Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Making Predictions

We made predictions while reading the story Buster by Denise Fleming.
cat

McDonald's french fires and burger and a toy

flower

cat
cat
Worms





Saturday, April 14, 2012

School Assembly



The new Bates flag was presented at the all school assembly two students from Bates created the design.  The stars on the flag represent each classroom at Bates school. On the Friday assembly, Sophie's brother sang and danced to the song Dynamite! He did a fantastic job!

  
The mini-marathon raised over 9,000 dollars!!The money benefits the METCO program.



Getting ready to sing and dance in front of the whole school!!
KC dancing to Dynamite.

Opening Day at Fenway Park!!








Friday, April 6, 2012

The Bates Mini Marathon

Can anyone say fun???? The kids had a fantastic time particpating in the Bates Mini-Marathon!! A big THANKS to all the parent helpers and teachers who made this day special. Everyone in KC ran around Bates school 3 times. Some kids ran around 4, 5 and I think maybe 6 laps!!! Kids were tired and very proud!!
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In a Small Small Pond

New Author Study~ Denise Fleming
We read the story In a Small Small Pond.
We painted the water with paint. The next day we added pond creatures with Cray-pas.





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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Daily 5 Time and Secret Sentences

Read to someone.

Busy reading!

Read to self.

Nonfiction books have been very popular.

Reading a story from writing workshop!

At large group time a favorite activity has been SECRET SENTENCE time!Working together we read the words and figure out where they belong. We have been learning that a sentences begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark.

The secret sentence... Today we have music and PE.


The Secret Sentence on Tuesday...Today we have music .



The Solar System

Many students are writing books about the Solar System. During large group time we read the story The Planets and created a Facts~Questions~Respond chart below.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Writing Workshop Part 2

Writing Workshop Stories

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Math Workshop

The following are some of the math station this week. We have also been going on shape walks looking for 3 D shapes. We have been looking for shapes that are spheres, cubes, cylinders and cones. Your child will be bringing home a sheet on Monday to record 3 D Shape in your home. Next week we will be starting a new math unit called Addition, Subtraction, and the Number system.
Matching 3 D Shapes

Making 3 D Shapes with Play Doh


Creating a shape and having your partner copy you shape


Matching 3 D shapes to the footprints



Finishing our pattern block books