Monday, September 19, 2011

Math Unit



These pages describe what our students will be working on in Math. These are examples of questions and problems we will be practicing.

What Cube Comes Next?



The students worked in pairs making a variety of color cube patterns. Partners took turns guessing what colors would come next in the patterns.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

First Day of Centers!




The students were all very excited to start working on our centers. Everyone had lots of fun! The centers are great ways to practice a variety of reading skills and are always one of the most favorite parts of our day!

Math Investigation: Missing Numbers

Yesterday, we played the Math game called Missing Numbers where students hid numbers on a 100 chart and each player got a turn guessing which number was missing. We have been working on learning what number comes before, after and in between by exploring the 100 chart in class. The kids have noticed lots of patterns on the 100 chart and really loved playing this game. Hopefully, everyone had a chance to play Missing Numbers at home! Save your 100 chart to work on other Math activities and play this game again at home :)

Friday, September 9, 2011

Flag Raising

One of the things that we love about Alimacani Elementary School is the tradition of having a Flag Raising ceremony at the beginning of every month. It is a special ceremony where everyone in the school gathers in the courtyard to raise the flag and we have special performances by a different grade level each time.

Our Flag Raising ceremony today was to honor the memory of the people who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001. We also recognized any First Responders who were at the ceremony. Flag Raising is very special to our school and we hope that you will be able to join us for our next one on October 7th at 8:30am.

Star Student: Holly!

Holly was our star student this week. Her special pictures were displayed in the hallway all week. She shared about her pictures and friends asked her questions about herself. We all got to write and draw a picture for her Star Student book. Thank you to Holly and her mom for the yummy fruit snacks! Yay Holly!

Thursday, September 8, 2011

All About ME!

Students decorated an All About Me Sea Creature keeping with our school theme of Sailing the Seas of Success. Everyone got to share their project with the class. It's so much fun getting to know new friends!