Thursday, April 3, 2008

Thursday, April 3, 2008

We had an important conversation about taking care of the Earth. We know that we have to change our actions and habits in order keep our planet clean and healthy. People used to do bad things because they didn’t know better. Now, people are much smarter and make better choices. In Room 66, we recycle paper and plastic bottles. We also reuse materials like books, clothes, and toys by donating them to the others, sharing with family, friends, or organizations like schools. Yesterday, we saw an assembly about Earth Day performed by Mrs. Yelin and Miss Owen's classes. It was phenomenal!

Some of our clothing designs were completed in art today. Lots of people are still working. We began choosing fabric to cut out and glue onto our designs. Mrs. Piteo gave us a compliment about our hard work today!

During math, Ms. Stern gave us work to do to see how much we knew about the new unit we are working on (place value). She didn’t expect everyone to get everything correct and wanted to find out what we did know. There were some things that everyone already knew and understood. Ms. Stern then gave some children problem solving exercises. They are word problems that get solved using complete sentences. She wants us to practice thinking, math skills, and writing all at the same time. On April Fool’s Day, Ms. Stern gave us fourth grade work to do. Almost everyone came up to her and asked for help. We thought she was crazy when she told us it was a joke! Aidan was the only person in the class who wanted to solve all of the problems. He came REALLY close to getting most of them correct!

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