Readers of the Week

Our reader's of the week are Dylan and Danny.

Dylan reading

Dash 

by Kirby Larson

Danny reading

Dr. Carble is Losing his Marbles

By Dan Gutman

Readers of the Week

This week we have Evan and Danny reading for us.

Evan is reading

The Kidnapped King

By Ron Roy

Danny is reading

Dr. Carbles is Losing his Marbles

By Dan Gutman

Midwest Unit

We are almost finished with our Midwest Unit.  We have learned about what challenges settlers of the Midwest had when they came to the Midwest.  We learned about the boys and girls responsibilities during the time period.  We learned about the land and the history of transportation in the Midwest.  We are also reviewing the states and capitals and the state locations. Each student has also chosen a state and researching their specific state more in-depth.  Next week we will be having our assessment.  We will then begin our Unit on Illinois.

Readers of the Week

This week we have a few readers.

Our first reader is Mia.  

Magic Tree House #41-  Moonlight on the Magic Flute

by Mary Pope Osborne

Our second reader is Gavin. 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid- The Ugly Truth

by Jeff Kinney

Our final reader this week is Chloe
Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in her pocket
by Barbara Park

Echoes Keep Coming!

The Echos just keep coming back!

We were so excited to have Andy's return from Houston, TX.  Echo visited the Wampach family, friends of Mrs. Applebaum.  He had a wonderful time on his adventure.  While in Houston, Echo visited so many places and ate a lot of delicious food.  His favorite activity was riding a horse!

Ethan's Echo came back from Farmington, Minnesota.  He had the opportunity to meet Ethan's cousin, Hannah.  While there he learned a lot about hockey and even got to play hockey with Hannah.  He also go to go apple picking.

Piper's Echo came back from St. Louis, MO.  While there, Echo got to stay with Piper's family friend.  She got to go to the arch and so many museums!  She also got to hang out with Truman, MacTavish and Reno (their three dogs).  She also brought back pencils to share!

Cardboard Challenge Supplies

Dear Parents,

Our class will be participating in Dryden’s own version of the Global Cardboard Challenge in December, inspired by a 9 year old boy, who built an arcade entirely out of cardboard.  This cardboard idea sparked a movement and the Imagination Foundation, whose mission is to foster creativity and entrepreneurship in children around the world.  

Students will be working in small groups to design something out of cardboard.  They may have some parameters with ideas as to what the “something” could be, but the idea of this project is to foster collaboration and creativity.  Students will also be problem solving, reflecting, and giving/receiving feedback as they design.  The culminating activity will be an hour in the morning or afternoon of sharing and play with other classrooms that participated as well.

The classroom is in need of cardboard- all shapes, sizes, and colors!  Please DO NOT send in cardboard that contained food at any point for allergy purposes.  Examples of some great boxes- shoe boxes, Amazon boxes, etc.  Please send in boxes on the Monday or Tuesday after Thanksgiving break. Also, if you have toilet paper or paper towel rolls at home, I will be collecting them all year long, so feel free to send them in anytime with your child.  Many thanks in advance for your help!

We can’t wait to get creative!!

Mrs. Applebaum

More and More Echos!

Sammy's Echo came back from the sunny state of Texas.  While there, he visited with his uncle and had so much fun sightseeing!  He went to the state fair, Dealy Plaza and the Art District.  He got to explore Air Force One and Marine One.  He had a wonderful time with Sammy's family.

Gianni's Echo made it back from Washinton D.C.  While he was there with Gianni's family, he visited the Capitol and the Washington Monument.  He also visited the White House and Jefferson Memorial.  he had a great time learning about our country's history!

Veteran's Day

Today we celebrated Veteran's Day.  We had an assembly where people from our community were recognized for their service.  Then, Mr. Eckert, Dylan's uncle, came to talk with the class about his experiences in the US Navy.  He shared memory books and lots of information with the students about his experience.  We thank him for his service and his time for coming to share with us.

Our Nests for Celest

Today in class we participated in a culminating activity to end our reading of the novel, A Nest for Celeste, that integrated with our science unit.  Students randomly were assigned a severe weather condition and they had to design a home to help Celeste survive in that specific environment.  They drafted their ideas and explained their thinking of their models and hen designed their homes using recycled materials.

IXL

We are now working on Chapter 5 which is addition and subtraction word problems using bar models.  In class, your child has been working on specific lessons in IXL based on the chapters we have been completing in Math in Focus.  Here are the IXL lessons that were assigned for Chapters 3 and 4 in case you would like to work on them at home.

Chapter 3- IXL

r     C.1   Add two numbers up to three digits

r     C.2  Addition input/output tables- up to

three digits

r     C.3  Add two numbers up to three digits-

word problems

r     C.4  Complete the addition sentence- up to

three digits

r     C.5  Balance addition equation- up to

three digits

r     C.6  Add three numbers up to three digits

each

r     C.7  Add three numbers up to three digits

each: word problems

r     C.9  Add two numbers with four or more

digits

r     C.11  Add two more numbers with four or

more digits- word problems

r     C.12  Complete the addition sentence-

four or more digits

Chapter 4- IXL

r     D.1  Subtract numbers up to three digits

r     D.2  Subtraction input/output tables – up

to three digits

r     D.3  Subtract numbers up to three digits –

word problems

r     D.4  Complete the subtraction sentence –

up to three digits

r     D.5  Balance subtraction equations – up to

three digits

r     D.6  Subtraction patterns over increasing

place values

r     D.7  Subtract numbers with four or more

digits

r     D.8  Subtraction: fill in the missing digits

Bar Model Videos

Here are a few bar model videos to help students with the unit.

More Echos Are Back!

Ellie's Echo came back from beautiful Huntington Beach, California!  She had a wonderful time with Ellie's friends while she was there.  She spent time swimming in the Pacific Ocean and seeing jets.  She even went to a car show.  She had such a wonderful time!

Danny's Echo came back from the rainy state of Issaquah, Washington!  He had a wonderful time visiting Danny's friends.  While there, he visited the salmon and swam with the orcas.  He also got to visit M. Rainier which is an activie volcano.  He also got to see the Space Needle in Seattle, WA.  He had such a great time!

Reader of the Week- Iris

Each week, we will have two or three readers share a short passage of the book they are reading in class.  I will post their videos on the blog for you to enjoy at home!

Iris reading

Diary of a Wimpy Kid- The Last Straw

by Jeff Kinney

Welcome Miss Walker!

We want to give a warm welcome to Miss Walker.  She is a senior at Prospect High School.  She will be visiting our classroom three afternoons a week and reading and doing activities with the students.  She will be with us until mid January and we are so happy to have her!

Celeste Discussion

We are almost finished with a Nest for Celeste.  Each week, we have been discussing the novel in class.  We have been analyzing the characters in the book.  Today, we visualized our favorite parts of the story and shared them in small groups.  Next Friday, we will be doing a culminating activity to go along with the text.

Halloween Fun

We had a wonderful time on Halloween.  We had a great time at the parade and party.  A special thank you to all the parents who donated items and prizes and their time for the event.  It was so wonderful having so many moms and dads help make the event such a success.  A special thank you to our room mom who coordinated the party.  We had so much fun playing, dancing, and singing!

Chapter 4 Movies

Today, your child created a subtraction video with a partner.  This would be a great way for your child to review for their upcoming math test on Thursday.  You can have your child write down the problem on paper and solve it and then watch the video to see if they got the correct answer.  Happy viewing!

By David and Andy

By Dylan and Grace

By Andrew and Ethan

By Evan and Sammy

By Hailey and Iris

By Piper and Gavin

By Ellie and Max

By Danny and Dylan

By Mia and Gianni

By Sydney and Chloe

Weather Tools

This week we have been learning about various tools meteorologists use to help them predict the weather.  We created a flip chart of all the tools and took notes to help us understand their uses.  These will come home before the assessment to help them study.

Fire Safety

Lt. Aleckson came from the Arlington Heights Fire Department today.  We learned about what to do if there is a fire and about fire prevention.  He also dressed up and taught us about the various pieces of equipment he has to help keep him safe when there is a fire.

More Echos are Back!

Chloe's Echo came back from sunny Winter Park near Orlando, FL.  He learned all about Florida and the beautiful sunny weather there.  He enjoyed swimming, visiting restaurants and museums.  He also helped Chloe's family pick up a little after Hurricane Irma.  Echo also had a fantastic time visiting and hanging out with their dogs, Lily and Hughey.

Evan's Echo was returned from Asheville, North Carolina.  While there he had a great time with their friends.  He got to visit apple orchards, drive the Blue Ridge Parkway and visited the largest home, The Bilmore Estate.  He had a wonderful time in the Appalachian Mountains!

Dylan's Echo came back from Cleveland, Ohio.  While in Cleveland, he visited so many wonderful sports stadiums and took pictures at each location.  He visitied where the CLeveland Browns and Cleveland Cavleiers play.  He also went to several museums!  He had a great time visiting with Dylan's family.

Dylans' Echo flew back from Ormand Beach, FL.  He had a great time swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, the Halifax River, and visiting the Embry-Riddle Aeronatuical University.  He now definitely is a Miami Dolphins fan!  He had a wonderful time visting with Dylan's family!

Providing Each Other Feedback

During writing, we have been learning about providing showing details to provide imagery as we are writing.  Today, your child wrote about a setting without using the names.  Then they asked a peer to guess their location.  The partners then helped each other add an additional sentence to their piece to make their location even more clear.  Working together and providing feedback is a great way to help them improve as writers.

Reflective Readers

Students are learning that good readers reflect as they read.  In class, students are encouraged to use post-its to reflect as they read.  They are encouraged to ask questions, make predictions, make connections and visualize as they read.  Students document their thinking on post-its and share with the class.