Mother’s Day Cards

Before Mother’s Day, Kaylee’s mom came into our class and helped us make Mother’s Day cards. On the cards, we added decorations to make them look attractive. We used letters and stickers to make the card look good. We put our pictures on a flower which was on the “O” of “Mom.” That part was my favorite out of the whole project. What was your favorite part?                    

Zoo Field Trip

The field trip was so exciting. It was great how Ian guided us through the zoo, teaching us about the various animals in the temperate and tropical rainforests. All of the animals looked very cool. It was a great experience. The tropical rainforests were cool to look at because our environment is different from that. We live in a more temperate and cooler climate. On the other hand, tropical climates tend to be warmer year-round rather than just a single season. I also really enjoyed the show that was put on about the rainforests. The actors were really funny, and I was able to learn a lot as well. Overall, the trip to the zoo was great for me. How about you guys?

Blogged by: Akshya Subbaraman

Earth Day Field Trip

Hi! I’m Nathaniel Bergman, in Ms. T’s class, and I want to tell you about our earth day field trip. On April 10, 2015 we went to a park to do earth day activities. We walked there. First we planted plants, because in the area of the forest we were in there was not enough plants.  I planted 2 ½ (planted 2 and halfway planted 1) ferns and 1 or 2 trees (I don’t remember). After that we had lunch. During lunch, they told 2 stories: One was where coyote gave a rock junk while everyone else was giving him treasure, but then the rock trapped him in a cave. The other one was where god gave the birds 4 days to build the houses where they would live, but mud swallow just bragged about how his house would be the best instead of building it. They also gave us nuts, berries, and smoked salmon to eat. I was really good. Then, we walked to the river with a staff member. He taught us about the fish population and how the amount of water in the river is changing. Finally, we walked back to our classroom. I really liked the fieldtrip. Blogged by Nathaniel Bergman.

Pi Day

Hello! I’m Nate Bergman, and this post is about our pi day celebration. Before we begin, I want to tell you pi is not the same as pie. Pi is a decimal, pie is a food. On March 12, 2015, everyone in room 125 recited 10 digits of pi. (Some knew more, although we were only required to do 10. I know 22: 3.141592653589793238462.) We went around one table group at a time. Some people didn’t memorize it 100% yet, so they stayed in for recess to practice, and they all recited it correctly after recess. After we all recited pi, we watched a pi video witch had the pi song. I thought it was great. We watched a few more times. When we finished the video, we found the circumference of a plate by multiplying pi times the diameter (we only used 3.14). Blogged by Nate Bergman.

P.S. We watched a different video about pi a few days later. I don’t know what it was called, but it was funny.

Poster Talks

The oral presentations were amazing. Each and every one was creative. They all looked great, and I learned exciting new things from all of them. I think everybody did great on their presentations and their posters were awesome as well. Don’t you think so? 

blogged by Akshya 

Computer Buddies

Have you ever heard of our computer buddies in room 125?

Because if you haven’t you’ve come to the right place. At math time when one group is doing math groups the other go to computer. But don’t think we have 22 computers in our room. Instead we have computer buddies and we share our computers with our buddies. My computer buddy is Katie. Usually it will be a 3^rd grader and a 2^nd grader so one person can help but some buddies are 3^rd and 3^rd and some are 2^nd and 2^nd. It’s ok though. It’s really fun having a computer buddy because you work and learn together which makes it fun. Isn’t that true? Blogged By Akshya

Math Groups

Hi, I’m Akshya. Would you like to know what happens in room 125 during math time? Well, if you do, I can tell you. Right now in the green math group, we are doing customary and metric units of length, as well as temperature. The orange group is in chapter 11 and doing several other activities too. Today, they made their polygon book and we made our triangle book. They turned out great. Math is getting more challenging, but I think our 2^nd and 3^rd graders can take it. Don’t you think so? 

BROCK Magiscope

On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 our class had a very special visitor, Mrs. Schencke, who taught us how to use microscopes 2 different ways. We used to microscope in its little stand to look 20 times bigger than the real size of the pencil tips, 3 e’s typed on paper, and other small objects. Our other way is to use the microscopes is to take the microscope out of the little stand and to put on a surface adaptor so that you can go outside and look at tree bark and other things that you don’t wreck nature. Both ways the thing that you are looking at is always 20 times bigger than the real size of the object.

Typer Shark

Hi! My name is Nate Bergman, and I’m going to tell you a game that you can play on a Friday in room 125 if you beat our typing game, All The Right Type (or A.T.R.T.).In my previous post, A.T.R.T. and Typer shark, I explained both. In this post, I am going to tell you more about Typer Shark. First, the adjective of the game is to beat as many levels as you can before you lose all your lives (you have 3). To lose a life, you have to have a shark or piranha attack, or get hit by a torpedo or cannonball. The difficulties are: Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert, and Extreme. First, let me explain the sharks: Normal sharks are just plain old sharks. You just have to type the word on them to beat them. Stealth sharks are almost the same as normal sharks, except they travel twice as fast across the first half of the screen. Toxic sharks can make new words out of the letters of their word. For example a toxic shark with the word and on it could change its word to nad, adn, or even nda. Ghost sharks have random letters on their sides. For hammerhead sharks, you type two words. Tiger sharks, you have to type three words! Stealth tiger sharks are almost the same as tiger sharks, except they are a stealth version of it. Now on to the piranhas. First of all, the difference between piranhas and sharks is that piranhas are faster than sharks, but they only have one letter on them. Sharks however, have a word on them, but they are slower. Normal piranhas you just have to type the one letter on their side to beat them. Stealth piranhas are a piranha that moves twice as fast for half of the screen. Some piranhas appear orange. That’s because you have to type two letters to beat them. Sometimes you see stealth versions of orange piranha. There are also bonus jellyfish. They appear in groups, going upward. Each one has a three-letter word on them. They go up, as I said, so they won’t damage you. Then there are these bosses: pirate sub, mecha shark, robot squid, and ghost ship. The pirate sub and mecha shark shoot torpedoes, while the robot squid and ghost ship shoot cannonballs. Torpedoes have words on them, and cannonballs have letters on them. I think the pirate sub is the easiest boss, and that the mecha shark is the hardest. Finally, you have a shark zapper that can destroy all sharks, piranhas, and bonus jellyfish on the screen when it’s fully charged (it doesn’t work against bosses, and it takes about two levels to charge). There are two options that you can do to play adventure and abyss. Adventure is the one with levels, and abyss is basically a practice where you try to go as deep as you can without losing any lives. It saves your progress every 400 ft. you go. There are special brown piranha only on abyss. The brown piranha go faster than normal piranhas. There are also bosses on abyss, so be careful! Oh and I almost forgot, I am going to tell you how to make an account. First, go in to typer shark. Next, click this is not me on the sign that says what the users name is. Type in your name and there you go! You can take a typing test if you want to (I would recommend not to). If you don’t take the typing test, you have to beat two normal sharks that don’t move (well, I forgot if they move or not, but I think they don’t). Thanks for reading!

Bogged by Nate Bergman.

SQUIRM

Squirm was a blast! Trevor was a great Itsy Bitsy and Katie was a great Ms. Muffet. Also, Lara, Olivia H., Tejasvini, and I sang a great quartet together. Everyone had a great singing voice! Also, it was cool that we were the worms. My favorite song was “Bats” because it is an exciting song and it’s a fast song. You all seemed like you practiced a lot because you all did an AWESOME job at our performance! Everyone used expression all the time and sang loudly!

What’s your favorite song? How did you like the musical? Well, I loved the play and it was EPIC and fun.

By: Maya Falodia

        

Technology in Our Class

Hi! I’m Autumn and I’m going to tell you about technology in room 125.

       First of all, I’m going to tell you about computer buddies. At the start of the year, everyone is paired up with a computer buddy. Second graders are with third graders that know a lot about computers. For example, some computer buddies are Trevor and Lara or Maya and Lily. My buddy is Roberto. Third graders help their buddies, but don’t do whatever it is we are doing for them when it’s a new learning for the second graders.

       Also, there are the computer helpers (at least that’s what I call them). They are MacLean, Nate, and Andrew. Andrew is the main helper. They help Ms. T. out whenever she runs into a problem on her computer. That’s sort of why I call them computer helpers.

       One major rule is no playing video games!

       I think the computers are a wonderful source of information. Don’t you? I hope you enjoyed my post.

       Posted by Autumn B. J

My Favorite Series

Hello! What is your favorite book? My name is Lily, and one of my favorite books is Eragon. I am going to tell you all about it.

            Have you ever heard about the Inheritance series? Have you read them? If you like action, suspense, fantasy, magic, this is the series for you. There are four books: today I will tell you about one of the four. The first book, Eragon, is about a boy who finds what he thinks is a stone that will buy him, his cousin, Roran, and his uncle, Garrow, meat for the winter. A few months later, the “stone” rocks, cracks, and releases a baby dragon!  Months pass, in which he raises the dragon, which he names Saphira, meets the old village storyteller Brom, and flees Carvahall, his home since he was a little boy. Along the way to the Varden, the organization working against the tyrant king, Galbatorix, the Ra’zac, the evil creatures that later kill his uncle Garrow, kill Brom with an arrow. As the Ra’zac are about to slaughter Eragon, a man, about Eragon’s age, scares the Ra’zac away. His name is Murtagh, and their friendship grows steadily, and together they reach the Varden. There, Murtagh reveals his greatest secret: he is the son of Morzan, the Rider who betrayed the rest of the Riders to Galbatorix. Once they enter Farthen Dur, the home of the Varden, they feel as if they have found a safe haven. Then, just months later, peace flees. What happened to the Varden? Will they survive, or die in the attempt?

            This is the first of four in the Inheritance series. The other three are Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance. I am on Brisingr, and it is very good. I will be doing other posts on Eldest and Brisingr, and, if I have finished it by then, Inheritance, so if you want to know more, just say so!

AR

Hi, my name is Autumn B., and I’m going to tell you about AR. AR is a reading program, it’s a program that when you read a book that’s on the AR test list, you can take a test on the book. But it’s mainly so teachers can track your reading progress. Every book is worth a couple points. They are usually worth about 3 or 4 points. Some books are worth 0.5 points, while others can be 20 points or more. The most points I ever got from a book was 29 points. Another thing in AR is the 100 point club. That is something Mrs. Irion, the librarian does. If you get 100 points or more, at an assembly, she calls out your name, for example, last year Lily made it to the 100 point club. You also get a medal and certificate. It says you made the 100 point club. Also, the books are different levels, take for example, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, that book was a very high reading level, it was 7.2. Another example is Warriors, Moonrise. It’s level 5.8. I love the AR program, and I think you will to. Hope you make the 100 point club! Posted by Autumn B.

Kids in Medicine

        Hi, my name is Autumn and I’m going to tell you about our field trip to Kids in Medicine.

       We learned all about how the heart works. We played a game where some people were red blood cells, some were white blood cells, and others were platelets. The red blood cells would carry oxygen to the brain or muscles. When they got to the brain or the muscles, they exchanged oxygen for carbon dioxide and went back to the lungs. White blood cells tried to destroy diseases and infections. Ms. T was an infection. They had to watch carefully to make sure that there were no diseases or infections. Platelets would try to block up the parts of the body that were bleeding. It took 2 or 3 platelets to block up just 1 gap. If they didn’t and a red blood cell came around, it would stay on the outside of the gap.

       We also went and learned about how to take care of our heart. We watched a funny cartoon where this guy was eating a couple dozen donuts a day. Some evil bad guy got all mad for no good reason. The donut guy was taken to the evil bad guy, and was put under so much stress that he had a heart attack. We demonstrated a heart attack by having someone crawl through a tunnel that was empty, and one that had plaque (the plaque was a bunch of yellow balls). THE PERSON HAD A HEART ATTACK! They had a heart attack because the oxygen-rich blood didn’t get to part of the heart in time.

      There was also a part where we tested our hypothesis that aerobic exercise made your heart work faster than anaerobic exercise. We tested it by doing weightlifting for 1 minute and jumping jacks for 1 minute. We also took our pulse after resting, doing weightlifting, and doing jumping jacks. My pulse for resting was 44, for weightlifting it was 76, and for jumping jacks it was 120. Our hypothesis was right!

    Of course, there was also the dissection of the pig’s heart part. We all put on gloves and a gown. We all got lab partners, like Maya and Georgia or Nate and Trevor. I was lab partners with Isabel. MacLean got Dr. Stocker! Lucky! Once everyone was paired up, we started feeling the heart and dissecting it. I thought it was fun to learn about how it works.

    We also saw a real heart and lungs from a 92-year-old woman. Her heart was covered in yellowish stuff that we learned was fat. Her lungs had black spots which we were told were parts that “died.”

    I had a wonderful time at Kids in Medicine. Do you think you’d like it, and if you’ve already gone, did you like it? I know I did. Posted by Autumn Bryant

ATRT (All The Right Type)

Today I beat the game on All the Right Type! You have to beat 18 levels to beat it. It gets really addicting when you are really close to beating it. I wanted to stay in every recess to beat it. Lily I. made a badge for me that is shaped like a shark, and it says my name on it, and holds this little thing in its mouth that says “I am a Typershark!”It’s cute. If you have read Nate Bergman’s blog than you will know more about ATRT and Typershark. When you beat the game sequence option turns off so you just have to do Practice Pavillion which makes you beat the game again, but you beat it faster. You also get a new goal, my new goal is 25 wpm (words per minute). Beating the game is so awesome. If you have not beat the game yet, I am sure you are going to love it! Posted by: Tejasvini Vijay

Science

Hi, my name is Autumn B. and I am going to tell you about science in Ms. Turchin’s class. Right now we are working on our butterfly unit. It took a while to get started because the caterpillars were shipped to a different building. At first they all started to die. Then mine turned into a pup, but since most of them were dead, we had to get another batch. They were shipped to the wrong building as well, so it took longer than we wanted it to take. Most of the class’s have turned into butterflies. There are 2 dead ones. I’ve been seeing eggs! I wonder when they will hatch. We are allowed to bring orange slices to school for the butterflies. There is red stuff in there butterfly house. Ms. T. told us it from there metamorphosis. At first I thought it was blood. Luckily, it’s not. Last year we did a plant unit. I remember that mine grew 4 inches tall. Some of the leaves got brownish. I think Lily’s was something like 3 inches tall. I’m not quite sure. I think the butterfly unit is better than the plant one. Do all the third graders from last year agree with me? I love science and I bet you will to. By: Autumn B.

A.T.R.T. And Typer Shark

Hi! I am Nathaniel Bergman and I am going to tell you about A.T.R.T. (All The Right Type) and Typer Shark. A.T.R.T. is a typing game where you learn to type all the letters of the alphabet, and then all the numbers. You also learn the symbols “.”,”,” and “?” along with how to make capital letters. I think the hardest level was “Capitals and periods”. The sequence of a level is: first learning lab, second practice pavilion, third skill building, and then after every three levels testing center. When you beat the game, you work on practice pavilion to improve your WPM (Words Per Minute) scores. When you beat the game, you can also go on Typer Shark on Friday. On typer shark, you type words on sharks and bonus jellyfish, and letters on faster piranhas before they touch you. At the end of each level, there is a shipwreck bonus where you type as many words as you can before air runs out. Sometimes, there is a boss at the end of a level (like a submarine or a robot shark) right before the shipwreck bonus. You do A.T.R.T. or Typer Shark every day during math groups. Blogged by Nathaniel Bergman.

Library

In library, we check out books. You have to check out at least one book, unless the teacher tells you to. Make sure it’s an AR book. Take an AR test every AR book you read. That should be at least ONCE A MONTH! The librarian is Mrs. Irion. She does fun stuff like drawing, crafts, and videos. When you are done, you can go on the computer. We also have a library in our class. You cannot check out books there…but, you can read them in free time. Everybody gets a dictionary from there to keep. No books in there are AR books. Blogged by Nate Bergman.

VIP (VERY IMPORTANT PERSON)

Hi my name is Olivia Hinds and I am going to tell you about VIP. Every week we have someone called VIP. VIP’S get to put up pictures about themselves on the board. Every person in our class get’s to be VIP. In the reading area we have a laptop. When you are VIP you get to you get to use it. If the reading area is closed the VIP still get’s to use the laptop. When you are VIP you get a $20 bonus! I hope you enjoyed reading this story. By Olivia Hinds

Music

Do you like music? Well, I do! I think music is fun because we get to dance, sing, play instruments, and listen to stories Ms.Cox sings to us! I love to sing and dance! If you’re a 3rd grader, I recommend you join the orchestra because you can learn how to play an instrument! My favorite song we have learned so far is “Witch, witch couldn't sew a stitch.” I love to play the instruments. I hope you liked my post! Posted by Maya Falodia

My Favorite Book

Hi! I’m Maya, and my favorite book is Scat by Carl Hiaasen. The book Scat is about kids named Marta, Nick, and Duane Scrod Jr. (also known as Smoke). They all go to the same school together, and they all have Mrs. Starch for Biology. However, nobody enjoys having her as a biology teacher. But, one day in class, Mrs. Starch is teaching about the Calvin Cycle and she asked if anyone could tell her about the Calvin Cycle. Nobody raised their hand except for Graham, who always raised his hand but never knew the answer. So, Mrs. Starch scolds Duane for not knowing the answer and Duane makes a couple of jokes nervously and he also kept on picking at a pimple on his face. Mrs. Starch told Duane to write a 500-word essay on pimples, and to make it funny because she said he was such a comedian. She was tapping a pencil on his desk, so he chomped off half of the pencil and walked out the class. Mrs. Starch reports to the principal about Duane walking out the classroom early and chomping off half of the pencil. The principal was more concerned about how dangerous it is to have a pencil go down his throat, than walking out of class early. Also Mrs. Starch’s class was also going on a field trip to Black Vine Swamp the next day. That day Nick and Marta walk home from the bus together, and talk about the field trip the next day and about Duane. When Nick got home he was alone, as usual because his mother works for the jail. Nick rushed to the computer to see if his dad had e-mailed him. His dad worked for the army, and hadn’t e-mailed him in a while. When his mom came home Nick told her about what happened with Duane Scrod Jr. and his mother told him that she had Duane Scrod Sr. in the jail one time. The next day on the field trip, Duane was not at school so his classmates got concerned because the day before he had chomped off half of Mrs. Starch’s pencil and walked off before that period had ended. Nick always wanted to see a panther so he brought a video camera to the field trip. Because they were in Florida they didn’t see very many panthers out because their population was very low. When they got to Black Vine Swamp on the bus, they split up with three teachers. Both Marta and Nick were not in Mrs. Starch’s group. At lunch, they see something moving. Is it a panther? That’s what Nick thinks so he took a video to see what it was, until Mrs. Starch blew a whistle, which meant something dangerous was happening. There was a small wildfire! They all boarded the bus, but Mrs. Starch didn’t get in her car because she went to go find Libby Marshall’s inhaler. The next day Mrs. Starch was missing! If you want to know more about Scat, read the book! Posted by Maya B.

Table Groups

Hi. Table groups are very important in room 125. There are 4 people in a group. The group leader (1) starts as a 3rd grader. The group leader does stuff like read P.O.D. first. There is 3 other people in a group (2, 3, and 4). The people in a table group help each other out. THEY DO NOT HELP WITH TESTS!!!!! Sorry that was loud. Blogged by Nate Bergman.

Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a fun math web site that I know you will enjoy. It is also good for all ages, the first bit I know you will breeze through. Also there are videos if you do not know what to do. Please visit www.khanacademy.org By Andrew Weiker

ART

Hi, my name is Autumn B., and I am going to tell you about art. My mom is our art docent. She teaches us all about art. For example, last year we made clay bells, and another time we made a glue painting. I always enjoy art very much. Right now we’re working on a drawing using pastels, pencil’s, or water color paint. When we do art, we always get creative. Once I did a unicorn, and last year I did a painting with glue that had a tree as the main subject, and flower pots on the sides with the sun in the background. I love art, and I bet you would to!

Class Room Jobs

Hi my name is Maya, and it is a lot of fun being in Ms. Turchin’s class. I’m going to tell you about our classroom jobs. It’s fun to have jobs in our class because we get to take our own responsibilities. What I do for my classroom job is every morning I do lunch count. I make sure that the office knows what people want for lunch. We also have people that help pass out lunch sticks to every person, so I can do lunch count, and count the lunch sticks. We also have a messenger that takes the messages down to the office to send messages every morning. Then we have two people who go down at the end of the day to go and get the messages that the office sends. Sometimes people can have two class jobs. Another one of my jobs is to write down math targets on the white board so people have an idea what they’re learning in math. Two people can do that job because there are two math groups: the orange math group and the green math group. Some people take the lunch tub to the lunchroom and back to class at lunch. They also make sure everyone has their lunch boxes. Also one person takes the library cart to the library. Some people also renew books every week if people want to finish their book. We also have a class library that people help clean up at recess. In our class we also have computers and people make sure they’re clean and are turned off. Some other fun jobs in our class include: paper passers, pledge of allegiance, group leaders, and garbage busters It’s fun to have class jobs. The class wouldn't even run if even one person decided to not do their job, and that’s why jobs are so important. posted by Maya B

Oral Presentation

Hi, my name is Autumn B., I am in Ms. T’s class and I am going to tell you about our monthly oral press. Anyway, every month we have an oral press, and every month we have a different topic. This month, our topic is to do a fable, a folktale, or a fairy tale that we have to memorize, to do a retelling. Last time, in September, we had to do a presentation about ourselves, and to help us know what to say next, we could do a PowerPoint, use pictures, or even a poster, I did a PowerPoint. Ms. T said we could NOT read our presentation, and we could NOT type up a story on our PowerPoint. This time we can’t use any of that, but we can use props. Thanks for reading my post, Autumn B.

Computer Buddies

Hi. I am going to tell you about the computer buddies in Room 125. Computer buddies help you with learning things on computers. Ms. Turchin usually pairs an experienced 3rd grader with a new 2nd grader. I have learned a lot about computers from my computer buddy, Ethan. He is really nice. There are other good pairs of third-graders and second- graders. For example, there is Isabel and Alyssa, Lilly and Jared, and, even though Liv is a third-grader and she’s new, she is still paired with Allyson so she can learn the things that third-graders from last year know. Blogged by Lily I.

Library Fun

I love Library! It is always so fun! Recently it was Dr. Seuss’s birthday, and our librarian let us wear all of our Dr. Seuss stuff. She also dressed up like Thing 1 or Thing 2, I forget. We also have Library Helpers in our class, which are Me, Aubrey, Crosby, Ashlyn,Allyson, and Ethan. We help scan books, and sort them, and we also get to go to parties! We sort books; we help Ms. Irion a great deal, and much more. Hope you love library as much as I do! Blogged By: Lilly T.

ATRT (All The Right Type)

ATRT (All The Right Type) is a computer program used to develop typing skills. At the beginning, you learn to type the home row (in the middle of the keyboard)and at the end you learn how to type the numbers. It’s important to be able to type quickly for all sorts of things like email, texting and bigger projects like reports. The "hunt and peck" method (that’s when you do one letter at a time with just the index fingers) is way too slow. ATRT is a pretty fun program. I think the level “Capitals and Periods” is harder than the rest. ATRT scores you by WPM (words per minute). I am working at about 30 words per minute. By: Andy C.

All About Writing

Have you ever written a story? I have. It’s called “Zombies.” First, you need a title with capitals as needed. Next, you need a good beginning, the one I used for this blog was “Start with a question.” Then, you need a body with capitals, commas, and periods. Then you need a good ending, like “End with a question.” After that, put the date and your name. Next, you can format. Then, you can publish your story and then pat yourself on the back for a job-well-done! Published by: Trevor

Math

In orange group we are measuring capacity, weight, volume, and time. In the green group they are understanding and developing Spatial Reasoning. P.O.D is usually math, so that is why I am talking about it. Do you like math as much as I do? Blogged By Andrew W.

Friends In Room 125

There are a lot of friends in room 125. I’m not trying to brag, but everyone is making new friends every day! Some of us are in the Carnation Idol, and me and the other kids in the Carnation Idol have made a lot of friends from other classes as well. One of the friends I made last night during practice I met a girl named Rohana. She’s really nice. There are also a lot of close friends like Georgia and Paige, Alyssa and Jared, Me, Autumn, Maya, and Isabel, as well as Nicholas, Andy, Maclean, Andrew, and Josh. I hope someday YOU can be my friend. Blogged by, Lily I.

Star Student

In our class we have a star student every week! Each week one of the students in our class brings in pictures of them, their house, favorite food, family, favorite sport, their pet, their favorite book, and favorite school subject to share with the class. At a recess they stay in to put up their pictures of them. When they are a star student they get to be at the front of the line all the time. So everyone in our class cannot wait to be star student! I hope that you learned about more about what it is like to be star student in our class! Posted By: Liv

Khan Academy

Khanacademy is a website for learning math. Hit practice an you will be taken to a map. You need an account to save progress. When you see the attain mastery button click it. That’s is review. A skill is a lesson where you practice your math skills. To check the answer, hit the check answer button. If you get it right, a smiley face will pop up... and you won’t like it when you get it wrong. The videos are important. If it is something hard like calculus,look under the hint button and you will see a "stuck watch a video" button. Click it and you will see the video pop up. It’s a YouTube video so if you are at school it might be blocked.Click the play button, and it will start playing. You could also hit the watch button to see all the videos. See the blue box with the numbers, that’s energy points. If you get enough energy points you can chose more pictures for your avatar. And badges are rewards for completing certain stuff. Need more help ask me at school. Posted by Alex go to www.khanacademy.org

New Friends

Don’t you like having new friends? Well I do. I have made lots of new friends this year. Friends can help you anywhere, anytime. You can play with them at recess (and talk). You can trade Pokemon and Trading Cards with them. They will sit with you on the bus, any bus you take: Purple, Orange, Green, and Blue. Do you have good friends? posted by Trevor

Our play… the clowns

We are doing a play. We are doing it with some other classes. It is called ‘Clowns’. I recently got a part. I am Pretty Polly! As well as having a speaking part, I have a solo where I get to sing a song. It is about the millions of colors that are around us. It is on March 28th, and all of our parents get to come and watch! It has been so fun practicing our songs and auditioning for the parts. I practically nailed it the second time I tried, but the first time I hadn’t practiced at all, and I was all shaky and nervous. I even started playing with my scarf! I’m looking forward to seeing everyone at the play! Blogged By: Lilly T.

Our Class

This year the kids are really GREAT. I mean the kids are nice, respectful, smart, and totally EPIC! Our class has six groups. We work together sometimes, it's cool working together. We have computer buddies too! You can meet my class soon! Come to Room 125 to visit if you can. By: Allyson

The Valentine Day Party

Thursday, February 14, 2013 was the Valentine party! We all had a fun time opening Valentines from our classmates. All the kids in the class brought healthy foods and drinks for our refreshments. The party moms, Ms. Bhavsar and Ms. Delorey(my mom), helped at our party. We all enjoyed getting valentines from our friends and party moms! Almost all the Valentines had sweets on them. This was the best Valentine’s Day EVER! I am going to miss leaving this amazing class! Blogged by Abby

The Science Fair

The Science Fair was on Thursday. However, we brought in our awesome science fair projects on Wednesday, because of our oral presentation. Almost everybody went to the science fair on Thursday. Everyone learned new facts that were quite interesting. The graphs were fantastic. We have been practicing doing weather graphs in our classroom with our computer buddies for one and a half months.

posted by Tara

Beth...our room mom

Beth is AWESOME, smart, NICE, and she is Madeline’s Mom!! I really ENJOY seeing her almost every day! :) She checks our Mad Minute, our Math, and our Spelling for the class. I think she is really Cool!
She helps the class and Ms. Turchin!
I really like Beth, she is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She really makes a difference in our class.
Blogged by Allyson

Snow Day at School

Today 14 students came to school. We enjoyed hot chocolate and lunch and music.We are heading home...be safe.
What are you doing on this snowy day?

posted by Ms. T

Geocaching

Geocaching is a high Tech treasure hunting game played by adventure seekers of all ages all around the world. I have been doing it with my family six years and we started geocaching in Ms.T’s class last year. I like it because you get to explore nature while looking for the cache. Two of my favorites are the Rocket Cache and the other is Heybrook lookout. You can also hide caches all you need is a free basic membership on http://www.geocaching.com
post by Henry R.

AM Work

We start doing am work right when we come into class. I love doing am work because it is a mix of everything including…DOL (daily oral language), POD (problem of the day), and MR (math review). Then we do challenge problem (optional). Then at 10:30 we check morning work, which is when Ms. Turchin calls someone to come up and show their work under the projector. Anyway, I think that am work is the best thing ever!

Posted by Lilly

Veteran's Day

Tomorrow is Veteran's Day. We get the day off of school, and when we wake up we are going to thank someone who you either know, or just anyone who served in any branch of the military. Say thanks to a Veteran... will you?

posted by Sage

Art

In Ms. T’s class we have art. Our art docent is Mrs. Carrie Venable. We usually do projects that involve cutting and gluing. Once we made a picture of our faces, half was a photograph and half was our drawing. Another time we made a green picture, a blue picture then an orange one. When we were finished we cut out trees and hills to make a new picture. We also have art with Zoe. Instead of cutting and gluing we have a sketch book. Zoe comes almost every Friday. The first time we drew a flying pig. She is an awesome artist! I like art. Do you?

posted by Ashlyn

Harvest Party

Harvest Party

Ms. T’s class had a magnificent Harvest Party. The food that we had was pretty yummy. We played a lot of games. The games were really fun! It was on Halloween. It was the best Halloween ever! (And the party was also the best thing ever) What was your favorite game? We also had six centers. The centers were:
1. Pin the nose on the Pumpkin.
2. Carving Pumpkins on the computer.
3. Musical plates.
4. Make a spider cookie.
5. Eat snack at your desk.
6. Decorating cookies. .
Hope you enjoyed the Harvest Party!

Posted by Allyson

Atlas Study

We have been studying the atlas,maps, and globes in social studies. I think maps and globes are cool! I like the atlas because you learn where different countries and continents are, and learn all about the U.S.A! Learning new facts about earth is fun. Our class works together to help other students learn more about how to use an atlas.

-Posted by Tara

Oral Pres

Do you know what Oral Pres is? Oral Pres (Presentation) is where you go up to the front of the room, and speak to the class. They record us on a flip camera. Sometimes, you just tell about a topic like ALL ABOUT ME. That was the first one this year. The reason why I like Oral Pres is that it is a great way to learn to speak in front of a group. We work on speaking loud and clear, eye contact, good posture, and being prepared. Also, using technology sometimes.
If you’re not the speaker, then you’re the listener.
DO YOU LIKE ORAL PRES?
posted by Sage

Friends

I love this classroom. If you want friends, this is the place to come, because it is no effort to find a friend. You could even be friends with every one in the classroom if you tried. I wish I didn’t have to leave all my friends when I move out of this class, not to mention Ms. Turchin, the best teacher in the world. I love this class for its friends.

posted by Claire

Our Class

Have you ever been in Ms. T’s class? I have been here in second grade, now I’m a third grader. From the teacher to the friends, THIS CLASS IS THE BEST CLASS EVER!!! When Ms. T helps us learn, she really makes it fun for the whole class. I mean… the kids are so respectful and caring, and the teacher loves to teach us. So, for me, that is great! Our class is going to start blogging, so please visit our blog often.
Don't forget to leave comments.

Posted by Madeline