Room 31's Monthly Log

End of the Year by Simon and Jeremy

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:42:28 -0400

In are class we had Leisure day. We ate chips and we drank juice. We played outside with are pinkieballs but Simon’s kite broke. In P.E. we played teeball and kickball. In music class we went to where Mr. Wendt works on the weekend. It is a church because Mr.Wendt was playing the music for us on the organ. He also taught us about the organ. There was another musician there, too. In the computer lab we learned Type to Learn 3. We had fun in May!

Thank you!

April by Quinn, Nicole and Jessica

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:24:52 -0400

We went to The Grove and we saw a longhouse, teepee, and the Kenicot House. We did murals about Glenview: Change Over Time. We worked in partners to make goods and services boxes. We made cinquan and acrostic poems. We started leisiure reading. April was a GREAT month!

March by Jack G. and Celeste

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:43:44 -0400

This month, we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day and we started studying fairy tales. Mrs. Morell brought in different colored fruits and vegetables every week. She taught us that different colorful fruits and vegetables can do different things for your body. Mrs. Lattanzio showed us some websites about the food pyramid. We are juggling in the lunchroom and playing volleyball in the gym for PE class. We learned fractions and other measurements from generation to generation. Now we are learning more measurements.

February by Anthony and Christina

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:13:53 -0500

In our classroom we started studying fairy tales. An Art Mom came in for Art Masterpiece. We painted a winter scene on wood. We played in the snow. In the computer lab we finished studying countries and created powerpoints. On the last day of studying our countries we shared bread with Miss Rappoport’s class from our countries. In Math we are learning fractions. Balto and the Great Race is a book we finished and now we are watching the movie. Our class did Junior Great Books and we finished! For Valentine’s Day we had a party with fruit and vegetables and watched a movie.

Jack R. and Bridget tell about January

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:14:00 -0500

We started our country study. We use books, the computer and we brought items like clothes from our country. In PE we used equipment and did stunts and tumbling. We started singing swing songs in Music and used our passports in Art, Drama and PE. We just finished our book 1 Math book and now we are on our 2 Math book. On Fridays we have Math Game Day. Our reports that were filmed were put on our webpage in January and we watched them!

Kathleen and Peter talk about December Events in Room 31

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:46:11 -0500

In December we did the holiday program. We learned about line segments and shapes. We did crazy scarves and hat day. We read about the quilt maker. We made a class quilt. We watched the Kindergarteners and First graders perform. We also practiced for the holiday program.

Lauren and Jason talk about November in Room 31

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:27:23 -0500

We researched animals. We made dioramas. We started cup stacking in PE. We moved teams in the classroom. In Art, we made pieces for dragons. In Music, we are learning songs. We learned to use NetTrekker, Amazing Animals, and Comic Life in Computers. For Math, we had Math game day when we played board games and chess.

Kyle and Janet share events from October

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:07:00 -0400

We celebrated Halloween. We did our first Learning Adventure project. We studied Cynthia Rylant. We studied plants. We went to the Library in Glenview. We went to the Computer lab. We played with the Classroom Performace System. We shared about kids in our class who were in the newspaper.

Bianca and Paul tell about September

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:38:08 -0400

We played wallball at recess.
We started writers workshop.
We did math.
We began this journal.
We went to the grove.
A mom came in to talk about diabetes.
Mr. Dorken read a book to us.
We started soccer in P.E.
We played capture the pin in P.E.
We started computer lab.
We started to know every one in the class.
By the end of the month we got to know everyone’s name.