Fivezi

This game is based off of the dice game "Tenzi."

How to play: Each player is given five dice. The first player to get all five of their dice to match (five 3's) says "Fivezi" and wins the game. To make the game more interesting, I made cards with different combinations of dice faces. Each player takes turns choosing a card. The players will roll their dice and get their dice to match the card. The players can "farm" or take out the dice that they have rolled and pick up the remaining dice to re-roll to get the other dice faces that they need. Check out the video and picture collage below. 

Veterans Day

On Wednesday, we learned about Veterans Day. The students learned that we honor Americans who have served in the military and have fought for our freedom. The students learned that because of their bravery, we are free to go to school, we are free to play, we are free to travel, and much more! After we learned about Veterans Day, we wrote letters to a friend of mine who served in the military. The kids enjoyed writing this letter and "thanking" him for his service.

Small Moment Writing

We have been hard at work with our writing. Since the beginning of the school year, we have been learning about small moment (personal narrative) writing. This form writing focuses on events that have happened to us or something that we have done.  The students have been working hard on writing small moment pieces about recess, losing a tooth, birthday parties, field trips, and much more. We have also learned that our writing needs an introduction, details, and a conclusion. We will be finishing up this type of writing next week and will move on to our next form of writing. Click on the pictures below to see the students sharing their piece of writing with a partner. 

Statue of Liberty

We finished learning about National Symbols. We learned about, drew, and painted the Statue of Liberty. The students enjoyed the change of pace and their drawings turned out great! Click on a picture below to enlarge it and start a slideshow!

Candy Corn Project

We had a lot of fun completing our candy corn project. The students were very antsy today so it was a great day to do a fall project and enjoy some popcorn. 

I "Mustache" You a Question

We made mustaches to kick-off our week of asking and answering questions. We worked on this skill this week while reading fiction and non-fiction texts.. The students did a fantastic job asking questions to clarify the meaning or understanding of the text. We read many fiction and non-fiction texts to practice this skill.

United States Symbols

This week we started to learn about United States Symbols. So far we have learned about the bald eagle, the White House, the Liberty Bell, and the United States flag. We will be learning about the Statue of Liberty next week. After learning about the Liberty Bell, the students watched a youtube video of how to draw the Liberty Bell.

Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFu6kb3-eZo