2 Cooky Teachers...and their Cooky Class

Report Cards

2011-04-12T11:14:00.001-07:00

Parents and Students:
Third nine weeks report cards will be sent home on Friday, April 15th. Apparently the date was changed by the "county."

How about that SMILE!!!!!

2011-04-10T19:28:00.001-07:00

Last Day of Spring Break!!!!!

2011-04-03T18:17:00.000-07:00

I hope that you were able to get outside and do something fun with your family since the weather has been just awful. It was gorgeous outside today so the Ryan Family decided to go to the beach. We had a lot of FUN. It was only Justin's second time every being at the beach so the sand kind of freaked him out. It didn't take long for him to get used to the sand. We dug holes, and built sand castles, and of course Justin threw sand (mommy said....nononononono.....). Mr. Ryan hung out with Gaby a lot down by the water. She just loved it. We also collected shells that we are going to use in Gabby's room when we rearrange bedrooms in the house. We also got to run into someone very special. Guess WHO??????????????? KAM!!!! He was funny because he gave me a hug when he saw me and I talked to his mom and then right before I left he goes, "Mrs. Ryan, are we going to have any Spelling words this week?" I just had to giggle.....We miss you guys and can't wait to see you all tomorrow.....

A Special Visit

2011-04-01T18:20:00.000-07:00

We had a special visit from a very special student, Arthur. He was in our class last year. It was his last day at Beauclerc so he stopped in to say bye. We will miss him very much and we hope that he has a great future. We hope to hear from him in the future. BYE BYE Arthur!!!!!!

Mrs. Ryan's Birthday!!!!

2011-04-01T18:07:00.000-07:00

Thank you Mrs.Ross and all you for the wonderful birthday wishes. The cupcake was sooooooo YUMMY!!!!!! And thank you Mrs. Peck, Mr. Gibbons, and Mrs. Goodman for thinking about me as well. Also, a special thanks to my boys from last year for the AWESOME visit. I love all you guys!!!!!!

More Cultural Arts Day!!!!!

2011-04-01T17:50:00.000-07:00

Cultural Arts Day!!!!!

2011-04-01T17:39:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of fun visiting all of the performances. We started with the rappers and then went to the BMX show. They both were sooooo cool. DJ got a chance to meet with the BMX guys after the show and get some autographs. We then went to see Anna Moo and the frisbee dogs.

Reflections, Translations, and Rotations

2011-03-27T17:46:00.000-07:00

Today we were reviewing reflections. Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Ryan showed us how an ambulance has the word written backwards on the hood of their vehicle when you look at it, however, when you look at the hood in the rear view mirror of a car, the word ambulance has been reflected. They even drove their trucks up by the school so that we could actually see the reflection. Mrs. Lee's class joined us for this neat learning experience.

Benchmark Fractions and Decimals

2011-03-27T17:40:00.000-07:00

We learned about Benchmark fractions and Equivalent Decimals and Percentages by using our GOOD OL' Dollar Bill. It was a lot of fun and really helped us to understand and visualize what each of these fractions looked like.

A Special Visit

2011-03-27T17:32:00.000-07:00

We would like to give Mrs. Brown's class a special THANK YOU for coming by to wish us GOOD LUCK on FCAT. They brought us treats, a huge letter, and some special cards.

Parent Night

2011-03-27T17:26:00.000-07:00

We had a GREAT turnout for our 4th grade PARENT NIGHT!!!!! Thank you to all of the parents who came out to learn a little more about what their children are doing in school everyday. A special thank you to all of the kids who presented the information to the parents. The kids did a GREEEEAAAATTTTTTT job!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!

Our own Vanna White

2011-03-10T17:55:00.000-08:00

Today we learned about placing fractions and decimals on a number line. Mrs. Ross had a lot of help from her assistant Khari (Vannah White). The kids really had fun and got a much better understanding of how to order decimals and fractions.

Honors

2011-03-09T19:28:00.000-08:00

We decided to pick a student from both Math and Reading who showed the most improvement on the Spring Benchmark. Kam was the most improved in reading by like 30 something points, the most in the class. Joseph showed the most gains in Math in the class, a little over 42 points. WOOWOO!!!!! We are very proud of our class because we showed 100% growth in both Reading and Math.

We are thinking about you Angelica!!!

2011-03-09T18:40:00.000-08:00

You and your family are in our thoughts. We miss you and are thinking about you during this time. We will see you soon. We are sending tons of love your way.

Art with Mrs. Robinson

2011-02-21T16:29:00.000-08:00

The boys have really enjoyed working on their puppets with Mrs. Robinson. They turned out really cool. The girls will be finishing their puppets soon too.

Writing Prompt

2011-02-07T06:51:00.001-08:00

We are working hard in room #130 to get prepared for the upcoming Florida Writes Test on March 1st. We KNOW that our kids will do GREAT!!!!!!

Challenge Problem Solution

2011-02-07T06:49:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday to Sara!!!!!

2011-02-01T11:04:00.001-08:00

We want to thank Sara and her parents for sending in some YUMMY cupcakes for the class to eat. We LOVE celebrating birthdays in room #130.

Challenge Problem Solution

2011-01-28T07:59:00.000-08:00

Sixteen teams are entered in a basketball elimination tournament. Winners play winners until one team is left. What is the total number of games that must be played?

Reading Celebration

2011-01-27T09:05:00.000-08:00

We are sooo proud that everyone in Room 130 made the 14 book goal this nine weeks. We were able to go and see some really cool reptiles. Some were a LITTLE too scary for me.

FUN RUN

2011-01-27T08:59:00.000-08:00

We had soooo much fun today at the FUN RUN!!!!! We raised $114 in sponsorships for our school. WOOHOO!!!!!! Thanks Coach Dudjak and Coach Scott for another great FUN RUN experience.

Challenge Problem Solution

2011-01-19T10:08:00.000-08:00

It is easy for a farmer to plant 20 trees in 5 rows of 4. Now try to plant 10 trees in 5 rows of 4. IT CAN BE DONE!!!!!!!

January Birthdays!!!!!!!!

2011-01-19T09:41:00.000-08:00

We LOVE celebrating birthdays in room #130. We have had so many this month. Happy Birthday to Roderick, Michael, D.J., and Jasmyne.

Equivalent Fractions with Coach Dudjak

2011-01-19T08:54:00.001-08:00

We worked with partners to discover how to find equivalent fractions. Even Coach Dudjak helped explain the concept to the class. It always helps to have more than one approach to teaching a concept.

Ginger Bread Houses

2010-12-15T10:24:00.000-08:00

FUN!!!!FUN!!!!FUN!!!!FUN!!!!FUN!!!!

Factors of 100, 200 and 300

2010-12-15T10:13:00.000-08:00

We had a lot of FUN trying to figure out all of the factors for 100. We were then able to relate what we learned to finding the factors for 200 and 300. We really enjoy working with our partners.

Thanksgiving!!!!

2010-11-22T17:27:00.000-08:00

We hope that each of you have a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!! Eat plenty of YUMMY food and get lots of rest over the long weekend. We will see all of your smiling faces on Monday morning ready to LEARN!!!! WooHoo!!!!!!

Working with Arrays

2010-11-16T17:14:00.000-08:00

We had a lot of FUN working with manipulatives in DISCOVERING how to take a large array and break it down into smaller arrays to help us solve difficult multiplication problems. We did a GREAT job working with our partners.
Mrs. Ross asked us to make an array that was a 6 X 10. We worked with our partner to make sure that our array had the dimensions of 6 by 10.
Then we discussed how we could take a large array and break it down into smaller arrays.
We asked the kids to make an array with the dimensions of 6 by 3. Some students just started flipping over chips to make a 6 X 3 and then realized that they were left with an area that was no longer considered to be an array. Then, we thought about other ways we could make a 6 X 3.
This is what we came up with, 6 X 3. We then discovered that we we were left with an array of
7 X 6. We realized that (6 X 3) + (7 X 6) = 6 X 10. How cool is that?

We then had to make a 9 X 6 array. We had to break it into not just 2 small arrays, but 4. The kids really enjoyed learning how we can take a large array and break it apart into smaller arrays. This activity sure will help us with our multiplication facts.

Happy Birthday Luna!!!!

2010-11-16T17:11:00.000-08:00

Thank you Luna and your mom for sending in the YUMMY cake to celebrate your birthday. It was great!!!!! We hope that you have a wonderful day!!!!

Weekly Stuff

2010-11-02T19:28:00.000-07:00

Don't forget to ask your child if they have completed their IXL assignments each week. We make up a " HIT LIST" each week for students who are not completing their assignments. Also, each week we have an estimating assignment for the students. On Monday, their is a new amount of items in the ESTIMATION JAR. Every student is supposed to make an estimate sometime throughout the week and on Friday we check to see who is closest. The kids are really starting to get an understanding of estimation and are making more LOGICAL guesses. WOOHOO!!!! We also have assigned specific computer days and times to every student in the class. They can get on the computer and work on IXL or some other educational website that we give them. They have really been enjoying this time.

Writing!!!!

2010-11-02T19:18:00.001-07:00

We have been focusing on writing meaningful sentences and using vivid verbs and descriptive words in our writing. Our word study words are really helping us learn how to write more meaningful, mature sentences. We have been amazed at how often we have come across our word study words in books we are reading. That is proof that great author's use mature, meaningful words in their writing. We are getting ready to start using these sentence writing skills to start writing meaningful paragraphs, which will quickly lead to meaningful stories. We will start by teaching the kids how to write ENGAGING BEGINNINGS. This is super exciting and important because this is the first thing a reader sees and we want to be able to grab their attention from the beginning. Please continue to look over your child's meaningful sentences that they should be writing each week for word study. We have been keeping track of our word study words by placing them in our writing notebooks and putting them on the word wall. We plan on having a room full of great Writers this year. We have also discussed what a prompt is and have written a response to two of them so far this year. We have been able to tell a difference in the writing because of the more meaningful sentences that we are using in our writing.

MATH, MATH, MATH, and MORE MATH

2010-11-02T19:01:00.000-07:00

We are working hard on ARRAYS. We made arrays with partners in class and then discussed the many different arrays that we could make for numbers. We also learned that a factor pair can also be called a mathematical expression (WOW!!! SUPER BIG SMART SOUNDING MATH TERM). When we were looking at all of our arrays, we noticed that we had two very different groups, the first group had a number with only one factor pair/2 factors and the other group had a number with 2 or more factor pairs and more than 2 factors. We decided that we would call the first group of numbers, PRIME numbers and the other group of numbers would be called COMPOSITE numbers. We have been completing assignments on IXL and Destination Success that deal with Factors and Prime or Composite.We are also working towards memorizing our multiplication facts. We have completed our 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, and 11's. Each week we will work on a new number. You have three chances to pass a quiz and earn your portion of your ice cream sundae. Hopefully everyone is studying hard to memorize their facts. We will have an ice cream party for all of the kids who have mastered all of their facts. WOOHOO!!!!!

Weekly Reading Goal

2010-11-02T18:49:00.000-07:00

Don't forget that we have a class reading goal for each week. This goal helps keep us on track to meeting our reading goal each nine weeks. The weekly goal is posted on the board every Monday for the week. Each Monday the book goal chart is updated with the number of books read, tested and passed as of the previous Friday. When students come in on Monday, they can check their count and also see if they are short a book or a few. We put a "READ" card on their pocket along with the number of books they currently have towards their goal. As the week progresses, if the student gets caught up on their goal, we will check the AR system and remove their "READ" card. Please encourage your child to read and STRESS the importance of reading daily.

FUN OUTSIDE TIME!!!!

2010-11-02T18:37:00.001-07:00

We sure do know how to have FUN when we go outside. Check out some of our FUN pictures.

Science/Math Strategies

2010-11-02T18:21:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Ross was showing the kids how we use Math quite often in other subjects, like Science. She was teaching them how to draw pictures to compare fractions. The kids really liked this strategy for comparing fractions. I am sure we will be learning many other strategies to use to help us compare fractions.

K'hari working hard drawing pictures to show which fraction is largest and which is the smallest.

Michael finished his assignment and was eager to get back to reading his book so that he could be one step closer to meeting his 25 book goal. WOOHOO Michael!!!!! You are almost there.

Challenge Problems

2010-11-02T18:14:00.000-07:00

We have been enjoying seeing how soooo many of you are coming up with your answers. We really can not stress how much we want to see the work you complete to find your answers. Many of you have started using charts, pictures, and lists to solve problems. See the following sample problems completed by your fellow classmates. GREAT JOB!!!!!

Arrays! Arrays! Arrays!

2010-10-14T03:07:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Ross got to show off how smart you guys are!! We had some special visitors come in to watch you guys discovering arrays, multiplication expressions and factors. What fun!

More Arrays!

2010-10-14T02:58:00.000-07:00

Dylan's Birthday!!!!

2010-10-04T13:12:00.001-07:00

We loved celebrating Dylan's Birthday with him in class. Thank you to him, as well as his mom, for sending in the YUMMY cupcakes and juice pouches.

Challenge Problem Answer

2010-10-04T13:07:00.001-07:00

Congrats to those of you who got the problem correct this week. Do not forget to show you work. This type of problem should have work to go along with your answer. Many of you just turned in the answer. Karen liked roses, Derek liked daisies, Fay liked violets, Tanya liked tulips, and Scott liked carnations.

Progress Reports

2010-09-26T17:54:00.001-07:00

We have been soooo busy this week. We were not able to send home Progress Reports on Friday, however, they WILL be going home on Monday. Please look for them in your child's Red Folder.

WOW!!!!!!

2010-09-23T11:36:00.000-07:00

I came across this picture the other day and thought that I would share it with everyone. ENJOY!!!!!!!

Estimation Station

2010-09-23T10:23:00.000-07:00

Today we learned how to use a KNOWN amount to figure an UNKNOWN amount. We were not allowed to use a ruler to solve any of our problems. Yesterday we used basketballs to find the area of our classroom floor and today we used unsharpened pencils to figure out the perimeter of our desk and our math book. How COOL is that?

Challenge Problem Answer

2010-09-20T13:40:00.000-07:00

Congrats to the following people for getting their Challenge Problem correct and showing all of their work: Sara, Sarymar, Teresa, DJ, Melina, Seth, and Michael.

SKATE STATION

2010-09-19T19:27:00.000-07:00

This Friday night is Beauclerc Night at Skate Station. Come out and support Beauclerc's WONDERFUL PTA. We have been the winner of the Golden Skate for the past year and we would love to keep the skate. We know that Mr. Gibbon's and Mrs. Hartless' classes will be gunning for us. Let's show our support and keep the winning streak going.

Challenge Problem Answer

2010-09-19T19:25:00.000-07:00

The answer to last week's challenge problem was Bill is 17 years old and Caroline is 9 years old. The easiest way to solve the problem was to start by using a guess and check method. We will talk about what guess and check is on Monday in class.

IXL

2010-09-15T18:44:00.000-07:00

We signed up for our NEW membership for IXL on Tuesday. Hopefully it will be activated as soon as possible. If you were not able to complete all of your IXL assignment this week, DON'T WORRY!!!!! You will be able to complete it when our membership starts back up. We want to THANK all of you parents who donated money to our class membership. We are only $33 away from reaching our $252 goal. That is so AWESOME!!!!!! If you have not donated and would still like to, just send the money in with your child. If we get a little extra, we will put it towards the purchase of a thesaurus for each student. We love all of the support being given to making our brains SMARTER!!!!!

Challenge Problem Answer

2010-09-15T18:33:00.000-07:00

The answer to last week's Challenge Problem was 400 Mathematicians. Number your paper from 1 down to 20 to represent the number of times the door opened. Put the number of people who entered next to each number. 1(1 person), 2(1+2 more people=3), 3(3+2 more people=5), 4(5+2 more people=7), and so on until you get to the 20th door. You then have to add the total number of people who walked through the door each time together to get a sum of 400. A lot of you said 39, however that was just the total people who walked through the door on the 20th time and not how many walked through altogether. Good try to all of you!!!!!

Challenge Problem Answer

2010-09-08T19:00:00.000-07:00

The answer to last week's Challenge Problem is $0.13. Sandy and Marla both ended up with $0.18 in the end. When they started off, Marla asked Sandy for 5 more cents so that they would have the same amount. Therefore, Marla started out with only 13 cents and added the nickel so that they both ended up with 18 cents. Congrats to Nathan, Khari, Jordan, Milena, Dylan, Teresa, Jasmyne, Joseph, Michael, Seth, Sara, Alex M, and Angelica.

LOOK WHO IS STILL HERE.............

2010-09-08T10:14:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Ledford

And who IS NOT HERE............. Baby Kayleigh!!!

Reading Celebration

2010-09-08T10:08:00.000-07:00

We enjoyed our first Flag Raising and Reading Celebration. We decided that we would represent Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Coach Dujak and J.J.

J.J. the Jaguar

Our WONDERFUL class!!!!

More Science and Sound

2010-09-08T10:00:00.000-07:00

Today we learned a little bit more about Sound. We watched a cool video on Sound and vibrations. We made Kazoos in class and got to feel the vibrations that were causing the sounds.

Science

2010-09-07T19:30:00.001-07:00

Today we started to learn about Sound. We talked about how VIBRATIONS make sound. We used water to SEE sound waves. It was really COOL!!!!! We can't wait to learn a lot more in the next few days. We will keep you posted on what is going on in the class and what new stuff we have learned about sound.

Happy Birthday Brennan!!!!!

2010-09-01T20:51:00.001-07:00

We would like to wish Brennan a Happy 9th Birthday!!!! Thank you to his mom and dad for sending in some yummy treats yesterday to help celebrate his big day. We also would like to give a big belated birthday shout out to Alyssya!!!!

Place Value

2010-09-01T20:12:00.001-07:00

We have been working hard with place value the past week and a half. We have enjoyed showing how to represent numbers by drawing pictures, working with manipulatives, and solving equations. It seems as though everyone is really starting to understand numbers and how we make numbers a lot better than 8 days ago. Ask your child, "How many tens are there are in 782?" and I bet they can tell you and show you how many.
Alex noticed something cool while they were working in their group. It was a short cut that he saw when figuring out the problems. Ask him to explain how he can figure out these problems in like 3 seconds.

Do you think that Noah might like to be in pictures?

DJ and Joseph's group thought it would be a great idea to combine their own manipulatives together to try and solve their problem. Great Idea!!!!!

I was just happy to get a smile from K'hari because he said that he doesn't like to smile in pictures.

Aaron sure is "CHEESING" it up for the camera. We had Aaron's older brother Anthony in our class a couple of years ago and he was just as silly. Those two sure are a cool pair of brothers.

Challenge Problem Answer

2010-08-30T18:00:00.000-07:00

The answer to last week's Challenge Problem was 33 boxes. Several of you had some great ideas for solving the problem. Thanks for allowing us to share them with the rest of the class. Congrats to Nevaeh, Maybree, Sarymar, Alex M, Angelica, David, Talia, Dylan, Alex H, Seth, Nathan, Jasmyne, Roderick, Luna, Milena, Sean, Brenda, and Sara. Don't forget to ALWAYS SHOW YOUR WORK!!!!!

Ready to Get Going!!

2010-08-29T12:07:00.000-07:00

What a great first week we had!! The first week is always tough for students, teachers, and families. It's the time we are trying to get you use to the rituals and routines of our class. You all are trying to figure everyone out--your new teachers and your new classmates. Parents are reading all of the information we send home, trying to get organized for a new routine and new grade level for their child.
The first week is over now and we are ready to get our "stage set" for some hard core learning!! We are diving into all subjects this week. Get ready to also begin resources--art, music and p.e.
Come to school on time, belly fed, head on straight and ready to learn!! We look forward to making you smarter than you already are. But most importantly, we look forward to getting you more organized!!!
See you bright and early!!!!