Olivia

            Two farm animals are pigs and horses. Pigs are good pets. Horses are fun to ride on. A good pet is a pig. Potbellied pig is the best kind of pig for a family pet. That is because they are very social.

            Something fun to ride on is a horse. My cousin is taking lessons, she goes to a riding arena, but personally I’d rather have a pig!

Adelle

“Authors”

            My favorite authors are Scott O’Dell and Beverly Cleary. Scot O’Dell writes back mostly about India. Beverly Cleary writes books about kids mostly.

            Indians are mostly what Scott O’Dell writes about. Scott O’Dell wrote: a novel of Sacguiga,  Island of the blue dolphins. Thunder rolling in the mountains, My name is not Angelica, Zia and Carlota. I plan to read all or Sean O’Dell’s books!

            Beverly Cleary writes mostly about kids. Beverly Cleary wrote: Romana (6 books). Hennery (6 or 7 books), Ralph (3 books), and much more. Beverly Cleary’s books are interesting, funny, detailed and I can relate to everything because she writes about kids and I’m a kid. Beverly Cleary lived on my block I live and know when she was a kid.

Daisy

            The music that I like is Bruno Mars because I like the song called when I was your man. The other song that I like is psy gentleman because it is funny.

            I like the music of Bruno mars because I like the song called When I was your man. I like how he sings the song because he has a great voice. He has good voice and I like the song.

            The other song that I like is psy gentleman because it is funny. And he gets stuck at the alter. I like it because it is funny and because I like how they sing the song and the moves how they dance.

Elliana

Elliana

            Singing is really peaceful to my heart. Singing comes from your heart. It does not come from your lungs. You just practice to get the song. I love learning to sing.

            Singing comes from your heart. Your heart is a special gift. Gift so it gives out good luck. The special gift to sing is your heart. I love my heart because it gives out a special gift.

            Singing does not come from your lungs. Singing comes from your heart and it comes from your love. You can write a song about anything. I love singing because it is like rapping.

            Singing comes from your heart and your heart is good. You just have to practice and practice. You can write and talk about singing. I love learning all about singing.

Violet

“Soccer”

            I like to play soccer. I am an expert at playing soccer. I started playing soccer at the beginning of first grade. There are special instructions special to play the sport. After the game we do things like cheer for the other team.

            The first time I played soccer, I really like it. Our team is called Galaxy. One of my friend’s moms taught about starting a soccer team in first grade. I have lots of members on my team. Each time we play, we play harder teams.

            Of course you need rules to play soccer. One of the first rules is that everyone needs to have cleats and shin guards. You also need to be wearing a team uniform. You can’t push people while you are playing. Another rule is you can only touch the ball with your feet. You’re trying to get the ball into the goal. You really need to pass if you want to get the ball inside the goal. Make sure your also running. You have to toy hard. That is how you play soccer.

            I am an expert at soccer because I’ve been playing for two years. I always try my best to get a goal. I am very good at keeping control of the ball. I follow all the rules of the team. When I grow up I hope to be on the Olympic soccer team.

Rakyah

            My name is Rakyah, I’m an expert on gymnastics. I started doing gymnastics when I was 2 years old. I learned all the easy stuff like cartwheels, hand stand, kick overs and front flips/tucks when I was 4. Now I’m doing back hand springs, back tuck and cartwheels with no hand. I also like teaching. I teach Naime’s brother Nasir.

            I love doing it on trampolines. That’s how I learned how to do back hand spring, and back tucks. Also my dad and god sisters taught me how. That’s why I like going over there. They must like teaching me so I can get better.

            I’ve been trying to do back tucks for a very long time. Same as back hand springs. I run up the wall and fall to my feet. I teach my sister, brother and cousins. But they never listen, my brothers do they want to learn.

            You will need some mats, sweats/ jump suit. Also some running space like a gym. I do this because it’s my favorite thing to do. I learned by doing it on grass at parks. People say I’m a risk taker because I try new gymnastics moves.

Update from Ms. Luria 5/17

May 17, 2011

Dear Families,

Calendar:

Fri May 17: Last day for walk to read

Mon May 20: Last library check out day

Tue May 21: 3^rd grad ONLY – Field trip – Bull Run 8:30 – 3pm

Thr May 24: 2^nd Grade ONLY – Field trip – Smith and Bybee Lakes 9:30-1:30

Mon May 27: No School – Memorial Day

Thr May 30: Last day for SUN school – Showcase 4:30 – 5:30

Tues May 28: Fri May 31: Spirit Week

Fri May 31: May Birthday Celebrations – please bring something to share – 2pm

June 3: All library books due

Classroom need: We are out of pencils. The best pencils (that don't break every 5 minutes) are the Ticondera pencils. Thanks! Also, we could use some more hand held pencil sharpeners.

The second classroom need is some photographs. Do you have a picture of you when you were the same age as your child? Could you send in a picture of yourself when you were a kid and another picture of yourself now? It can be a copy of a picture. We would like to use the pictures for our life cycle class.

Social Skills:  Students made calm down jars today. They learned about calming their thoughts and using mood jars to help calm down. Students are to gently shake the jars and then let the glitter fall. As they watch the glitter, they breathe slowly to calm down. Ask them about the story.

Walk to read: This is the last week for walk to read. Students will continue to receive reading instruction, but with their homeroom teacher. It has been wonderful teaching all of your children in the walk to read program!

This week we looked at the concept of freedom. Here is a fun webquest you can do with your chidren! http://kid-writers.blogspot.com/2013/05/statue-of-liberty-quest.html

Students in my homeroom class will start a non-fiction study during reading. We are going to be learning about life cycles of plants and animals. Do you work with life cycles in your job? If so, would you be willing to do a presentation on life cycles? Please email me if you would be able to do that!

Math: 3^rd grade Students completed their OAKS testing this week. We had a 90% pass rate! Great job students for working on math. We will continue walk to math through the end of May.

We are studying fractions. This week we worked with fractions that are less than one, equal to one and over one. We also worked on how fractions, money and decimals are related.

Writing: We are working on an imaginative writing unit. The students have finished writing a story map from their story. They also did an interview with their character. We will be writing the introduction and body of the story next week!

Make sure your child checks their name on the blog. Many of them have comments about their writing!

Ms. Luria