it to somebody. Next week we have to finish it and do something else.

Zach wrote: In Music we played a game. I liked it!

Zachary wrote: In Art we drew animals. The art teacher is going to mail the pictures to a company.

Hayden wrote: In Art we got to choose one of these: a bear, a cat, a dog.

Shareya wrote: In Art we drew animals.

Alexis wrote: In Art I colored a dog. Ethan lost his tooth.

Madison wrote: In Art we looked at our paper and we made one of them. We colored it and then we took all the blue and we made the sky. We took all the green and we colored grass.

Mrs. Pruzin wrote: We really did many other things this week. I let the children choose what to write about instead of making sure that most subject areas were reported on. I guess this shows that the Apple Eating Contest and Art were the children's favorite events this week.

PRUZIN'S CUBS NEWS FOR SEPT. 14-18

Phoebe wrote: We went to our fourth grade buddies class and it was fun. I got to paint, too. It was a paper plate.

(A note from Mrs. Pruzin: Our fourth grade buddy class taught us about the life cycle of a dandelion. This was a follow up activity after we listened to a book and then read a paper that showed the life cycle.)

Jonathan wrote: We learned about the life cycle of dandelions in our buddy class. The dandelion becomes a beautiful flower.

Ben wrote: We did an experiment about an apple in water. The apple floated. We put a carrot in water. The carrot sunk.

Zach wrote: We learned about the Constitution. The constitution is about the rules of the U.S.A. One of the rules in our class is you have to be kind.

Reis wrote: We did an experiment about an apple and a carrot. The carrot sank to the bottom of the container and the apple floated.

Tiffany wrote: We played on the playground. We played on the swingset. We were being funny on the swingset. It was fun!

Jumana wrote: I got a new math packet. I had to do adding and I like it.

Noah wrote: My name is Noah. I'm good at tetherball. Me and Ethan played. It is fun!

Branden wrote: I love to go to the Library because I like to get lots of points for A.R. at lunch!

Katarina wrote: We went to the Library and we checked out books at the Library.

Ethan wrote: In centers I read a book with math and it was hard.

Zachary wrote: When Breydan was Star of the Week he fainted. He had to go to the Health Office.

Chloe wrote: We pick a book and read it. When you read you have to read it two times. Then you can take a test on it. You might get 100% or 90% or 80% or 70% or @20%.

(Mrs. Pruzin wrote: This is during our Self Selected Reading block.)

Colton wrote: I got a reading buddy because I got 5 points and I got a charm.

Alexis wrote: I love the Library. It is fun to read.

Madison wrote: In math we subtract. We were addding and we did addition sentences. We also did number sentences. We did it on the smartboard.

Alex wrote: I like math because I have a regrouping math packet. In regrouping you have to take or add to tens, hundreds and ones.

Lauren wrote: We read Mr. Brown's Magnificent Apple Tree. In the story a family of mice keep taking his apples.

Megan wrote: Guided Reading is fun. We read Mr. Brown's Magnificent Apple Tree. We were about to read Apples.

Hayden wrote: In Guided Reading we had Mr. Brown's Magnificent Apple Tree. Each morning he counted: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Caleb wrote: Idioms are things you say. "You are the apple of my eye" means you mean a lot to me. Every day we do a new one.

Mikayla wrote: I went on the slide because I love the slide. I wrote a book about insects because I want to tell about insects. I like to read about Biscuit books because that book is the easiest book. I love math because it can help me to learn more things about math. I love all the kids in the class. I love the book about Mr. Brown because the book was the funniest book ever!

PRUZIN'S CUBS NEWS FOR SEPT. 8-11

Katerina wrote: I have fun at the Mother Goose Festival.

Hayden wrote: We had a Mother Goose Festival.

Branden wrote: We had a Mother Goose Festival and we had our 4th grade buddies. They watched us do Mother Goose rhymes.

Tiffany wrote: We said nursery rhymes. I was good at it. It was fun.

Chloe wrote: At the festival our buddies came and watched us sing in the classroom. Mine was "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary". I had flowers in my hand.

Ben wrote: A rooster came to our classroom. It had no home.

Ethan wrote: When we read we had a rooster visit.

Caleb wrote: A rooster came to the class to make a connection. It was 3 months old.

Alicia wrote: We had a rooster come in our class because we read a story about a rooster.

Phoebe wrote: A rooster came. I got my A.R. buddy and we had a Mother Goose Festival.

Noah wrote: The rooster can fly a little bit.

Alex wrote: In math I got a new packet.

Lauren wrote: I like art because it is fun and we do fun stuff. Also, our teacher is fun.

Madeleine wrote: I got sick a lot.

Zach wrote: Breydan had his birthday and Phoebe had one too.

Shareya wrote: The A.R. buddies are great.

Megan wrote: Self Selected Reading time is fun because we read and we get to take tests. I went to Bisbee this week. I liked Bisbee. It was fun.

Colton wrote: I have a lizard in my back yard that eats my pineapple.

Jumana wrote: There was a snake in our playground. It was scary.

Reis wrote: We saw a snake on the playground.

Zachary wrote: A snake was on the playground.

Madison wrote: There was a rattlesnake on the playground. We were all scared.

Mikayla wrote: There was a snake on the playground.

Breydan wrote: There was a snake on the playground.

Alexis wrote: Breydan is great at football.

Pruzin's Cubs News for the Week of Aug. 31, 2009

Chloe wrote: "We have a word muncher and when people come up they have to say that word. What is the mystery word." Colton wrote: We have a word muncher that eats words. We got a new smartboard." Ethan wrote: "I got to feed the word muncher and it bit me! I had lots of fun."

Zach wrote: "In P.E. we played tag. In music we sang. I had my birthday. We had science about eggs."

Jonathan wrote: "We got a "5" in Art. We got a smartboard. We have a word muncher."

Noah wrote: "When we got to see the smartboard we were excited!"

Ben wrote: "We had Zach's birthday! We had P.E. and Zero the Hero came. We had Art, too. We had Mother Goose puppets. We went to the Library."

Alex wrote: " On September 6th it was Zach's birthday. On September 2nd Zero the Hero came out."

Shareya wrote: " We have a smartboard."

Lauren wrote: " Today it was the Spirit Celebration and my mom came. We are having a lot of fun. I wish she could stay longer than she does." (A note from Mrs. Pruzin: Lauren's mom stays all day every time we have a spirit celebration.)

Breydan wrote: "My teacher is having a birthday."

Alicia wrote: "We went to the library! And we checked out books. It was fun! I like Copper Creek."

Tiffany wrote: "We are going to do science. We are experimenting on eggs."

Zachary wrote: "We had our first Science Class." (A note from Mrs. Pruzin: This was our 2nd science lesson. It was the first time we used the Scientific method as we did an experiment.)

Caleb wrote: "We are going to do a Science project with eggs. We are going to put an egg in plain water and put an egg in salt water."

Megan wrote: "We are going to do an egg experiment. It was Zach's birthday today."

Branden wrote: "Did you know that I have a 3rd grade math packet? Did you know that I'm the tetherball champ of first grade?" (A note from Mrs. Pruzin: It's really a first grade math packet, but it's very advanced and I have told the kids that they are doing math that 3rd graders are doing.)

Mikayla wrote: "I can't wait for the egg experiment because I want to learn more about eggs. I love eggs."

Phoebe wrote: "We are going to do an experiment about an egg."

Jumana wrote: "We are going to do science. In science we are going to learn about eggs.

Hayden wrote: We got a new smartboard. We call it a Teddy board."

Katarina wrote: "I like Art. We have fun. In Art wer drew pictures."

Reis wrote: " I just became a Ready Reader yesterday."