Science

Today we asked what would happen when we mixed vinegar and baking soda. We thought it would bubble and we were right. We did the experiment 5 times, so we think that mixing vinegar and baking soda will create a reaction every time.

Today I learned how to reroup subtraction and addition in the millions. -Cal
Today I learned a new game called dice subtraction. -Mac
Today I did subtraction and I was confused with the number tiles. -Sir Damien
I challenged myself by subtracting in the thousands. -LooLoo
Today I learned that 14-4=10. -Colio
I challenged myself by regrouping in the thousands. -Lexor
Today I learned subtraction in the hundreds. -TJ
Today I leanred how to regroup in subtraction starting with the thousands and taking away hundreds. -Emilia
Today I learned subtraction in the millions. -Big Al
Today I learned new strategies. -Sopapilla
Today I learned subtraction regrouping. -DK
I challenged myself with subtraction and addition. -Hamplifier
I challenged myself to do subtraction and addition faster. -KP
Today I learned 1,000-100=900. -MATTMATTMATT

2/14/12

In spelling, I tried to spell unblocked. -Damien
Today on iStation I learned that Abe is someone's name. -Verdad
Today I learned a book on iStation called the Queen. -Cal
Today I read a book named Flying Pizza. -Cole
I learned that kids understand why Jeff Kinney is such a popular author. -Mr. Young
Today I learned that Pluto was a star. -TJ
I learned a knock-knock joke. -Hamplifier
Today I learned that giants are not really good story tellers. -m&m
In spelling, I learned how to spell thought. -KP
This week I learned that Jeff Kinney wrote the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. -LooLoo
Today in spelling I got every word right. -Mattmattmatt

2/9/12

Today I drew pictures in comprehension. -Damien
Today I learned how to spell biography. -Cal
Today I learned more about Jackie Robinson. -M&M
Today I learned a new word, emerald. -TJ
Today I learned how to grade myself in writing. -KP
Today I learned that you should never believe everything you read or see. -LooLoo
Today I learned that the pigeon, in the book I was reading, wants to be the other birds friend. -Hamplifier
Today  in buddy reading I learned that sometimes people lie in books. -Sopapilla
Today I learned that the great wall of China was to keep China from war. -Lucas
Today I learned more about Mexican culture. -MacNcheese
Today I learned how planes fly. -DK

2/8/12

Today I learned comprehension. -Sopapilla
Today I learned about Harriet Tubman. -KP
Today I learned a knock knock joke. -Hamplifier
Today I learned that there is a church in Pennsylvania that has a ghost. -M&M
Today I read a new book. -DK
Today I learned how spell biography. -Lexi
Today I read a book called Eve of the Emperor Penguin. -LooLoo
Today I learned how to spell house. -Lauren
Today I read a new book about hide and seek. -Damien

2/7/12

In spelling I learned how to spell biography. It was very hard. -Damien
In iStation I read a new book called Boats. -KP
In iStation I read a new book called The Haunted Barn. -LooLoo
Today I learned about subtracting the hundreds. -Hamplifier
In iStation I read a nonfiction book. -DK
I learned that Booker T. Washington's mom was a slave. -TJ
Today I learned more about Wilma Rudolph. -Mac
Today I learned Guion Bluford was the first African American to go into space. -Cal
Today I learned that Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball. -Emily

2/6/12

Today I learned that biography is a hard word to spell. -DK
Today I learned a new book called Franny K. Stein. -Hamplifier
Today I learned about the underground railroad. -LooLoo
I learned that a girl used to save slaves. -Cal
Today I learned how to write a biography. -KP
Today I learned how to spell biography. -Sopapilla

2/1/12

Today I learned that practice is hard, but I keep trying. -Damien
Today I learned hard math problems like 2,365,624+2,076,244=4,441,968. -Sopapilla
Today I learned about Jack and Annie meeting penguins and taking pictures. -Cal
Today I learned 67+11=78. -Donkey Kong
Today I learned about Rhinos, Hyenas, Beavers, Dolphins, and Spiders. Sometimes people do not get along with them. -m&m
I learned regrouping in the millions. -Lexicon
Today I learned that push and pull is a type of force, as well as gravity. -KP
I enjoyed the number tiles and teacher table because it was hard, but then it got easy. -LooLooLooLoo
I enjoyed teacher table because I got to the ten millions. -Big Al
On iStation I learned the letter V in the word viking. -Hamplifier

1/31/12

On iStation I read a new book called the Queen's Problem. -Colio
In spelling, I spelled soon. -Damien
On iStation I learned how to spell new words like would. -KP
Today I read a book called I Spy Fly Guy. -Hamp
Today I learned kids should not go to Antarctica. -M&M
Today I read a new book--it was called Bess and Bob Go For a Ride. -Sopapilla
Today I learned, in buddy reading, about Egypt. -Mac
Today I learned about planes. -Verdad

1/30/12

Today I learned triple digit addition. -Damien
Today I leaned by 10,000s (still a bit confused). -Big Al
Today I learned how to add in the 100,000s with the teacher--it was easy. -Cal
Today I learned 95+61. -Verdad
Today I learned a lot more about regrouping. -Lexi
Today I learned that it is impossible to get something off of an ocutupus tenticle. -KP
Today I learned 10s and 1s. -Hamplifier
Today I learned that regrouping is a smart way to add thousands. 2,423+3,489=5,8112.-M&M
Today I learned the 10,000s. -Sopapilla
Today I learned a lot more about 2 digit regrouping. -LooLoo
Today I learned a new game called speed grid and it is about adding while being timed. -Luke and Matt
I am confused about the math game because the tallys were hard to count. -Colio

1/27/12

This week I learned to carry the one. -L Skywalker
This week I learned more about addition and subtraction. Now I know it better. -KP
This week I learned about regrouping. -Cal
This week I learned how to regroup. It was hard. Now it is not, cause you just have to move some things. -LooLoo
This week, in Math, I learned that math is dangerous. -TJ
This week I learned to play the war game. -Hamplifier
I learned that 80,000+800+90+9=80,899. -M&M
Today I learned a lot of addition. -MattMattMatt
Today I learned math. Hard math. -Verdad

1/26/12

Today I learned the addition one was really hard---the fourth level because it had 20 plus something. -Cal
Today I learned hard pluses and take aways but I got it done. -KP
Today I learned 84+74=158. -Sopalpilla
Today I learned that 12+8=20 and math is awesome. -M&M
Today I played a math game with large sums. -LooLoo

1/25/12

Today a learned how to write a real letter. -LooLoo
I love today because we write letters everyday. -KP
Today I learned how to make questions besides what, who, when, where, and why. -Sopapilla
I liked writing back and forth. -Cal
When I was reading with Mr. Young, a kid turned invisible in third grade...at the end. -Big Al
Today I learned about the world record book. -Hamp
Today I learned that the sun is 29,0000,000 degrees fahrenheit. -Lucas
Today I learned the sun is really hot. -Vernon
Today I learned group the ones and put it in the tens spot and plus that. -Big Cal
Today I learned hundreds of number problems. -LooLoo
I am confused about math-blaster. -Damien
I am confused about big numbers in war. -Colio
I learned 68+74=142. -Mattmattmatt
Today I am confused about Mr. Young's station. -Sopapilla
Today I learned about addition and subtraction. -Hamp
I am confused about regrouping. -Lexi

1/24/12

I read a new book named Homes. -Cal
I leared how to spell agreeable. -Colio
I learned a new knock-knock joke on iStation. -Lacie
I learned a new word master book. -Hampton
In buddy reading, we read Diary of a Wimpy Kid. -Damien
Today I learned that  the Cat in Help Me, Mr. Mutt is a really mean cat faking to be the queen. -Sopapia
Today I learned addition on a computer game. -Big Al
Today I learned how to play a ghost game--it was so hard. -KP
Today I learned some more rockin addition. -TJ
Today I played addition war. -Hamp
Today I learned the computer game was really hard because of the double digit addition. -Cal
Today the game was really hard because there was triple digit addition. -Sopapia
Today I learned 8+7. -Vernon
Today I learned how to separate tens and ones to add. -KP

1/23/12

I learned how to spell agreeable. -Matt, Cal, and KP.
Today I learned that Skippyjon Jones does not listen to his mother. -Sopapia
I learned that dictionaries can give you new words. M&M
I learned that owls eat mice. -Lexi
Today I learned a new joke. -Vernon
Today I learned comprehension. -Alex
Today I learned to write letters to my classmates. -TJ
Today I learned about boats on iStation. -Mac
Today I learned hard vocab words on iStation. -Luke
Today I learned the three card mixer. -Damien
Today I learned a new game. It was called double digit numbers. -KP, Alex, and Cole
Today I learned 18s, 99s, and thousands. -Cal
Today I learned that 83+11=94 and that you can find out new and old things in math because it helps you. -M&M
I am confused about the new ghost blasters game because it is hard. -Lucas
Today I learned a ghost game that take you into the hundreds. -Lacie
Today I learned double addition. -TJ

1/18/12

In workstations I learned how to spell "different". -KP
I learned that Hyenas eat Zebras. -Lexi
I learned that Rhino's horns are used for medicine and different decorations. They cannot defend themselves from people who take it from them. -Em&Em
Today I learned, in workstations, how to spell "though". -Sopapia
Today, in writing, I learned that Mr. Young's the best. -TJ
Today I learned when baby tigers are born they are blind. -Cal
Today I learned about reading on iStation. -Hampton
Today I learned some words with soft /c/. -Lacie
I learned how to spell the word "teach." -Mac
I learned that tigers eat deer. -Matt
Degrees means how cold or how  warm it is.-Cole
Today I learned about body temp. If you excerise, you get warm. -Hampton
I am confused about the balancing subtraction and addition. -Cal
Today I learned about temperature and am still confused about balancing equations because I already used the numbers I need. -Em&Em
Today I learned that some things are harder than they look. -Sopapia
Today I learned about temperature...it means measuring degrees. -Mac
Today I learned about temperature...if it is 80 degrees you can swim, and if it is 32, you can build a snowman. -KP
I am confused about number tiles. -Looloo
I am confused about temp. -Bob

1/17/12

I learned that sleep is good for your body. -Emily
I learned about sleeping in a book. -Mack
Fossils can be made in the sand. -TJ
If you are asleep, your brain is still awake. -Lucas
I learned that sometimes you can feel happy or sad. -Katie
Horses sleep with their eyes open and lock their knees to sleep standing. -Lacie
I learned that if you sleep walk you are half asleep and half awake. -Cal
Today I learned, in reading, I read about a mean sister who turned nice. -Sophia
Today I learned about, in reading, the Emperor Penguin's egg. -Damien
Today I learned about fahrenheit and different temperatures. -Emily
Today I learned a new math game about temperature. -Cole
Today I learned temperature (and stuff). -Alex and TJ
Today I learned how to play a temp game--it was fun. -KP
Today I learned about addition. -Hampton
Today I learned about average room temp. -Cal
Today I learned about temp--it was really, really hard. -Sopapia.
Today I learned it is good to know what temp it is. -KP and Lexi

1/12/12

I learned how to spell contraction. -Emily and Sophia
I learned how to spell bottle. -Matt
I learned to buddy read.-Damien
I learned how to spell Class Clown. -Cal
I learned how to write a story map. -KP
I learned how to write sentences about Tacky. -Hampton
I learned that spelling is really, really hard, because you  have to have a tie breaker from the word wall. -Sophia
I learned that some animals, they like live in different zones of the ocean. -Emily
I learned about ocean habitats. - Hampton
I learned about ocean habitats and they are really cool. -Cal
I learned more about penguins. -KP
I read some books on iStation. -Mack
I learned that it is almost lunch time. -Emily (11:39 AM)

1/11/12 Reflections

I learned that Emperor Penguins are 4 feet tall. -Emily
I learned how to spell contraction. -Mackinlee
Today I learned that the daddy penguin watches the egg for two months. -Sophia
The Emperor Penguin mom gets the food. -Damien
Today I learned that the Emperor Penguin dive deeper than any other penguin. -Lexi
Today I learned that when the mom penguin gets back, the dad goes and gets his lunch or dinner. -Cal
Today I learned that the dad penguins keep their babies under their bellies. -Hampton
Today I learned that even though you read a little tiny book, there can still be a bunch of poems in it. -Sophia
Today on iStation I learned some new words. -Cole
The great white shark is the biggest shark. -Lucas
I learned the word contraction. -TJ
I learned that when you feel down that small things can cheer up. -Sophia
In math I learned shapes on the computer. -Hampton
In math I learned 96,222. -Cal
In math I learned numbers greater than 725 and less than 700. -Lacie
Today I learned math is easy because you use crocidile mouths. -Sophia
In math I learned to know numbers better. -TJ
Today in math I learned to play a math game and it was easy. -Katie
Today I learned the difficulties of math are good for your brain. -Emily
It was difficult because of the greater than and less than papers. -Damien
I learned to say higher numbers correctly. -Sophia

1/10/12 Reflections

Tacky the Penguin and real penguin have things in common. -Lucas
Some fiction books have facts in them. - Matt and Cal
Tacky is crazier than real penguins. - TJ
Penguins slide on their bellies. -Hampton
Emperor Penguins eat fish, krill and squid. -Emily
Pedators are Leopard Seals, Walruses and Killer Whales. -Katie
Penguins barf into their kids' mouths. -Alex
Tacky does cannonballs. - Cal
Emperor Penguins covered their eggs with their big guts. -Katie (Emily would like to mention their big bellies are called brood pouches).
Emperor Penguins huddle when it is so cold. -Cal
An environment is a place with living and nonliving things. -Sophia, Matt, Katie, Lacie, and Cal.
The mama Emperor Penguins goes to get food while the dad takes care of the chick. - Cal
Expanded form means separating numbers into place value. Example: 456=400+50+6. - Mr. Young
Today I learned the millions, the thousands, the hundreds, tens, and ones. -Emily
Today I learned that the millions are greater than hundreds. -Lacie
Today I learned congruent. -Big Al
Today I learned about the hundreds, tens, and ones with Mr. Young. -Hampton
Today I learned that balancing eqations is hard to do with minus and plus. -Sophia