Christmas Reading Challenge

Don't forget about the Christmas Reading Challenge over Christmas break!!  READ, READ, READ!!!  Also take pictures of your children reading and post these on social media using #OESreads2015.  Below you will find the letter from Mrs. Kanipe and the Christmas reading log.

Letter from Mrs. Kanipe

Reading Log

Subtraction with Regrouping Using Expanded Form

Tonight for homework, students will be using expanded form to solve their subtraction problems.  Below you will find three examples of how to solve these by students.  The last video is how I taught the students to solve the problems.

Joshua's Example

Ashton's Example

Audrey's Example

Mrs. McAbee's Examples

Holly Jolly Week

Good afternoon! There are several notes and reminders I wanted to send out for the week ahead:

1.    Timeline projects are due next Thursday. I have explained these to the students. If you need poster board, please let me know, and I’ll be glad to send some home with them.

2.   Next Friday is a ½ day (11:00dismissal) as well as our Christmas party. Our party is 9:30-10:15, so feel free to join us if you’re able.

3.   I have been having issues with Pokémon cards being out at inappropriate times with several students. If your child has these, please keep these at home. If they have them here to take to daycare, they can bring them but leave them in their backpack. I’ve told them if I see them again, they become mine until May. Thank you for your support with this.

4.   We will not be having Spelling next week. We will move that list until after Christmas.

5.   Please read the letter about our “holly jolly week.” This is a fun way for us to the get in the spirit of the holiday season, but is optional.

6.   Have a great weekend, and if I don’t see you, a wonderful and blessed Christmas break with your family!

Holly Jolly Week Letter

Hour of Code

No matter what career choice our children choose to follow, more than likely, they will need to be able to use computers effectively and efficiently.  To help get our students ready for their future careers, school nationwide are participating in the Hour of Code.  It gives students time to explore coding and builds their interest in computer programming.  Below you will find pictures of our students participating in the Hour of Code today during computer lab.

The students were given a small card with the URL they used in class today.  They can access this at home and continue to practice and learn.

Open Number Lines

Today in class we worked with open number lines as a strategy to help us subtract.  Below you will find two students explaining how to solve a subtraction problem with an open number line.

Daniel P Explaining an Open Number Line

Lilly Explaining an Open Number Line

Dads and Doughnuts

Dads and doughnuts was a tremendous success!   Thank you to all of the dads that were able to come.   Below you will find the pictures I took as you enjoyed your doughnuts.



Timeline Project 2015

We are currently studying how cultural traditions are celebrated throughout the regions of the United States of America.

Throughout this Social Studies unit, our students are learning how family traditions and customs are passed from generation to generation.

We are asking students to reflect on traditions that have been established & celebrated within their homes by creating a timeline that highlights 5 special events from their 2015 year.

Project Description:

Students are to create a timeline that highlights 5 important events from 2015.

Timeline Events Must Include:

·        Child’s Birthday

·        2 Family Traditions

·        2 Important Personal/Family Events

Each Event Must Include:

·        The Date of the Event

·        A Photograph/Illustration of Event

·        A  One-Two Sentence Description of the Tradition/Event

Construction:

The timeline should be well organized with dates/events in proper order. All illustrations/writing should be neatly written or drawn by student. Please see attached rubric for grading details.

This project will receive a test grade in Social Studies and Language Arts for the 2^nd Nine Weeks.

Projects are Due Thursday, December 17th

Click Below to see the rubric...

Timeline Project Rubric

Weather Research

Over the past few weeks, we have been studying different types of weather.  We have looked at weather tools, we have recorded the weather, we have predicted the weather, and we have researched severe weather.  The students created a weather poster on their type of severe weather and then created a PSA to present their information.  Below you will see their PSAs.


Breanna, Jayden, and Ashton present

Floods

Daniel P, Jaylen, Paul, and Lilly present

Hurricanes

Shane, Austin, Grayson, Audrey, and Katelyn present

Tornadoes

Aiden, Daniel A, Kali, and Ashlyn present

Thunderstorms

Joshua and Parker present

Blizzards

Totem Poles

The students did a great job on their totem poles!!!   I loved learning more about our families and our traditions.  

Joshua, Grayson, Charles, and Austin presented on Friday!!

Everyone else presented today.

Thanksgiving Week

I will not be sending a newsletter home Monday, so I have several reminders for next week.

• Totem Pole projects are due Monday. Remember the rubric is on the back so you can see how they will be graded.
• They will be filming their Severe Weather PSAs on Tuesday, so some of them may have something they’re wanting to bring or wear for their video, so do not let them forget those items so they will be ready to go with their group.
• Today, I sent home a note about bringing in a photograph to go with a paragraph they are going to be writing about a family Winter or Christmas tradition. Talk with your child about their favorite Christmas or Winter Tradition and please send in the picture on Monday.
• The final day to send in money for the Clemson/Carolina Challenge is Monday. Right now we have raised approximately $84.  This is awesome!!!  The class that raises the most gets a movie party!!
• Field trip permission slips/$7 are due Tuesday. 

I hope you all have a fabulous, safe weekend!! And if I don’t see you or speak to you before Thanksgiving, have a blessed, safe holiday with your family!

The Week Ahead

It is almost time for Thanksiving break!!!  I can't believe how fast this year is going by!!!   This Wednesday, we will be having Thanksgiving dinner.   I have tickets for everyone that purchased tickets.   Please be sure to bring those with you on Wednesday.   Also plan to meet us in the cafeteria at 11:30 sharp as we are the first class to enter for lunch.   I look forward to having this special time together!!!

Upcoming Week

We have a busy week ahead.  Tomorrow we will have Christmas/Holiday pictures.  On Wednesday, we will have our Veteran's Day project.  Don't forget to be working on your totem pole projects.  These will count as a test grade.  We will be finishing up text features this week and will be moving on to learning how to summarize text and how to compare/contrast text.  I think we are going to have a fantastic week!!! 

Career Day

Yesterday was career day at OES.   We were able to hear about some pretty awesome careers. 

We were privileged to get to hear...

Mike McCormick from WYFF

Tabitha Lawter and Brandy Ritz from Tabby Cakes

Jon Snyder in Secret Security

And ... 

District Two's Occupational Therapists

The students were able to dress as their future careers as well!

Grayson as Chris Justus

Austin as a professional baseball player

Jaylen as a lawyer

Joshua as a geologist

Parker as a business man

Katelyn as a teacher 

Lilly as a dentist

Matthew as a police officer

Charles as a professional football player

Jayden as a nerd

Kali as a veterinarian 

Breanna as a teacher

I hope each one is able to achieve their dream!!!

Student Led Conference Schedule

The schedule for Student Led Conferences is linked below.  

Conference Schedule

What effect does the wind have on objects?

Today we learned a lot about the wind.   We also made paper airplanes and saw how the wind helped the airplanes to travel farther.  We will use this information as we learn about storms and safety procedures during storms.

Below you will find how some of the airplanes were created and the students' thoughts on our experiment.

Aiden:  i won 2 times!!!

Lilly:  first I got a peice of paper and then I folded it long wase. I foided the cornor and again I folded it.  I put a paper clip on it to hold it together.

Matthew:  My airplane flew beter in the wind than without.

Ashlyn: My first airplane would not fly so I had to make a new one.