Crankenstein

     Crankenstein is such a fun story which led us to lots of fun activities.  We read Crankenstein and Crankenstein Valentines by Samantha Berger.  Crankenstein is a boy who is very cranky until he meets a cranky friend.  We used this mentor text to brainstorm adjective describing Crankenstein and illustrated him.  Students did their best writing of the year, describing what makes both themselves and Crankenstein cranky.  We used macaroni to appropriately add quotation marks to sentences that related to the text.

     Thank you to the Woburn Fire Department for bringing their smoke house and teaching us about fire safety.  Hopefully, you have all checked the batteries on your smoke detectors and mapped out two different exits in case of an emergency.  Don't forget to pick a meeting place for the family to gather outside your home.

     We've been tracking the effect of both water and sunlight on our lima bean plants.   There are some changes happening.  Be sure to ask your child about it.

     It was wonderful to see how enthusiastic students were to make a heart for David, a little boy that they have never met, who is awaiting a new heart.  Our fingers are crossed for David and I heard he LOVED the hearts he received.

     Of course, I could not let this week pass without a little baseball in class.  Here are some stories the children read.  

GO SOX!!!!

Monsters and Bats

     These past few weeks have been fun.  We read lots of great stories.  The children loved I Need My Monster, a story about a boy whose monster went fishing and left him with substitutes that just weren't good enough.  Students then created their own monsters and wrote about them.  We also started a little unit on bats.  We've read both fiction and nonfiction books on this fun creature.  We haven't finished yet and will be going "batty" next week as well.  

     Our class completed another chapter book, Ready Freddy, and have moved on to The Haunted Library, which is one of my absolute favorites.

     We had TWO mystery readers, Miss Ginger and Mrs. Crampton.  We'd love to have parents come read to.  Let me know if you are interested and we will set up a time.  SHHHH!  Have the fun is the anticipation and guessing of who our mystery reader could be.

     Our lima beans have grown enough for us to start our experiments.  We will be collecting data on plants with varied amounts of light and water.  Student made predictions on what they THOUGHT might happen.  Stay tuned!!