Book: Parts by Tedd Arnold

Mystery Reader:  Sarah Reed's Clues

1. When I was in fifth grade I loved The Nancy Drew Mystery books.
2. I love to read and have been known to read a book all night to finish it.
3. I like to scrapbook and take pictures of my children and their friends.
4. I love to swim and want my very own pool one day.
5. My daughter and I don't like to rough it so when the men in the family went to CO to pan for gold, we took a road trip to Omaha, Nebraska and explored the Zoo and Coco's waterpark.

We're so glad to have Sarah join us as our first Mystery Reader of the year. The kids really enjoyed having her round out our week with a story. It was fun revealing her clues throughout the day.

Hey, this is Skyler with the weekly recap. Monday we did Rise and Shine and did Self Start and did a little bit of Pick 5. We went to lunch and recess. We did a science burrito and we did lesson 1 in social studies and math. On Tuesday we did library and computers. We went to lunch and recess and did science. We did math and recess. Then Highs and Lows. Wednesday we had P.E. and Music. We had lunch and recess, had social studies and science. Then we did math and had recess. We finished our day with Highs and Lows. Thursday, we did Rise and Shine. Then P.E. and did a reading mountain. We discussed literature circles. Then we went to lunch and recess. Then, social studies, math, and recess, and Highs and Lows.

Check out our six layer science burrito. Today in science we began our first unit of study -- properties of matter, and this project helped get us in the frame of mind of thinking about density. We slowly added substances found from around the house. The layers are from the bottom up in this order: syrup, dish detergent, water, vegetable oil, rubbing alcohol, and lamp oil (for Tiki Torches).

I took a picture so that we could share. We could have added a seventh layer, honey, but I did not have it on hand. It would have been the bottom most layer. We are excited to watch and see if any changes happen over time.

I have added a page under the parents section looking for volunteers to come read to our class. These Mystery Readers just come to read a short story to us toward the end of the day. If you're interested, there is a sign up form on the Mystery Readers page to send me a note letting me know.

Hey, this is Sami and I got the Weekly Recap. A few days ago was the first day of school. Mr. Schrader showed us the classroom. We saw the class pet, Scrappy, a turtle. Mr. Schrader read us some books, "The Giving Tree" and "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, no Good, Very Bad Day," and now is reading us "Punished." The next day Ms. Meyers did Social Studies. In the morning we did Rise and Shine. And then we explored our math books. Thursday, Mr. Schrader read another chapter of "Punished." In social studies, we got our first current event form. In math we learned rectangular arrays and got our first math homework. In reading we got our Guided Reading notebook. That was our week.

Written by: Sami