Bee Doh Alerts - Sept. 26

I learned how to make a better seed story in writing by crossing out the things I don't need in my story. ~Macy
I learned how to visualize during a story by imagining what is happening. ~Isaiah
I learned how to use the compensation strategy to make numbers easier to add such as 27 + 16.  You take 4 from the 27 and add it to the 16 to make it 20.  Then add the remaining 23 + 20. ~Riley Carroll
I learned in social studies that Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod to save people's houses from catching on fire when they got hit by lightning. ~Adelina
I learned the part part whole strategy for math.  You draw a rectangle and divide it half.  You put one number in one side, the other number in the other side, add them together, and write the whole (total) in a rectangle at the top. ~Leila
I learned how to say "Te gusta...?  Si, me gusta.... and No, no me gusta..."  These mean Do you like...? Yes, I like... and No, I don't like... ~Malavika
I learned to write a reading response. ~Dominic
I learned that Benjamin Franklin was a hero in American history for many reasons.  One of those reasons was that he asked the French for help in the war. ~Kristos
I learned in Spanish what some vehicles are called. ~Aadi
I learned that some heroes are people that save others. ~Joseph
I learned that you can stack numbers and draw lines through them to help you add them. ~Laken
I am learning how to use punctuation. ~Travis
I learned that we use thinking stems, like I'm noticing...  I'm wondering... to help us take notes when we're reading. ~Jon

Minion Mayhem

Baskin Robbins Spirit Night!
I will be serving up delicious flavors of ice cream at the COE Spirit Night at Baskin Robbins in 1890 Ranch shopping center on Monday, Sept. 22 from 7:30  - 8:00!  The Spirit Night actually starts at 6:00.  Please stop by so I can create a colossal cone or sumptuous sundae for you and the kids!  I'd love to see you outside of COE!

Spanish "Country Club"
In Spanish, the students are learning about all the different countries in South America.  They can be in the "Country Club" by naming all the countries on a map for Mrs. Imperial, the Spanish teacher.  Please feel free to download this map if your child wants to practice at home.
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/s_america.pdf

Extracurricular Activities
I love to see what your child is doing outside of school.  Please let me know about events or activities that he / she is involved in and I will do my best to attend when I can!  I've attached a few photos of a recent performance of Rats! that Mrs. Barnett and I attended at the Georgetown Palace Theatre.  Three students from our class performed on a real stage!

Bee Doh Alerts - Sept. 18

I learned in math how to multiply by 10. ~Asher
I learned that it's ok to make a mistake.  You just need to correct your work and you will get better at it.  ~Macy
I learned in Spanish that Como estas? Bien, gracias. Y tu?  means How are you?  Good, thank you. And you? ~Riley Cook
I learned that Walt Disney created Disneyland and Disney World. ~Dominic
I learned in math that the word product means answer to a multiplication problem and factors means the numbers that you multiply together to get the product. ~Kristos
I learned that Como estas? means How are you? in Spanish. ~Aadi
I learned in social studies that everyone has a hero. ~John Luke
I learned in math that you don't always get the right answer but you can go over it and correct it. ~Adelina
I learned that a DEAR Day is a day when you Drop Everything And Read! ~Leila
I learned how to compare 3 digit numbers in math. ~Travis
It is fun to imagine when I read. ~Xavier
In writing, I learned how to make words in my story more juicy to make it more interesting. ~Malavika
I learned in math about place value and noticed that each place (ones, tens, hundreds) are 10 apart.  For example, 1,000 is 10 hundreds. ~Riley Carroll
I learned that your hero can be anybody. ~Isaiah
I learned that Rosa Parks was a slave. ~Jon
I learned what a DEAR day is and that we could write a poem, song, or rap about our book. ~Laken
I learned to make my story more interesting by adding new words. ~Joseph
In art, I learned that suminagashi is from Asia and means "floating ink".  You place paper on the ink and rub it to make art. ~Kaia

Bee Doh Alerts - Sept. 12

I learned that molecules in solids stay close together and molecules in liquids more around slowly and bump into each other.  ~Malavika
I learned that we can find solids, liquids, and gases around the school. ~Leila
I learned in reading that we can write sticky notes and thinking stems to write about what we're thinking when we read. ~Macy
In writing, I learned that using a time line helps you remember what you need to write. ~Adelina
I learned how to sort words into groups by what they have in common. ~Dominic 
I learned how to tell the teacher what you're working on when you have a writing conference with her. ~John Luke
I learned that air molecules move around fast. ~Riley Cook
I learned that I can count by 5s and 10s to solve multiplication problems. ~Jon
In writing, I learned how to make a good beginning for my story by describing what happened beforehand. ~Kaia
I learned that there are more genres in fiction than in nonfiction. ~Laken
In math, I learned how to multiply by 5 using the halving strategy.  For this, you multiply the number by 10 instead of 5, then cut the product (answer) in half to find the answer for multiplying by 5. ~Kristos
I learned in science that solid molecules are close together, liquids are farther apart and move slowly, and gases move quickly and take up the whole space of their container. ~Riley Carroll
I learned how to revise my story using carrots to add words in a sentence. ~Travis
I learned that metal things are magnetic and plastic, wood, and rubber are not. ~Joseph
I learned that the RU CUBED strategy in math can help you understand word problems. ~Aadi
I learned how to make a piece of art using shaving cream and paint swirled together with a bamboo stick and then a piece of paper put over it. ~Asher
I learned that you can write shorter stories with seed ideas. ~Isaiah
I learned multiplication using arrays. ~Xavier
I learned that the molecules in a solid are stuck together and can't move. ~Meredith