Mindfulness

Are you interested in investigating mindfulness in our classroom this year.  Watch the video and let me know what you think about it!

UW-Madison helps students learn through well-being exercises
Mindfulness in an elementary classroom, brought to you by the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and...hip-hop?
Posted by University of Wisconsin-Madison on Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Check out these sites for vocabulary

http://graphwords.com/

https://www.wordnik.com/words/access

http://www.wordsmyth.net/

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/

http://www.bigiqkids.com/spellingwords/onlinedictionary.shtml

Studying Flight

Before our virtual field trip with Virgin Galactic, we need to discuss some ideas about flight.  Here is an article about how to make the BEST paper airplanes!  10 of the Best Paper Airplanes

Author Skype

Today we had a great time interviewing Kristin Levine in Virginia.  She wrote the book we are currently reading aloud (and hoping to finish before we leave for vacation!).  It was a very interesting interview and one of the most shocking things we learned is that it took her 4 years to write 'Lions of Little Rock.'  I was also surprised to learn that she didn't like writing at all when she was in school.  In fact, she said she wasn't a very good writer but she was really good at rewriting and making her writing better. Hmmmm maybe this is something all of us need to think about!!  What really made an impression on you during the interview??

Announcing New Quad Blog!

We are connecting with some new classes around the world this spring.  We have just connected with a new class in New Zealand.  Want to know a little bit more about New Zealand?  Check out these sites.... http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/new-zealand/

http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/new-zealand

Swim Day

One of the greatest things about gym at our school is the pool.  Everybody got to swim today.  It may be freezing cold outside with temperatures below zero, but our class was in the pool having fun today!!

Vocabulary

We are beginning a new study of important vocabulary words.  I am really pretty excited about it because there are so many fun things we can do with words.  Here is a game I found using some of the words we are studying this week, can you solve it??  Words are grouped in fours.  Find 4 words that all have the same meaning...have fun and good luck!