Famous People from Illinois Videos

Each student in the class researched a famous person from Illinois during our time in the LMC.  They took notes, created a script and then made their videos.  Here is a link to their videos.

Illinois Video Presentations

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

We have been learning about balanced and unbalanced forces.  Today in class the students created a demonstration of balanced and/or unbalanced forces.

Valentine's Day

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day party.  A special thank you to the parents who volunteered their time.  We had a great day!

Caring Blankets

On Valentine's Day we completed a caring project.  We created four blankets as a class.  These blankets were donated to Lurie Children's Hospital downtown to be giving to four children.  It was a great time to remind us how fortunate we are to be able to celebrate Valentine's Day with our friends and family.

Forces in Action

Today we began our next science unit, Forces in Action.  We began the unit last week by creating a list of questions to help guide us through the experimentation process.  Today, we explored the definition of force.  We learned that forces can be a push or a pull.  We tried different ways to move a car, including making the car move without even touching it.  Here are a couple videos of the students experimenting with forces.

Illinois Research

We are finishing out unit on Illinois.  The students have learned about Illinois history and agriculture.  Did you know that we have had three different capitals?  We learned all about the Land of Lincoln.  Now the students have chosen a famous person from Illinois and are researching about him/her.  We are doing this activity in collaboration with Mrs. O'Kelly in the LMC.  More information to be shared soon!

February Writing Words

Here are the February Writing Words.  Don't forget that this list of words will be assessed along with all of the other words that we have learned so far this year.

February
anyone

doesn’t

favorite

pretty

school 

to

two

too

maybe

write

right

went

Agriculture in the Classroom

Today we had an in school field trip.  Mrs. Toth  came from the Cook County Farm Bureau to share with us about agriculture in Illinois.  We learned about farming.  We learned about plants that are grown in the state of Illinois and how they can be used.  We also learned about animals and their uses on a farm.  Students learned a lot of valuable information to help us understand what agribusiness there is in Illinois.  

Global School Play Day

Today our class participated in Global School Play Day, a day to give time for students to be creative!  Before today, we created a list of ideas of what they could do during this time.  Some of the items on our list included playing board games, drawing, building something, writing a story or poem, creating a play, and/or writing a song.

Today, during our hour this afternoon, the students did a wonderful job exploring their interests.  Some students learned how to airbrush artwork, others played a variety of games.  Some students built with different supplies.  We had a great time letting our creativity shine through!

Nonfiction Videos

The students created nonfiction text feature videos as a part of our nonfiction reading unit.  Take a peek!

By David and Rique

By Christopher and Ryan

By Jovanni and Mason

By Mihika and Kristina 

By Kurt and Sean

By Colin and Andrew

By Sandra and Julia

By Rose Marie, Diana, and Emily

By Kelsey and Natalie

by Paige and Samantha