Awesome Division Site

Thanks to Mrs. Backstrom, we have discovered a wonderful long division website that walks the students through the steps. The site is Snork's Long Division. Enjoy!!

Snapple Fact #885

Vultures can fly for six hours without flapping their wings. WOW!

Author's Visit

We had a great time when Coach Sloth came. We loved the book and can't wait for his second book to come out! 

Thanks Coach Sloth for a wonderful afternoon. Also, stay tuned for our special podcast interview with Coach Sloth!

Snapple Fact #880

The Venus flytrap can eat a whole cheeseburger.

Author Visit TOMORROW

Coach Ry Sloth will be coming to school tomorrow to read and talk about his book, Sammy Sloth Sports Superstar! Students will have the chance to listen to him talk, ask questions, and get the books they ordered signed. Should be a great day! Visit Coach Sloth's website. Check back for pictures!

Guest Blogger: Abbie

We learned a cheer that was awesome and we are going to dance at the MS vs teachers basketball game. The name of the song is Interlude and the band is called Attack! It is from the UNI basketball games. 


Abbie

Into the Book

I have introduced a new website to help students with their reading skills called Into the Book. It is a great site for the students to use either at home or at school. Hope you and your child have a chance to check out this site at home!

Snapple Fact #869

Theodore Roosevelt has a pet bear while in office. 

New addition to Listen to Reading

Whenever I am in Ames, I try to stop at Goodwill looking for books for the classroom. This past weekend I had great luck, finding a Quantum Pad (similar to a Leap Pad) and two books/cartridges for $10. This has made a great addition to our “listen to reading” tools; the kids really enjoy using it.


Do you have any Leap Pad and/or Quantum Pad books/cartridges that your kids are no longer using? If so, would you be willing to donate them to our class or let us borrow them for a few weeks? This would be awesome. Let me know if you have any questions and I will continue to keep my eye open for more books/cartridges, too! 

Super Bowl

4E is ready for the Super Bowl on Sunday. 12 students in class will be going for the Steelers and 9 will be cheering on the Packers! We will see which group is happy on Monday morning! I guess I am cheering for the Steelers (but it is very hard for me to cheer for a black and gold team) I will really be watching for the commercials.

Snapple Real Fact #881

A baby caribou can outrun its mother at 3 days old.